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The Little Village Chamber

of Commerce welcomes you

to the 4th Annual

L t . G o v e r n o r ' s

H i s p a n i c

H e r i t a g e M o n t h

C e l e b r a t i o n

H O S T E D BY T H E LITTLE VILLAGE CHAMBER O F COMMERCE AND T H E H O N O R A B L E

L I E U T E N A N T GOVERNOR EVELYN SANGUINETTI

Welcome by Emcee, Diana Perez - Univision Chicago

Welcome by Jaime DiPaulo - Little Village Chamber of Commerce

Presentation of Colors - University of Illinois at Chicago Color Guard

National Anthem - Johanne Cruz

Invocation by Pastor Ruben Cruz

Remarks by Lt. Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti

L U N C H IS S E R V E D

Tango 21 Dance Theater

Keynote by President of the

Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Jose Torres

Back of the Yards Ballet Folklorico

Closing remarks

Special thanks to our partners and sponsors

Little Village Chamber of Commerce

CITGO

ComEd

Inland Real Estate Group of Companies Inc.

Univision Chicago

Our Featured Speaker

P r e s i d e n t o f t h e I l l i n o i s M a t h e m a t i c s

a n d S c i e n c e A c a d e m y

J o s e T o r r e s

T~̂ v Jose M. Torres was named President of the Illinois J L v L » Mathematics and Science Academy in 2014. He is a recipient of

the Dr. Effie H.Jones Humanitarian Award (2014) from the American Association of School Administrators.

At the invitation of Governor Bruce Rauner, Dr. Torres serves on the advisory committee for the Governor's Technology Advisory Group; and the Governor's Cabinet on Children and Youth. He also serves on the Cost of Segregation Education Advisory Group; and on the board of directors of the Illinois Association for Gifted Children, the Governor's P-20 Council and Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Illinois.

He is the former School Superintendent of Elgin School District U-46 where he implemented a five-year accountability plan that established new benchmarks supporting the District's 40,000 students' efforts to achieve academic success. He served on the U.S. Department of Education's Federal Equity and Excellence Commission (2011-2013). He is a past re­gional superintendent for the Chicago Public Schools and has worked in school districts in San Jose, Calif.; Anne Arundel, Baltimore; Rockville, Md.; Washington, D.C; and the U.S. Department of Defense Schools.

Dr. Torres holds degrees from the University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland): Bachelor Degree in General Studies (1983), Master of Education (1985), and a Doctor of Philosophy in Education Policy, Planning and Administration (1999). His hometown is San Juan, Puerto Rico.

State of Illinois Office of the Lieutenant Governor

Evelyn Sanguinetti

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This event was not paid for at taxpayer expense'1