HISPA Launches Event to Promote Role Model Program

HISPA, Hispanics Inspiring Students' Performance and Achievement, will be hosting an event September 16th to promote and launch a new NJ Program. During this "kick off" event, professionals from many different industries and academia are invited to join their Role Model Bureau in support of the HISPA Role Model Program and the "Reaching Our Dreams" program from Save Latin America. These two programs will provide you with the opportunity to visit a local Middle School to share your story and serve as a role model during the 2008-09 school year. HISPA also invites attendees to join their online database by sharing their biography with emphasis in their educational and career experiences in order to offer a students a "window" to HISPA's stories. The agenda for the event is as follows: Networking Opening Remarks "Best practices: Share, Inspire and Transform” Johnny Torres, "Reaching our Dreams" Program-Save Latin America, Inc. Panel Discussion with: • Dr. Alicia Abella, AT&T Labs Executive Director Technical Research • Luis Diaz, Gibbons P.C. Chief Diversity Officer & USHAA President • Brigitte Gonzalez, NSHMBA NJ Chapter President • Cid Wilson, DANR Immediate Past National President & NCLR Member of the National Board of Directors Closing Remarks Networking & Role model photo session and biography recordings For more information and details please go to: http://www.hispa.org/