"La Voz Hispana", the Hispanic voice. A voice that wasn't heard in Ohio until the summer of 1998, when Alejandro Goya, an immigrant from Mexico City, sat down in front of an ancient computer at home and created what is now the largest Hispanic publication in the state. It was to be a first of many sleepless nights, reaching for a dream.

Goya's mission was to bring together the growing community of people from Hispanic origin in central Ohio. To bring them the news from their places of origin, to look for an answer to the questions they had, a voice to let them know they were not alone.

The newspaper started as little more than a monthly pamphlet with a distribution of 1,000 issues in Columbus. The newspaper was back then entirely produced by Goya himself and his wife Lety. Written, edited, delivered to the printer and distributed.

Since then, La Voz Hispana of Ohio has grown to become a weekly publication with a distribution of 20,000 copies in Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, Cleveland and Cincinnati. The company now employs over a dozen people and has contributors in Columbus, Toledo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and as far as New York, Mexico and Spain.

Currently under the helm of Alejandro Flores, who has been the president since 2001 (Alejandro Goya now serves as CEO and Chairman of the Board), the newspaper continues with the mission to inform and serve the Hispanic community.  

Flores is also overseeing the newest challenge the newspaper has undertaken: Expanding to other states.

La Voz Hispana of Atlanta was launched early in 2003 and has been wildly successful from its inception. In August of this year, La Voz Hispana of Indianapolis will be launched. Further expansions are planned for 2004.