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www.negociosnow.com Junio 2016 15 EDUCATION / CULTURE Deagu Art Museum in Korea, the Museo del Barrio in New York, the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, and the Museum Het Domein in The Netherlands, among others. JUDITH M. SAURI, Principal Entity: Richard Edwards Dual Language International Baccalaureate and Fine and Performing Arts School (CPS) Website: www.EdwardsIB.org Profile: Judith Sauri implemented an International Baccalaureate middle year program for all middle school students, including English language learners and students with special needs and abilities at the Richard Edwards Dual Language International Baccalaureate and Fine and Performing Arts School, which serves more than 1,500 students, 97 percent of whom are Latino. She was co-chair of the 45th Annual National Association for Bilingual Education Conference 2016, held in Chicago, and she also chaired the Parent Institute. Affiliations: Member, CPS State Seal of Biliteracy Steering Committee; vice president, Network of Hispanic Administrators in Education; board member, Illinois Association of Multilingual Multicultural Education. YOLANDA SUAREZ- BALCAZAR, Professor and Department Head, Department of Occupational Therapy Entity: University of Illinois at Chicago Website: ahs.uic.edu/ Profile: Ms. Suarez-Balcazar is a department head and faculty member at UIC. She studies health disparities among youth and young adults with disabilities and their families from diverse backgrounds. She is a co-author of Race, Culture, and Disability: Rehabilitation Science and Practice, and her work on cultural competency lead to the development of a model and its corresponding instrument to measure cultural competency among health professionals. Affiliations: Fellow, American Psychological Association/Society for Community Research and Action; Charter Fellow, Midwestern Psychological Association; Member, American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA); member, AOTA workgroup on obesity and Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children. ANDREW C. SUND, President Entity: St. Augustine College Website: www. staugustine.edu Profile: St. Augustine College has been serving the higher education needs of the Hispanic community for more than 30 years. Since Mr. Sund became president in July 2008, the college has increased enrollment by 39 percent, opened new sites in Southeast Chicago and Aurora, developed new programs, strengthened its accreditation and gone from a period of turbulence into one of stability and success. In October, 2013, St. Augustine College was the recipient of the "Outstanding Institution of the Year" award, given by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities. Affiliations: Mr. Sund serves on various boards and is currently the President of the Illinois Latino Council on Higher Education. HUGO TERUEL, Director Entity: University of Illinois at Chicago Website: www. lares.uic.edu Profile: Mr.Teruel, director of the Latin American Recruitment and Educational Services program at UIC, has been an advocate for Latino access to higher education for decades. Throughout his career, Mr. Teruel has managed recruitment and retention initiatives and worked in the areas of student services, academic affairs, diversity programming, assessment, academic advising, and Teaching. He has bachelor's and master's degrees in music composition from Roosevelt University. Affiliations Advisory group member, Latino Family Commission; member, Illinois Board of Higher Education Hispanic Employment Plan for Higher Education committee; past board member, Illinois Latino Council on Higher Education; former chair, Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Latinos at UIC. DR. WILFREDO O. URBINA- ROMERO, PhD, Associate Professor Entity: Roosevelt University Website: www. roosevelt.edu/ Profile: Dr. Urbina teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in math, including Calculus, Analysis, Probability, Stochastic Processes, and Numerical Analysis, and he has been the graduate coordinator for the Roosevelt University Math Department since 2010. He began his academic career in 1978 as an instructor at the Universidad Central de Venezuela after graduating from there with a master's degree and distinction as the Orden Vargas First Class, the university's highest honor. He went on to earn his doctorate in mathematics from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Urbina is a known as the leading expert in Gaussian Harmonic Analysis and Harmonic Analysis for classical orthogonal polynomial expansions. PEPE VARGAS, Founder & Executive Director Entity: International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago Website: www. LatinoCulturalCenter.org Profile: Pepe Vargas personifies creativity, dedication and leadership. As founder and executive director of the International Latino Cultural Center, he fosters the understanding of Latino culture through the universal language of the arts by showing, through cultural expressions, that Latinos are defined by more than 20 different nationalities and come from all social and racial backgrounds. In 1985, with a budget of $10,000, an audience of 500 and 14 films projected on a wall, Vargas launched the Chicago Latino Film Festival, which has evolved into the largest and best Latino film festival in the U.S. and Chicago's biggest International Latino cultural event. ROSARIO VARGAS, Founder and Co-Artistic Director Entity: Aguijon Theater Company Website: www. aguijontheater.org Profile: Rosario Vargas is a dedicated theater educator, director and researcher. She founded the Aguijon Theater Company in 1989 to create exciting and meaningful artistic experiences through cultural exploration, discussion and performance of high quality, Spanish-language and bilingual works. She completed her theatrical studies at the National School of Dramatic Art in Bogota, Colombia and has a B.A. in Architecture from the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Cartagena, Colombia. Her vast professional experience includes many productions as actress, director and producer, both in Chicago and abroad. In 2003, the National Museum of Mexican Art named Ms. Vargas that year's Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Honoree. VERONICA I. ARREOLA, Assistant Director Entity: Center for Research on Women and Gender, University of Illinois at Chicago Website: www.vivalafeminista.com Profile: Veronica Arreola is the assistant director of the Center for Research on Women and Gender at the University of Illinois at Chicago and she directs their Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Program. The WISE Program has been recognized by the White House for its success increasing graduation rates. Arreola is also an accomplished feminist activist. She served as a member of a Nobel Women's Initiative delegation to MesoAmerica and received the Impact Award from the Chicago Foundation for Women. Affiliations: National board member, Bitch Media; national board member, Women Employed; Mujeres Latinas en Accion. Book of Lists Promote your business with us! 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