WhitneyMYoungMagnetHigh
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This event occurred on
June 12, 2017
Chicago, Illinois
United States

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Whitney M. Young Magnet High School
211 South Laflin St
Chicago, Illinois, 60607
United States
Event type:
Youth (What is this?)
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Speakers

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Shermin Kruse

Shermin Kruse spent her childhood in Iran dodging rockets and the morality police, immigrated with her family carrying little more than a few suitcases. She is now a partner at the law firm of Barack Ferrazzano, an accomplished negotiator, facilitator, and mediator, the author of the critically acclaimed, best-selling novel Butterfly Stitching, a contributor to the Huffington Post, a director of the ACLU of Illinois, co-founder and director of the peace organization, Pasfarda Arts and Culture Exchange, and a director of the international refugee center Heshima Kenya. Kruse was named nationally by BizWomen Magazine as one of the nation’s top 100 “Women to Watch,” one of Chicago’s most influential women by Chicago Business Journal, and one of Chicago’s Women of Inspiration by Today’s Chicago Magazine. She is also the mother of four children.

Tsi-Tsi-Ki Felix

Tsi-Tsi-Ki Félix – Emmy Winning News Anchorwoman for the Largest Latin TV Network in the US Tsi-Tsi-Ki Félix is a nationally known broadcaster and journalist, currently leading the nightly news for Univision. Previously she was the lead anchor of Telemundo Chicago's 5 pm and 10 pm news broadcasts. Tsi-Tsi-Ki’s anchoring and reporting has been recognized with numerous awards including multiple Emmys. Since 2015 she has been the nightly news anchor for Univision in Washington, DC and hosts the show Perspectiva Nacional. Tsi-tsi-ki Félix is a native of Michoacán, Mexico and a graduate of DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois.

Wendy A. Berger

Wendy Berger is principal of WBS Equities, LLC which specializes in ground-up construction, renovation, development of industrial buildings for food and beverage manufacturers and distributors. Over the last 28 years she has been involved in the real estate business as a lender, property manager, broker and consultant, as well as an investor. Aside from her experience in the real estate field, Wendy spent 10 years working with technology startups. Wendy was employee number 11 at the travel web site, Orbitz. She co-founded and was COO of Neoglyphics Media Corporation, one of the country’s first web site development firms. Neoglyphics grew from a small start-up to a corporation with a staff of more than 150 employees before it was sold in March 1998 for $65 million. Wendy earned her MBA in Finance and Real Estate from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business. She received a B.S., cum laude, in Finance and Marketing from Syracuse University.

Organizing team

Mike
Hettwer

Chicago, IL, United States
Organizer