#69 - Fidel Vargas, President & CEO, Hispanic Scholarship Fund

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#69 - Fidel Vargas, President & CEO, Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Oct 12, 2021 Episode 69
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We are excited to bring you this episode of the #squarepizzapod. This week, Greg is in conversation with Fidel Vargas, President of the Hispanic Scholarship  Fund. One fun fact about Fidel Vargas: In 1992, at age 23, Vargas was elected mayor of Baldwin Park, California becoming the youngest elected mayor in US history.

Topics covered in this episode:

  • Centinela Capital Partners - investing and managing nearly $1B in minority owned funds
  • Kobe Bryant and the Mamba Mentality 
  • The moment Fidel learned he was admitted to Harvard
  • His team's work supporting 20,000 HSF scholars 
  • HSF receiving a $30M grant to further their technology platform

We hope you enjoy!

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