Casino Night!

Casino Night!

Corporate Mixer

One of the pillars of the Youth Chamber is community involvement. 

Casino Night was a great networking and volunteer event where OCHYCC students were given the opportunity to volunteer putting together the event. Students were also able to put their network skills to practice, and were given the opportunity to network with higher ups to develop new and long lasting relationships. 

WIN THEM AT "HELLO"

Networking Essentials 

We kicked of the year with our first roundtable hosted on October 5th. The focus of this event was to present the essential skills to  networking and how to develop and maintain professional relationships.Guest speakers included Eddie Quillares from State Farm, and Elva Rubalcava from Disneyland, and both shared how networking had played a role in their success. This topic was a great platform to begin the year, and enforcing the importance of becoming a part of the Orange County Hispanic Youth Chamber of Commerce network. 

Apple of Gold Awards Celebration

Apple of Gold 

   Awards Celebration

On October 12, the Orange County Hispanic Youth Chamber of Commerce attended the 19^th annual Apple of Gold of Awards Celebration. Hosted by the Hispanic Education Endowment Fund (HEEF), the OCHCC was cordially invited as part of the sponsors guest list—the Education Foundation provides funds for HEEF scholarships. In fact, former OCHYCC board member, Javier Leon, is a scholarship award recipient. Youth Chamber board members, Estefania Moreno and Alejandra Rodriguez arrived early to help put together the event’s programs and accommodate some signs. Later, Erika Lopez helped auction off a panting whose proceeds would go towards scholarships. During the gala, Margaret provided advice to a high school student who shared her major (psychology). This event gave an opportunity to students from University of California Irvine and California State University Fullerton to network. Some of our sponsors and past speakers were present as well; for example, Eddie Quillares from State Farm and Elva Ruvalcaba from Disneyland whom recently led our Networking- “Win them at ‘Hello’” Roundtable in October.

Keynote speakers were motivational and entertaining. Lizbeth Martinez and Juan Pulido, present and former OCHYCC’s presidents, introduced the Lifetime Achievement Award to

Silas H. Abrego, former vice president for student affairs at Cal State Fullerton.  Other important attendees were congress women Loretta Sanchez and California State Fullerton’s president, Mildred Garcia-- among many other officials. President Garcia was very supportive of the Latina board members and advised for them to graduate and encourage fellow Hispanic students to graduate as well. For further information and resources regarding HEEF, please visit their website heef.org.