Latina Editorial Director Mimi Valdes Leaves The Magazine

Mimi Valdes has left her position as editorial director of Latina magazine. Valdes had tried to make the magazine more upscale and fashion-focused under her watch, and, as a Latina reader, I remember how she made the controversial move to place Jessica “Don’t Call Me Latina” Alba on the magazine’s cover.

And that’s just one shakeup going on behind the scenes at Latina Media Ventures: Publisher Lauren Michaels and Galina Espinoza, former senior editor at People, have been named co-presidents at the company.

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