Voto Latino: 10 years, VL Innovators, and What’s Ahead

A look back at the first 10 years of Voto Latino, including the culmination of the VL Innovators Challenge: lessons learned, best practices, and future plans.

From this Series:

• Part 1—Digital Learning Day: Moving Beyond the “Tech Is Good” Conversation

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During the broadcast, the conversation also took place on Twitter using the hashtags #connectedlearning, #VLInnovators, and #VLHangout.

Guests for this webinar included:

• Yándary Zavala – Deputy Communications Director at Voto Latino
• Alberto Altamirano – VL Innovators winner for Cityflag, a mobile app that gives Latinos a way to interact with local government
• Alexis Chaet – VL Innovators winner for Designing Culturally ­Competent Health IT for US Latino Migrant Farmworker Population, a unique program that uses technology to improve health for migrant farmworkers in rural Virginia
• Sarahi Espinoza Salamanca – VL Innovators winner for Dreamers Roadmap, a mobile app to help undocumented students find scholarships

Resources for this webinar:

• VotoLatino.com – a nonpartisan organization that empowers Latino Millennials
• The VLInnovators Challenge: $500K in awards for ideas that use technology both as an innovative change agent and as a potential career
• More info on the VLInnovators Challenge winners