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Central Florida Clients: Rick and Christopher Castillo Rick and Christopher Castillo are the father-son force that runs Castillo Engineering, LLC. Established in 1998, their business has progressively become a trailblazer in its industry in the United States. Located in Maitland, Florida, the Castillo family serves the Central Florida community with expertise in full service (electrical,Read more

Central Florida Client: Lillianis Cruz Originally from Puerto Rico, Lillianis Cruz is the Founder and Executive Director of Hope Counseling of Central FL, LLC in Orlando since 2016. Although she always felt happy and accomplished with her career as an entrepreneur, Lillianis was hoping to find for an extra boost to be able to pushRead more

On the evening of Saturday, December 11, EPCOT’s World Showplace Pavilion was the setting for the 24th Annual Don Quijote Awards, a prestigious event recognizing businesses and individuals committed to advancing the Hispanic community in Central Florida. As in years past, the recipients were chosen by a selection committee that evaluated nominees based on theirRead more

Central Florida clients: Jose and Aida Ortiz Jose Ortiz (from Puerto Rico) and his wife Aida (from the Dominican Republic) are the owners of Remodel Surplus in Orlando since 2016. Backed by several years of experience in real estate brokerage, construction, and business administration, the power couple decided to start their own business offering homeRead more

$75,000 grant to provide training and resources for Hispanic entrepreneurs in Florida and North Carolina Prospera, the economic development nonprofit organization, announced today a $75,000 grant from Comcast NBCUniversal and Telemundo Enterprises as part of Comcast NBCUniversal’s $100 million commitment to advance social justice and equality. The grant will support Hispanic entrepreneurs and small businessRead more

Conrad Santiago – The Trentham Santiago Group Conrad Santiago is a Private Wealth Advisor at The Trentham Santiago Group in Central Florida who has been recognized for his excellence as Barron’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors from 2014 to 2019, and as Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors in 2020 and 2021. Back in 1994, a group ofRead more

Central Florida Client – Miguel Ortega Detal & Smith Trade, LLC is a family-operated business owned by Miguel Ortega. Backed with over 25 years of experience in manufacturing and distributing organic, natural, and biodegradable products, Miguel decided to start his business in Central Florida, importing environmentally friendly products from Ecuador. Amongst his most remarkable productsRead more

West Coast Client – Miriam Escobar Florida Ice of Tampa Corporation is a family-owned business that offers ice distribution and sales to nearly 300 regular customers in the Tampa Bay area. For 16 years now, they have served gas stations, supermarkets, convenience stores, construction sites, landscaping companies, organizations such as Feeding Tampa Bay, restaurants, clubs,Read more

Central Florida Client Spotlight – Tony Villalobos Tony Villalobos is the owner of Lobos Coffee Roasters, a new and modern coffee house located at 3000 Corrine Drive, in Orlando, FL. His love for coffee began when visiting his grandmother’s coffee farm in Panama, where from a young age he began to enjoy the aroma ofRead more

Nonprofits Prospera and Ascendus collaborate to help more Hispanic-owned businesses recover  JPMorgan Chase has donated $500,000 to economic development, nonprofit organizations Prospera and Ascendus (formerly Accion East) to support more than 750 small, minority-owned businesses in Florida struggling to overcome the economic crisis. The organizations will work together to assist small business owners in the greater Orlando, Miami andRead more