Success Story: Dr. Frank Puga is an assistant professor in the Department of Acute, Chronic, and Continuing Care at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Nursing.

Moderator: Mercedes Morales-Aleman, Ph.D., University of Alabama

Panelists:

Dr. Isabel Scarinci, Vice-Chair for Global and Rural Women's Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Maria Fernanda Vidal, Community of Hope Health Clinic

Adriana Valenzuela, Jefferson County Health Department

Cathy Cartagena, UAB/All of Us

Success Story: Johanna Alvarez, Camino Loan Fund and William Paredes Perez, Los Valedores

Moderator: Toni Herrera Bast, FBI

Panelists:

Juan Diego Castro, Mission Economic Development Agency/San Francisco (MEDA)

Gloria Glassco, ¡HICA!

Leida Javier, Hispanic American Business Association of the Gulf Coast

Megyn Rodriguez, SBA

Grab your lunch & join us for the keynote speaker

Keynote speaker- Daniel Alarcón, Founder, Radio Ambulante

Carlos E. Alemán PH.D, CEO, ¡HICA!

Q&A

Growing Latino Population

Nyesha Black, Ph.D., University of Alabama

Karla Gomez, Data Analyst, ¡HICA!

Success Story: Nancy Blanco, Birmingham City Schools -ESL High School Newcomer Center

Moderator: Ki Shin, Hoover City Schools

Panelists:

Alexander Bautista, Birmingham City Schools

Neil Scott, Alabama Community College System

Mayte Cotton, Alabama State Department of Education

High School Student

Success Story: Stephanie M. Alvarez-Jones and Natividad Gonzalez, Voces Inmigrantes Alabama - Defending Our Communities

Moderator: Gabriel Caban Cubero, Alabama Forward

Panelists: Allison Hamilton, Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice (ACIJ)

Stephanie M. Alvarez-Jones