You are invited to join this unique professional and networking event in which HISPA officially expands the Role Model Bureau to San Antonio.
  
HISPA invites your organization, your colleagues, and you to join HISPA's mission to SHARE, INSPIRE and TRANSFORM!
  
Our goal is to reach the 100 role model mark and provide a forum for all of us to network, join forces in support of our youth, and celebrate!
  
AGENDA:
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM - Networking Reception
  
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Opening Remarks - Dr. Jude Valdez, UTSA Vice President for Community Services
  
Why HISPA? - Dr. Ivonne Diaz-Claisse, HISPA President & CEO
  
Panel Discussion "The Time to Inspire our Youth in NOW" -
Guest speakers from ALPFA, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, AT&T HACEMOS, and UTSA
  
Official Kick-Off: "100 Role Models in 100 Hours"
  
Please RSVP today.
  
For additional information: Mauricio Rodriguez-Lemonk, Operations Director at mauricio.l@hispa.org.
  
About HISPA:
  
HISPA (Hispanics Inspiring Students’ Performance and Achievement), a national non-profit organization dedicated to providing positive Hispanic role models for young students.
  
The HISPA’s Role Model Bureau is a national network of role models and resources that will showcase the participants’ educational experiences, careers, and ethnic backgrounds.
HISPA coordinates sessions with the schools and provides access to HISPA Role Models to volunteer based on their availability making it easy for the role models to give back to the communities where they live and work. During each visit the role models share their personal life stories for approximately 45-minutes in a classroom or in a school auditorium. In each presentation the volunteers speak about their cultural backgrounds, educational experiences and professional careers.
  
HISPA’s goals are:
•To reduce the drop-out rates by targeting middle schools students and emphasizing the importance of higher education in each role model presentation.
•To further develop strategic alliances with employee resource groups, professional organizations and alumni networks in order to select, recruit and support a pool of role models.
•To become a one-stop resource that provides access to thousands of professional Hispanic role models willing to share their motivational stories on an ongoing basis to schools and community-based educational programs.