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www.negociosnow.com Abril 2022 11 Yadira Enriquez CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER www.enriquezproduceinc.com The produce you need, when you need it. Enriquez Produce Inc. went into business to fulfill the needs of Mexican produce in the Hispanic market 33 years ago. Family and service are our core foundations, bringing a new wave of leadership from our family ranks that ensures continuity and sustainable scalability not only for our organization, but for the community as well. Latino owned businesses are key drivers to the U.S. economy and strengthen our communities, let's do business with each other and get business for each other! On being selected for Negocios Now's Latino 40 Under 40 Class of 2021! Congratulations Eduardo "Eddie" Garcia Real estate leader Age: 38 Title: Managing Broker and Owner Name of Organization: Realty of Chicago Eduardo "Eddie" Garcia started Realty of Chicago and has grown it into a business with more than 200 agents and four offices. It has closed more than $1 billion in sales. Garcia is an award-winning business leader with over a decade of experience in management and as chief executive officer and founder of Realty of Chicago, the largest Latino-owned real estate company in the Chicagoland area. The company has received industry-wide recognition for growth in real estate, housing, and economic development. Originally from Mexico and undocumen - ted, Garcia came to Chicago at the age of 5 and became a U.S citizen at the age of 12. Af- ter several odd jobs in the retail and failed at- tempts to earn a college degree, he stumbled across real estate and passed the state exami- nation on the first attempt. Realty of Chica- go now has 200-plus agents, four locations, has closed over $1 billion in sales, and has received many awards including Chicago's Managing Broker of the Year Award from the Chicago Association of Realtors in 2015, Top 1% Producer by the Association of Realtors Award in 2013, and Crain's Chicago Business 40 Under 40 Award in 2020. Garcia annually hosts the Back-to-School event, donating over 2000 backpacks for chil - dren K-12 filled with school supplies, and hosts the Turkey Drive event that feeds over 50,000 disenfranchised families during the holidays. Age: 36 Title: Owner Name of Organization: M3 Toys Michael Heredia is a web specialist and also owns his own toy business with its own storefront in Bucktown. Heredia's journey started right out of high school. Working in retail at the time, he saw the way companies marketed and wanted to improve upon that so he could grow within a company. Very quickly he rose to become a store, district and regio - nal leader. After his time in retail, Michael made a leap of faith and started his own company. Along with partners, he was involved in many local and regional events with thou- sands of attendees. His expertise in digital marketing changed the way these events were being promoted. Currently he is the web specialist at Crea- tive Ventures Inc. which owns the websites OneHourTees.com, ProWrestlingTees.com and ShopAEW.com. In seven years with the company he has introduced a wide range of digital marketing tactics along with new ideas, products and websites. Heredia also owns and operates M3 Toys (M3Toys.com). The company has a storefront on Seeley Avenue in Bucktown with two full- time employees. His wife Monica oversees the store. The next step for Heredia is to ex - pand M3 Toys into different states while laun- ching a new vintage retro business. Michael Heredia Playing to win

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