Nonprofit organization Vitrina Solidaria has opened a call for the Loíza Glocal Bootcamp project that seeks to train and advise entrepreneurs and of small and medium-sized businesses owners in Loíza to contribute to the socioeconomic development of that coastal municipality, Executive Director Raquel Skerrett-Escalera said. Since 2009, different community-based entities have managed to significantly reduce the problem […]
Lemonade Day, a youth entrepreneurship program, has named Danyarelie Ruiz as the 2020 National Youth Entrepreneur of the Year. She is the first Latina and Puerto Rican to win this award since Lemonade Day was founded in 2007, organizers said. Thirteen-year-old Ruiz, from the town of San Lorenzo, planned and started her own lemonade business […]
The Mastercard Girls4Tech educational program that seeks to inspire 7–14 year old girls with skills in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), and which has already reached 1 million students worldwide, is being launched in Puerto Rico with the participation of 15 girls, patients of the San Jorge Children’s Foundation. Starting Oct. 19, the girls […]
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