“Last year, over 100 million dollars for scholarship monies went unclaimed. The problem is students don’t apply. Let’s see if we can change that,” stated Ochoa. This cloudy morning in a packed room at the Linfield College School of Nursing, over fifty bilingual students where over ninety-five percent were bilingual in Spanish, one spoke Mixteco and one spoke Portuguese, attended the Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber (HMCC) sponsored “Path to Scholarships” workshop. The hands on workshop was presented by co-author of Path to Scholarships College Edition, and scholarship consultant, Gerardo Ochoa. He is also the Associate Director of Financial Aid at the Linfield College Portland campus. The Latino students came from as far as Hood River and Independence, Oregon. Many are athletes, many leaders in their student government, one ASB President in attendance and many working part-time. At least seventy-five percent will be the first to go to college in their family. They all … [Read more...]

Happy 2010 from Edith and I, and hoping you and your familias had a great Christmas and holiday. I wanted to take a few moments to thank a few individuals that kept us going in 2009, that as a result of their mentorship, professional friendship, encouragement (online and offline, some don’t know it or realize it), we inched closer towards this entrepreneurial venture, we call BilingualHire. We're eternally grateful. First. You. La Familia, friends, readers and subscribers to our blog, e-Newsletter, and fans in our Facebook community, who continuously provide feedback, and are our eyes and ears in communities throughout. To some of the subject matter experts on Twitter that are gracious upon imagination. A special, special gracias to Jason Hitzert, Chris Brogan, Gary Vaynerchuk, Chris Sacca, Dana Willhoit, and Robert Scoble for their business strategy, creative and social media & new media communication insight that, as a result, have improved our operation and interestingly, … [Read more...]