Proceeds from this event go towards funding educational scholarships for deserving area high school students and an adult scholarship.
It is a formal lunch banquet and awards ceremony with an inspirational keynote speaker, Evelyn Sanguinetti.
Evelyn Sanguinetti served as not only the first Latina Lieutenant Governor of the state, but of the entire country. She is a wife, working mother of three and an attorney by trade. She was formerly an adjunct professor of law, an Assistant Illinois Attorney General and a Wheaton City Councilwoman.
Sanguinetti was born in Hialeah, a neighborhood outside of Miami, Florida, to teenage parents - her mother a Cuban refugee and her father an Ecuadorian immigrant. While they were of little means, her parents were determined to give her every opportunity to succeed.
Following graduation from Florida International University, Sanguinetti moved to Chicago to attend The John Marshall Law School where she developed an understanding and passion for the law and for Illinois. She soon joined Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan’s office as an Assistant Attorney General where she fought to protect the people of the State of Illinois. In 2007, Sanguinetti suffered an accident which severely impaired her ability to walk. Subsequent medical examinations revealed that she has Multiple Sclerosis. Despite this grim diagnosis, Sanguinetti vowed to never let her MS stop her.
After fully regaining her ability to walk for prolonged periods, Sanguinetti decided to enter public life. She proceeded to run for and win an election to the Wheaton City Council on a platform of delivering efficient, streamlined government to the people of Wheaton. In 2013, Sanguinetti caught the attention of state and national leaders, and was chosen to run for Illinois Lieutenant Governor. She was elected in 2014 as the 47th Lieutenant Governor of the State of Illinois.
This year, the event will take place on Wednesday, November 13th, at the Fox Valley University and Business Center at the Elgin Community College campus, Building E. The event will run from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. Individual tickets are $50 each. (NOTE: Tickets are included in sponsorship levels)
We invite you to become one of our sponsors to help convert possibilities into opportunities and to help turn walls into open doors for our local students. Your sponsorship will help make a scholar’s educational dream come true!