June 25, 2019, LOS ANGELES –The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), the nation’s largest nonprofit organization supporting Hispanic American higher education, today announced that American Honda Motor Company (Honda) has renewed its longtime commitment to HSF’s mission, through a gift of $50,000 to help support the 2019 STEM Summit, to be held in San Jose, CA, September 5 – 8, 2019.

The HSF STEM Summit is an annual Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math conference that gives the best and brightest HSF STEM Scholars (rising college juniors and seniors) an inside track to career success in STEM fields, through a combination of mentoring, professional insights, and career guidance. Each summer, a select group of rising junior and senior students are chosen as delegates from a highly competitive pool of current HSF STEM Scholars. Attendees are given the opportunity to interact with some of the leading Hispanic STEM professionals in our country and gain insights on how to achieve excellence, both academically and professionally.

“We are delighted to receive Honda’s partnership renewal commitment that now celebrates sixteen years, in the form of a generous donation to support our fourth annual STEM Summit,” said Fidel A. Vargas, President & CEO, Hispanic Scholarship Fund. “Our Scholars who have an interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics will be among those who push the envelope for the benefit of mankind, forging new frontiers in fields of vital importance to America and the world.

In addition to its other elements, the STEM Summit features a Career Expo, which offers Scholars the opportunity to meet with corporate talent recruiters to interview for internships and full-time jobs with HSF Corporate Partners, including Honda, and to receive one-on-one career coaching from HSF Alumni and other top professionals and HSF Career Center staff, on a range of topics, from career advice to resumes and interview preparation.

About the Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Founded in 1975, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) empowers Latino students and their parents with knowledge and resources needed to successfully complete a higher education, and provides scholarships and support services to as many exceptional Hispanic American students as possible. As the nation’s largest nonprofit organization supporting Hispanic American higher education, HSF has awarded over $588 million in scholarships, to date. For more information about the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, please visit HSF.net.

About American Honda Motor Company
Honda established its first U.S. business operation in Los Angeles, Calif., in 1959. Today, Honda employs more than 31,000 associates in the development, manufacturing, sales and servicing of Honda and Acura automobiles, Honda power equipment and powersports products, the HondaJet advanced light jet and GE Honda HF120 turbofan engines. Based on its longstanding commitment to "build products close to the customer," Honda operates 12 major manufacturing facilities in America, working with more than 600 suppliers in the region to produce roughly 4 million products annually for customers locally and globally. In 2018, almost two-thirds of the Honda and Acura automobiles sold in the U.S. were produced in America, using domestic and globally sourced parts. Honda also operates 14 major research and development centers in the U.S. with the capacity to fully design, develop and engineer many of the products Honda produces in America, including Honda and Acura automobiles, Honda side-by-side vehicles and power equipment, as well as the HondaJet.