USHLI Announces Launch of MillerCoors Scholars 21st Century Leaders Summer Internship Program

The 2014 Class of MillerCoors Scholars has been selected and trained and the 10-week internship program is underway.  A solid group of interns attended orientation and training last week hosted by the Chicago Board of Elections Commissioners (CBOEC) and at Millennium Park for voter registration exercises.  Interns will attend a series of public policy discussions with elected and appointed officials, corporate and community leaders, and other opinion-makers, and register newly naturalized citizens to vote.    USHLI is very grateful to MillerCoors for its continued sponsorship of this internship program and to the CBOEC for its continued support.  CBOEC Executive Director Lance Gough is pictured below (far right) with our interns.    The 2014 Class of MillerCoors Scholars 21st Century Leaders include: Monika Stempniewicz: University of Illinois Chicago; English major, Communication & Psychology minor Jesus Tapia: Northeastern University; Social Work major Alexander Criollo: Morton College; Web Site Development major Sergio A Serrano: Moraine Valley College; Criminal Justice major Abraham Trevino: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Communications major Carlos Espinoza: Lewis University; Aviation Administration major Alexis Diaz: Northern Illinois University; Elementary Education major, Spanish & Latin American Studies minors Gabriela Brizuela: University of Illinois Chicago; Gender and Women Studies & Psychology major Melissa Rocha: Indiana State University; Psychology major Yesica Alvarez: Monmouth College; Spanish major Past participants in the MillerCoors Scholars Internship program have registered over 130,000 new voters, mostly newly naturalized citizens.  The 2014 class will be honored at USHLI's Annual Dinner on August 14 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. For more information contact Dulce Diaz at ddiaz@ushli.org or 312.427.8683