Video: Latinos En Roofing Continues to Grow

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By Art Aisner, Editor-in-Chief, Amparo Sancen

The growing Latino workforce in roofing is playing a crucial part in the industry’s ability to keep up with high demand, despite economic uncertainty. Amparo Sancen, owner and founder of Sancen Contracting based in Richardson, Texas, is on a mission to empower them so that they can make the most of their opportunities.

Roughly 18 months ago, she established Latinos En Roofing as an educational and networking lifeline for Latino roofers seeking to improve their skills, business acumen and overall level of success. RC Publisher Jill Bloom recently caught up with her and Jackie Sancen, marketing coordinator for Latinos En Roofing, to talk about the organziation’s explosive growth and exciting lineup of upcoming events

“We’re growing really fast, and implementing more activities like monthly training that we’re going to have now twice a month, and we are working on webinars,” Amparo Sancen said. “Every time we have an event (the contractors) want more knowledge and the community is still growing.”

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Art Aisner is Editor-in-Chief of Roofing Contractor and Roofing Supply Pro. He spent the bulk of his career as a multi-media journalist for newspapers and television stations before joining the RC team in 2015. He is the driving force behind the publication’s content development, editorial strategy and other initiatives that serve growing audiences in the roofing space.

Amparo Sancen is the founder and CEO of Sancen Contracting, based in Plano, Texas. Sancen’s story of grit is a classic American tale of triumph over adversity. Sancen, who founded her company in 2006, experienced what many first-time business owners face — struggles — requiring retrenchment. After setbacks and years of performing subcontracting work, she relaunched her efforts in 2018 and hasn’t looked back.

Now, she’s bringing the Latino community on her journey through Latinos en Roofing, the advocacy group she founded in 2022, which seeks to provide resources and information to the next crop of first-generation Latino entrepreneurs wanting to make their mark in the roofing industry. With the help of her two daughters, these women are blazing a trail for America’s fastest-growing labor force segment — Latinos and native-speaking Spanish entrepreneurs.

Amparo Sancen es la fundadora y directora ejecutiva de Sancen Contracting, en Plano, Texas. La historia de perseverancia de Sancen es un clásico ejemplo del Sueño Americano de sobre la adversidad. Sancen, quien fundó su empresa en 2006, vivió lo que muchos propietarios de negocios primerizos enfrentan: dificultades que requieren reajustes. Después de contratiempos y años realizando trabajos de subcontratación, relanzó sus sueños en 2018 y no ha mirado atrás.

Ahora, está ayudando a la comunidad Latina en su camino a través de Latinos en Roofing, el grupo de programas de capacitación que fundó en 2022, que busca proporcionar recursos e información a la próxima generación de emprendedores Latinos que desean dejar su huella en la industria del techado. Con la ayuda de sus dos hijas, estas mujeres están abriendo un camino para el segmento de fuerza laboral de más rápido crecimiento en América: los Latinos y los emprendedores Hispanohablantes.