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To shut out Hispanic Heritage Month, DealmakeHers, an invite-only community of influential female executives, hosted a “Celebrating Latina Disruptors” forum moderated by MSNBC’s Daniela Pierre-Bravo and Forbes’ Maggie McGrath on Friday. On the forum, six Latina founders, including Ceremonia founder Babba Rivera; Birdies cofounder Bianca Gates; Latin American Fashion Summit cofounder Estefania Lacayo; Curamia cofounder Dafna Mizrahi; Wondermind cofounder Daniella Pearson and Cuyana cofounder Karla Gallardo, spoke about their respective skilled journeys, how they've scaled their businesses despite facing higher barriers to entry and funding and the trail toward making a business ecosystem with increased racial parity.  Kicking off the discussion, Pierre-Bravo spoke with McGrath with about her recently released book, “The Other,” which goals to function a guide for navigating the...