The Wharton Center will host the 13th Annual Advocates for Latino Student Advancement in Michigan Education (ALSAME) Youth Conference this Tuesday.
ALSAME is a non-profit organization whose ultimate goal is to turn college dreams into reality for the Latino students in Michigan.
The ALSAME Youth Conference will take place 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16.
There will be over 2,000 students Latino students in attendance from across the state. The conference is designed to help the students learn to prepare and pay for college. Students will be given the opportunity to go through workshops, receive alternative scholarship information and attend a college fair.
The keynote speaker at the event is Moe Vela, who is the CEO of MoeVela, LLC, a global consulting firm. Vela has been named as one of the “top 100 Hispanics in America” by Hispanic Business magazine and named as one of the “101 most influential Latinos” by Hispanic Leaders magazine.
