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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Friends,<br><br>Good morning! <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I hope this note finds you doing well. I wanted to invite you to the <i>3rd Annual Latinos in Agriculture Leaders Conference</i> which will be held in San Antonio, Texas on October 11-13, 2013. This year we hope to have about 225 in attendance (100 students; 125 professionals). We hope you can make it.<br><br>This year, we have also created an opportunity for students interested in agriculture to attend the upcoming conference by applying for a “student scholarship” to help them cover the cost of the conference registration, meals associated with the conference, and hotel accommodations (based on double occupancy).<br><br>The Latinos in Agriculture Leaders Conference provides a unique venue for sharing information and ideas for the best and most promising practices in outreach to Hispanics for Agriculture. The objective of the conference is to facilitate the opportunity for industry, government, education, and future leaders (students) to meet and discuss the transformation of the Latino Agricultural workforce of the future. The 3rd Annual Latinos in Agriculture Leaders Conference will continue to engage stakeholders in capitalizing on the opportunities not yet fully explored with the Latino community in agriculture and related fields.<br><br>The goals of the conference goals are to:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>• explore best practices in recruiting Latino/Hispanic talent in agriculture and related fields<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>• seek opportunities to partner with other stakeholders to build synergy and scalability in their programs<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>• learn information about the diverse Latino/Hispanic culture in the United States and how to reach them<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>• learn how to tap into this emerging and growing market and the opportunities it represents to the future of Agriculture<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>• promote and expand partnerships and strategic alliances for collaboration between governments, institutions, and the public/private Agricultural sector<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>• foster and identify Hispanic undergraduate and graduate future leaders (students) who may be interested in your organization<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>• promote greater Hispanic participation in Agriculture and related fields discuss emerging trends in higher education affecting Hispanics<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>The deadline for students to apply is <b>Friday, September 13, 2013</b>. Any assistance you can provide in letting students know about this great professional development opportunity will be greatly appreciated. Students need to complete their scholarship application by going to the <a href="http://latinosinagriculture.org/">Latinos in Agriculture website</a> under <b>Student Info</b> tab and clicking on the <b>Student Scholarship Application</b>. It will take a few seconds to download the online application, they need to save as a PDF after completing it and e-mail it to Mr. David DeSousa, Jr. at <a href="mailto:ddesousa@tamu.edu">ddesousa@tamu.edu</a>.<br><br>Also, if you don’t mind, please let your colleagues know about the upcoming conference as well. It looks to be shaping up to be even better than the previous years.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>We hope to see you in San Antonio next month. It would be great catching up with you once again.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Edward<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#006039'><br></span></b><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Edward W. Romero, Ph.D.</span></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Co-Founder & Co-Organizer</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Latinos in Agriculture Leaders Conference</span></i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>p. (979) 229-6325</span></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:edward@latinosinagriculture.org"><span style='color:#053DF5'>edward@latinosinagriculture.org</span></a></span></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#006039'><<<><><><><><><><><><><><><><>>></span></i></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Follow </span></i></span><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="http://LatinosinAgriculture.org"><b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;color:#006039'>Latinos in Agriculture</span></b></a></span></i><span class=apple-style-span><b><i><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'> </span></i></b></span><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>on</span></i></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="http://twitter.com/LatinosInAg"><span style='font-size:8.5pt;color:#053DF5'>Twitter</span></a></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>, </span></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.facebook.com/LatinosInAgriculture"><span style='font-size:8.5pt;color:#053DF5'>Facebook</span></a><span class=apple-style-span>, </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>and/or </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Latinos-in-Agriculture-3713747/about?trk=anet_ug_grppro"><span style='font-size:8.5pt;color:#053DF5'>LinkedIn</span></a> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#006039'>About Latinos in Agriculture</span></i></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica-LightOblique'>The Latinos in Agriculture Leaders Conference strives to provide a national platform to discuss how to capitalize Hispanic talent in Agriculture. Our mission is to explore deliberate approaches in connecting agricultural stakeholders to improve Latino representation into Agriculture. Specifically, our objective is to provide a conference where industry, government, educational entities, and future leaders (students) convene to discuss the transformation of the Hispanic agricultural workforce of the future by increasing student capacity of those enrolling into Agricultural careers.</span></i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>