Christy haubegger biography

She received her B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin and her law degree from Stanford Law School where she was elected president of her class.
Christy Haubegger (born August 15, 1968) is the founder of Latina magazine and was formerly the Executive Vice President, Chief Enterprise Inclusion Officer.
Christy Haubegger is the founder of Latina magazine and was formerly the Executive Vice President, Chief Enterprise Inclusion Officer and Head of Marketing & Communications, at WarnerMedia.

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Christy Haubegger: 1968—: Publisher

As a young child, Haubegger noticed that magazines in the grocery stores did not show women who looked like her. In fact, she soon realized that all of the role models around her, in the movies, media, or even her own family, were tall, Caucasian, and blond. As a chubby girl of Mexican-American heritage, with dark hair and brown eyes, Haubegger could not relate to these images. Magazines were particularly problematic for Haubegger because they defined what teenagers considered to be beautiful. As Haubegger wrote in Essence, "I remember being in high school and noticing that none of the magazines showed models in bathing suits with bodies like mine." Haubegger believed that the fact that she had Anglo parents strengthened her desire to connect with her Hispanic heritage. As Haubegger explained to the Texas Monthly, "Other Hispanic kids were frustrated by a lack of popular images in the media, but at least when they went home, they found people who looked like they did."

Rather than be discouraged, Haubegger instead decided to find an outlet

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Like any girl growing up in Houston, Christy Haubegger often flipped through women's magazines for advice on fashion, cosmetics and men. But as a Mexican-American, she found little there that was relevant to her life.

"It was all blue-eyed, blond women," Ms. Haubegger recalls.

So she set out to create a magazine that she would want to read. After graduating from Stanford Law School three years ago, she wrote a business plan for Latina, a bilingual lifestyle magazine for Hispanic women. Searching for a backer, Ms. Haubegger found a soulmate in Edward Lewis, the founder of Essence, the first magazine to celebrate the lives of African-American women.

Ms. Haubegger emphasized the size of the Hispanic population and invited Mr. Lewis to the Mission District of San Francisco, where he saw a dense and diverse population of Hispanic women. Ms. Haubegger and Mr. Lewis formed a joint venture that will produce the first issue of Latina in May. With a projected paid circulation of 300,000, the publication will address issues ranging from raising bilingual children to updating classic

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Christy Haubegger

American journalist

Christy Haubegger (born August 15, 1968) is the founder of Latina magazine and was formerly the Executive Vice President, Chief Enterprise Inclusion Officer and Head of Marketing & Communications, at WarnerMedia.

Early life

She was born in Houston, Texas, to a Mexican-American woman and was then adopted by an Anglo couple, David and Ann Haubegger. Haubegger was raised in Bellaire, an exceptionally wealthy suburb of Houston.^[1]^[2]^[3] Although her parents did not speak Spanish, they strongly encouraged her to learn the language and to explore Mexican culture, and Haubegger was enrolled in a bilingual preschool, continuing to learn Spanish in primary and secondary schools.^{[citation needed]}

She graduated from St. John's School (Texas) in 1986 and then went to college at the University of Texas at Austin. After she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy in 1989, Haubegger attended Stanford Law School where she was class president and served as a senior editor of the Stanf