Latinos Uniting & Networking for Advancement (LUNA) Reception Series in Full Swing

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Nov 05, 2014, 07:30 ET

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), with the continued support of Anheuser-Busch, today announced the upcoming dates and locations for its 2014-2015 LUNA (Latinos Uniting & Networking for Advancement) events. The new calendar, with its slate of prestigious speakers, kicked off with events in New York and Houston, featuring keynote addresses by telecom executive Sol Trujillo and Procter and Gamble Vice President Edgar A. Sandoval. This season's LUNA events continue through 2015, with receptions in San Francisco, Miami, Los Angeles, and Dallas.

"HSF's LUNA series has been an amazing way to bring together HSF Scholars, as well as Alumni and other accomplished Latino professionals within the community, to network, build relationships, and get involved. We are so fortunate to have had Sol Trujillo, a global telecom executive with three decades' experience, who is also one of our nation's digital telecom pioneers, open our season in New York. And in Houston, we had the pleasure of featuring Edgar A. Sandoval, Vice President, Global Feminine Care at The Procter and Gamble Company, the force behind the viral #LikeAGirl campaign, and HSF Board of Directors member," said Fidel A. Vargas, President and CEO of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.

"By talking about their personal stories, challenges, and accomplishments, these remarkable individuals provide invaluable insights and set a high bar for up-and-coming leaders. Together with the other outstanding professionals who are featured and participate in other ways at our LUNA events, they enable everyone to walk away with new contacts and the opportunity to continue to enhance their own professional journeys," he said

Upcoming LUNA events will feature additional prominent speakers, such as Ruben Navarrette, Jr., Syndicated Columnist, The Washington Post Writers Group and Juan Galarraga, Senior Vice President of Stores, Target Corp. and HSF Board of Directors member.

The LUNA series provides intimate settings in various cities across the country, in which Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholars and Alumni can interact with keynote speakers and other leaders from the public and private sectors.

Additional receptions will be held throughout the U.S., in the following cities:

San Francisco – November 6, 2014
Miami – January 15, 2015
Los Angeles – January 28, 2015
Dallas – February 25, 2015

Individuals can register and learn more about the series and featured speakers at HSF.net/events.

About the Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Founded in 1975, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund provides scholarships to Latino students, as well as related support services. HSF seeks to give students all the tools they need to apply to college, do well in their course work, graduate, enter a profession, excel, help lead our nation going forward, and mentor the generations to come. As the nation's largest not-for-profit organization supporting Hispanic American higher education, the Fund has awarded over $470 million in scholarships and provides a range of ancillary programs for students, HSF Scholars, and their families. HSF further strives to make college education a top priority for every Latino family across the nation, mobilizing our community to proactively advance that goal – each individual, over a lifetime, in every way he/she can. For more information about the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, please visit: HSF.net.

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