About Us
Conexion de Negocios Latinos (CNL) is a non-profit entrepreneurship support organization that seeks to promote, educate, and support Latino entrepreneurs in Arkansas. CNL aims to help Latino businesses in Arkansas thrive by cultivating healthy relationships between businesses, connecting them to resources and referrals, and giving them information that they can use to grow. Through leadership development, networking opportunities, services, and promotion of Latino businesses, CNL empowers Latino entrepreneurs to be involved politically, socially, and within their communities. Ultimately, CNL hopes to see prosperity among Latino business owners in Arkansas, and in turn, prosperity for Arkansas as a whole.
Our Mission
To provide leadership and networking opportunities while supporting businesses to be successful through resources, information and education while also promoting the Latino culture.
Our Vision
We hope to help one another by creating strong relationships between businesses, access to resources and information for one another.
We aim to build and strengthen businesses while promoting Latino Business and owners in the broader community.
Our Values

Promote
We help support you and your business by developing a diverse and strong network of entrepreneurs and offer cross-promotion for your business within community.

Educate
We help educate entrepreneurs by providing workshops and one-on-one assistance tailored to the needs of each business.

Support
We help promote and feature Latino business on social media, networking events, livestream videos, monthly meetings, newsletter and magazines, and more.
Meet The Team
Meet our Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Florentino Guevara; Tino’s Neveria
Rosa Perez; Centennial Bank
Betsy Zavala; Arvest Bank
Laura Martinez; D’Ivan Photo & Video
Gloria Bastidas; Arkansas State Department of Health
Autumn Aguirre; Dave Creek Media
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