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Rumba Meats & USHLI Partner to Award $25,000 in Scholarships

About The Rumba Meats ScholarshipRumba Meats, part of the Cargill family of brands, helps the Hispanic community celebrate their culture and preserve their heritage through food. Through a partnership with United States Hispanic Leadership Institute, Rumba is awarding 25 post-secondary academic scholarships of $1,000 each and helping empower today’s Hispanic youth to become tomorrow’s leaders. 2025 RUMBA SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS Scholarship RequirementsMust be a high school senior graduating in the Spring of 2026Applicants must be enrolled or accepted for enrollment as full-time undergraduate students in an accredited four-year or two-year institution in the U.S. or U.S. territoriesStudents must verify full-time enrollment…

USHLI Annual Dinner Celebration

USHLI held its annual dinner at the National Museum of Mexican Art on  August 14, 2025, in Chicago. Wells Fargo, represented by Ruben Barrales, Senior Vice President for External Relations, Government Relations and Public Policy and colleagues from Wells Fargo, served as the celebration’s Dinner Chair.  Our featured speaker was Juan Salgado, Chancellor of City Colleges of Chicago. Tsi tsi ki Felix, television personality, author, and public speaker served as the event’s emcee. The celebration, which attracted 25 sponsors including corporations lead by T-mobile, media, 11 colleges and universities, as well as four community organizations led by Humboldt Park Health, and…