I had the opportunity to witness the formation of the Northern California Federation of Jaliscan Clubs at the invitation of Liliana Miranda Townshend, board member of the Jaliscan federation, a Jocotopec HTA president and founder of Tierra Natal, an online social networking site for HTAs and their members. I've known Liliana for almost 8 years now, having incubated her first startup, Tuzona, when I ran the Women's Technology Cluster (now known as Astia).