Negocios Now

www.negociosnow.com Abril 2022 9 Age: 27 Title: Associate Name of Organization: Hyde Park Venture Partners Carlos Covarrubias is an associate at Hyde Park Venture Partners, a Chicago-based financial company that provides early-stage funding for companies in the middle of North America. Co - varrubias is primarily re- sponsible for finding new investment opportunities and for analyzing or evalu- ating companies. He was raised in Ogles- by, a community about 100 miles southwest of Chicago. His family is from a small ranch in Mexico outside of Zacatecas, so he grew up in a traditional Mexican household. At the local high school he was able to take a few business courses, something he was interested in studying at a university. He was at - tracted to the University of Notre Dame because it has one of the best business schools. Through Quest- bridge, a program for high- achieving students of low socioeconomic status, he was able to earn enough scholarships to pay for his college education. At Notre Dame, Co - varrubias majored in fi- nance with a supplemen- tary major in economics. Through Notre Dame he was also taught the power of networking, which al- lowed him to land a job at Mesirow Financial after graduation. While at Mesirow, he started working alongside many influential Latinos in Chicago to build out Angeles Investors, an in - vesting group dedicated to funding Hispanic and Latinx businesses, which often face a lack of ven- ture capital investment. Covarrubias was able to join the team early enough to create the first pitch deck, onboard the first members, and help execute the first invest - ment. Angeles allowed him to earn experience in early stage investing and also gain exposure to other Hispanic and Latinx angel investors. Through that experience, he was able to land his present position at Hyde Park Venture Partners. He is also actively in - volved with the Chicago chapter of the Association of Latino Professionals for America. Carlos Covarrubias Latino Investor Emmanuel Davila Community builder Age: 34 Title: Director of Business Initiatives Name of Organization: Puerto Rican Cultural Center at Humboldt Park In his job at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, Em- manuel Davila focuses on helping Latinos start and grow their own businesses and helping them gain ac- cess to capital. Davila has a diverse professional background with work in nonprofits, sales, music, nightlife, con- certs, and the financial ser- vices industry. His 14-year career en- compasses all aspects of program management, strategic planning and ex- ecution, process improve- ment, and relationship management. He earned a bachelor's degree in entertainment and media management from Columbia College in Chicago and took his love of Latin Urban music to the stage where he opened shows for Nicky Jam, RKM y Kent Y, and Jowell y Randy. After graduating from col - lege, he opened his own recording studio and began working in the nightlife in- dustry, managing nightly promotions, booking tal- ent, and developing mar- keting strategies. He has always loved busi- ness and entrepreneurship and pivoted his career to work as a small business spe- cialist with JPMorgan Chase & Co. where he experienced firsthand the devastating im- pacts that COVID-19 had on small businesses. At the Puerto Rican Cul- tural Center Humboldt Park he oversees six economic development programs and 11 business initiatives. This work has allowed Davila to make a difference in the Humboldt Park community, a place he has called home for over three decades. His team has provided close to 3,000 hours of one-on-one business advising to cli - ents and almost 40 hours of online training to entre- preneurs. Davila has also launched his newest entre- preneurial venture META Fitness, Nutrition, and Lifestyle, a personal train- ing studio located on Paseo Boricua in Humboldt Park Chicago, IL. Davila also volunteers his time serving as president of the board of directors for Chicago Artist Guide, a non - profit organization working to diversify Chicago theater. Age: 38 Title: Founder Name of Organization: Move Therapy and Wellness Laura Maria Isabel Dziekiewicz de Diaz is a licensed clinical social worker and certified yoga instructor and the owner of Move Therapy and Well - ness. It is a mental health and wellness practice of- fering integrative clinical mental health counsel- ing services in Chicago's Lakeview and Roscoe Village neighborhoods. Move offers traditional mental health counsel- ing and daily yoga and meditation classes that make psycho-education and practical therapeutic tools accessible through movement, breathing techniques, and medita - tion. Diaz employs 25 clini- cal therapists and yoga teachers and recently open a second wellness location that features a full yoga studio, a medi- tation space, clinical therapy offices and acu- puncture services. Move provides therapy and wellness services to over 500 clients and students who are experiencing symptoms related to anxi - ety, trauma, depression, life transitions, familial conflict and relationship issues. She holds a bach- elor's degree in psychol- ogy and Spanish from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and a master's degree in so- cial work from Loyola University Chicago. She started her career in the Evanston Public Schools where she was a school social worker for 15 years, serving minority youth in elementary and middle schools. She is of Puerto Ri - can, Argentinian, Pol- ish and Italian descent and comes from a family of successful first-gen- eration entrepreneurs. Her father was born and raised in Buenos Ai- res, Argentina, and her mother is a Chicago- born Puerto Rican. Laura Maria Isabel Dziekiewicz de Diaz Mental Health and Wellness Leader

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