¡HICA! invites you to join us for the inaugural Latino Opportunity Summit. a dynamic event dedicated to celebrating the growth of Alabama's Latino community.

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Featured Speaker

 

Daniel Alarcón

Daniel Alarcón novelista, periodista y productor de radio peruano-estadounidense, conocido por ser cofundador, presentador y productor ejecutivo de Radio Ambulante, un galardonado podcast en español distribuido por NPR.

 
 

Schedule

  • 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 our lunch & join us for the keynote speaker

  • Keynote Speaker - Daniel Alarcón, Radio Ambulante

    Carlos E. Alemán Ph.D., ¡HICA!

    Q&A

  • Cafe y Pastelito Session

    Presentation by Dr. Nyesha Black, University of Alabama, and Karla Gomez, ¡HICA!

  • Education and Workforce

    Moderator: Ki Shin

    Short Success Story: Nancy Blanco- Newcomers Center

    Panelists: Alexander Bautista, Neil Scott, Mayte Cotton, High School Student from Ki

  • Civic Engagement and Philanthropy

    Moderator: Gabriel Caban Cubero

    Short Success Story: Stephanie M. Alvarez-Jones and Natividad Gonzalez

    Panelists: Allison Hamilton, ACIJ Stephanie M. Alvarez-Jones