The employee resource group provides her with a supportive community, and she’s using her voice to advocate for mental health.
Latinx Heritage Month
Whether it’s by helping people become U.S. citizens or preventing risk at Best Buy, Braynell’s goal is to leave his surroundings better than he found them.
Four teens from Best Buy Teen Tech Centers across the country had the opportunity to express and celebrate their Latinx heritage by creating their own PopSockets PopGrip to be sold as part of our Latinx Heritage Month campaign.
As we celebrate Latinx Heritage Month, Best Buy is proud to honor the rich heritage of our Latinx team members, customers and the communities we’re privileged to serve.
She leads a team of 35 Geek Squad Agents who serve thousands of customers each month.
Lindsay Montoya found that bilingual households were common, but children’s books about that are not. So, she wrote one herself.
The Brooklyn Public Library system in New York has played a special role in Nadine Cabrera’s life.
She got a part-time job at the Bay Ridge Library when she was 15 years old, helping visitors check out and return books. Then, in March 2019, a new Best Buy Teen Tech Center opened at the Kings Highway Library, and Nadine was hired to run it.
“I never had specific career goals. I just wanted a job that would allow me to keep a roof over my head,” she said.
The youngest of six siblings, Jaime Flores was the only one in his family born in the United States. And he’ll be the first to pursue a college degree.
He spent his senior year of high school interning at Best Buy as part of our partnership with Genesys Works, an organization that provides career pathways for high school students from disinvested communities.
It’s been a valuable opportunity for him to work at a Fortune 500 company, as he prepares to pursue a career in mechanical engineering.
Best Buy strives to attract and invest in talent that reflects the diversity of all communities and fosters an inclusive culture that embraces our differences.
We want all our employees to have an opportunity to achieve their dreams. In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re highlighting a few of the many Latinx employees across the company who are doing just that.
Here are their stories.
Mario Hernandez, Territory Vice President, Fort Worth, TX
Mario Hernandez grew up with a large, multigenerational family in a small duplex in New Orleans.