Albertus Magnus College Hosts Hispanic Heritage Month Panel Event
The Hispanic Entrepreneurial Spirit: Resilience, Vision, & Impact
New Haven, Conn., October 14, 2025 – Albertus Magnus College continues its Centennial Celebration with a lively conversation about the Hispanic entrepreneurial spirit. Expert panelists will discuss the cultural resilience, vision, and positive impact it has on the community at large.
What: Panel discussion
Moderated by David Espinosa Galeano, Class of 2026
Panel of Experts:
Lizbeth Marquez-Flores, Founder and CEO of Locks of Liz Haircare, LLC, – natural, plant-based products, innovative tools, and essential accessories crafted to style, maintain, and elevate every curl type
Ramon Peralta, Founder and Creative Director of Peralta Design – empowering businesses of all sizes to thrive through strategic branding, cutting-edge web solutions, and results-driven digital marketing
Where: The award-winning Hubert Campus Center - Behan Community Room
831 Winchester Ave., New Haven, CT
When: Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 12 Noon
Click here for more information on Albertus’ Hispanic Heritage celebration.
About Albertus Magnus College
About Albertus Magnus College: Founded in 1925, Albertus is a coeducational Catholic College in the Dominican tradition. Albertus' values- and liberal arts-based education is recognized by external rankings such as US News & World Report, Money, and The New York Times, and has been named a Top 10 Military Friendly School. For nine consecutive years, at least 95% of Albertus graduates have attained employment or gone on to graduate studies within six months of completing their degrees. The College has an enrollment of approximately 1,300 students across its traditional undergraduate, accelerated adult undergraduate, and graduate program levels. Proud to enroll a student body where nearly half of its undergraduate students receive Federal Pell Grants and are first-generation college goers, Albertus is known for its innovative curricular offerings, recently launching new Bachelor's degree programs in Nursing, including BSN and Connecticut's first LPN-to-BSN; General Health Sciences; Interdisciplinary Studies; and Public Health. Among its graduate offerings is the State of Connecticut's only Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling program, and it is just one of three schools to offer a Master of Science in Human Services. In 2025-26, Albertus is celebrating its historic 100th Anniversary and completing implementation of the Albertus 2025: Lighting the Way to a Second Century strategic plan, with a bold vision to "be a destination liberal arts-based college, distinguished in its interdisciplinary and experiential approach to education, rooted in Dominican values, that prepares students for lifelong civic engagement and success." To learn more, please visit albertus.edu.