U.S. Hispanic
Youth Entrepreneur Education (USHYEE) was founded in 2004 in order to address the high drop out rates
among Hispanic youth and to introduce entrepreneurship as a career option. Hispanics tend to be entrepreneurial and are the
largest, youngest and fastest growing minority in the United States. To bridge education and entrepreneurship in the Hispanic
community seemed, to us, to be a natural conclusion.
In
late 2004, USHYEE and the Hispanic College Fund (HCF) partnered in order to bring an HCF program to Maryland. The program,
the Hispanic Youth Symposium (HYS), was launched in Maryland at the University of Maryland Baltimore County in July of 2005. Since the success of that initial
program, USHYEE has developed an Entrepreneur Track for the HYS and is partnering with the Hispanic College fund to teach
the Entrepreneur Track across the United States as the HYS expands to other parts of the country.
USHYEE's program Achieve is offered four times a year in a college setting and also includes tracks for parents,
educators and community leaders. As part of USHYEE’s vision, we will become a national organization focused on the success
of Hispanic youth utilizing our nation’s educational system as the vehicle and our country’s free enterprise system
as the engine. We are becoming a national conduit for providing scholarships to Hispanic Youth desiring to pursue business
and entrepreneurial careers.
My name is Xavier A. I go to Chandler High School and was just recently at the Hispanic
Youth Symposium. I am writing this letter to you as a thank you. You said something very simple to me, yet i feel it was a
very powerful message that will stick with me for years. You and I spoke for a few minutes and it was brought up about starting
a business. You then pulled a dollar out of your pocket and stared at me. Now at first i stared at the dollar in confusion,
I did not know what you wanted. Then you told me to ask for the dollar. You said to me, "if you want something... All
you need to do is ask. Ask for two!". Well I still have that dollar, and i do plan on saving it possibly as a sentimental
"first dollar made" kind of thing. For sending me this message I thank you sincerely.
XAVIER A. ARIZONA
USHYEE
has made a tremendous change and improvement to my life. Through USHYEE and the symposiums I've learned how to interact
with people how to make good impressions and how to make myself outstanding in today's society. What I've learned in USHYEE is not in any high school curriculum or program that i know of. USHYEE has given me team-work
and leadership skills. USHYEE has made the biggest changes in student's minds like I've never seen before.
JESSICA
M. MARYLAND
"Before I had the opportunity to participate in the Maryland Hispanic Youth Symposium to tell
you the truth I was not really thinking about college. I was getting bad grades and I was hanging with the wrong crowd. Then
I met three people that changed my life. They told me to sign up for the Maryland Hispanic Youth Symposium... After going
though the symposium I realized that college is the future of a better life. I have since made a change for the best."
RUDOLFO G. MARYLAND
NEWS This summer six USHYEE students completed an internship program at Johns Hopkins
Medicine International. They worked in various departments ranging from logistics to construction. This was the first summer
that USHYEE students completed this prestigous internship program. For information regarding the summer 2009 JHMI internship
program contact luis@ushyee.org
Luis Borunda, USHYEE President/CEO recently met with
US Hispanic Leadership Institute President, Juan Andrade and former HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros in Chicago. Mr. Borunda and
Mr. Andrade had a very productive meeting during which several areas of agreement were reached.
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was launched in Maryland at the University of Maryland Baltimore County in July of 2005. Since the success of that initial
program, USHYEE has developed an Entrepreneur Track for the HYS and is partnering with the Hispanic College fund to teach
the Entrepreneur Track across the United States as the HYS expands to other parts of the country. 
What I've learned in USHYEE is not in any high school curriculum or program that i know of. USHYEE has given me team-work
and leadership skills. USHYEE has made the biggest changes in student's minds like I've never seen before. 
that USHYEE students completed this prestigous internship program. For information regarding the summer 2009 JHMI internship
program contact 