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Oct 24, 2024 • Pamela Garcia

October is Women Small Business Month, and as Business and Community Lenders of Texas (BCL) celebrates women-owned small businesses, we are also proud to recognize another significant milestone with the appointment of Raquel Valdez Sanchez as our new President & CEO. Raquel succeeds Rosa Rios Valdez, who founded BCL, and who for 34 years, helped advance economic opportunities for diverse and underserved communities throughout Texas.

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Oct 9, 2024 • Pamela Garcia

Reflecting on your journey, from the time you co-founded BCL in 1990, to today, what are the professional milestones that you feel most proud of?

As the founder of Business and Community Lenders of Texas, I am most proud of three milestones: achieving autonomy and statewide expansion; staying focused on capital formation and leveraging BCL capital for economic sustainability.

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