LOS ANGELES, CA, July 3, 2019 The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), the nation’s largest nonprofit organization supporting Hispanic American higher education, in partnership with Wells Fargo & Company (Wells Fargo) and The University of Chicago, convened 200 of the country’s top Latino, rising high school seniors, for HSF’s 2019 Youth Leadership Institute (YLI) from June 19-23—marking the fifth consecutive year that the program has been hosted on the UChicago campus. Wells Fargo is the National Presenting Sponsor and The University of Chicago is the Local Presenting Sponsor of this program.

YLI hosts exceptional, Latino, rising high school seniors who have distinguished themselves as leaders in their schools and communities, and have earned their seats at the program, through a competitive application process involving nearly 2,000 student applicants.

The program is designed to give attending students the practical tools they need to successfully apply to top universities, have full access to scholarship and financial aid opportunities, set a course for academic and career success, and experience what it’s like to live on a college campus.

Through college and career workshops, and numerous opportunities over the four conference days and evenings, to meet and mingle with HSF Scholar mentors and logistical volunteers, Fellows, Alumni, and other professionals from diverse fields who also serve as mentors, attendees will be able to enhance their leadership skills, and start building their own professional networks.

“We want to do everything we can to prepare these outstanding, rising high school seniors for a college track and lifetime of leadership, and who better to guide them, than role models from the Hispanic community—our Alumni and other exceptional professionals who have already forged the path—or are well on their way, as is the case with our HSF Scholars and younger Alumni,” said Fidel A. Vargas, President & CEO, Hispanic Scholarship Fund. “Thanks to the continuing and generous support of Wells Fargo and The University of Chicago, we are able to empower yet another cohort of exceptional high school students”

For more information about the Hispanic Scholarship Fund and the YLI Program, please visit HSF.net.

About the Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Founded in 1975, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) empowers Latino students and their parents with the 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.