My name is Leyanis Diaz and I am an Afro-Latina Influencer, Business Consultant, Public Speaker, Miss Black Florida USA 2017 and the Founder of MAJOR.

I was born in Havana, Cuba and emigrated to the United States along with my parents when I was three years old. When I first arrived to Miami from Cuba, all I had to my name was a little red purse filled with newspaper and magazine clippings, fashion accessories and a desire to be somebody one day. 

I grew up in some of the roughest neighborhoods in Miami and growing up, I watched my dad and grandmother start businesses on the side in order to make end’s meet. I saw just how much they struggled because of language barriers and a lack of education and experience.

Those memories pushed me to become the first person in my family to graduate from college and to pursue a master’s, to start my own business and to help other small business owners in starting, growing and scaling their businesses and keeping them from closing their doors.

Timeline

2015

2016

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