Excelencia in Business Awards celebrate the resilience and success of Philadelphia’s Hispanic-owned businesses
In 1998, Rios was a senior at the now-closed Cardinal Dougherty and knew college was out of the question for his North Philadelphia family. “I had to get a job and really didn’t think about college,” Rios recalled. Rios ultimately became the first Latino Business Representative in the union’s century-old history and has made it his duty to give back to the community, including helping to build an apprenticeship program that can lead to a good job, benefits, and an associate’s degree.
Originally from Argentina, Isaak founded Magnum in 1992 and has grown it into a full-service, multilingual communications company with a global network of over 2,500 linguists and subject matter experts in 30 countries. While Isaak said she always wanted to work with languages, being a flourishing entrepreneur was not a part of her youthful vision.From beliefs to breakthroughs, explaining his design philosophy.