Mr. Ricardo Estrada This is Me

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1. 1. Chicagobusiness.com

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   Published on: 3/1/2005   Last Visited: 3/21/2005

   Ricardo Estrada Chicagobusiness.com
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   Ricardo Estrada
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   As a young seminary student at Loyola University, Ricardo Estrada spent a summer serving the poor in rural Bolivia. One day, he accompanied a priest who was bringing the sacraments to remote villages.
   
   "The whole town was waiting for the priest," says Mr. Estrada.
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   Mr. Estrada has beefed up the center's computer labs and spearheaded a day care program offering computers and training to the mostly Latino women who provide child care from their homes in the neighborhood. The project, which has drawn national attention, eased a day care shortage while turning the providers into computer-savvy entrepreneurs.
   
   A native of Mexico, Mr. Estrada moved at age 7 to Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, where his father ran an auto body shop. He earned a master's degree in business from the University of Illinois at Chicago and another in social services from the University of Chicago, becoming one of the city's few male Latino social workers.
   
   Colleagues describe him as patient, calm and quietly tenacious. Those qualities helped Mr. Estrada advocate for a consortium of two dozen non-profits seeking $1.2 million in state funds to bring technology to low-income neighborhoods.
   
   The group's pitch to the Illinois Community Technology Fund reached a turning point when the board asked how the group intended to raise the remaining $2.8 million to complete the project. Mr. Estrada responded that he viewed the $1.2-million grant as "investment capital" to attract other funding.

2. 2. Chicagobusiness.com

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   Published on: 1/1/2004   Last Visited: 1/17/2004

   Ricardo Estrada Chicagobusiness.com
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   Ricardo Estrada
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   As a young seminary student at Loyola University, Ricardo Estrada spent a summer serving the poor in rural Bolivia. One day, he accompanied a priest who was bringing the sacraments to remote villages.
   
   "The whole town was waiting for the priest," says Mr. Estrada.
   ...
   Mr. Estrada has beefed up the center's computer labs and spearheaded a day care program offering computers and training to the mostly Latino women who provide child care from their homes in the neighborhood. The project, which has drawn national attention, eased a day care shortage while turning the providers into computer-savvy entrepreneurs.
   
   A native of Mexico, Mr. Estrada moved at age 7 to Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, where his father ran an auto body shop. He earned a master's degree in business from the University of Illinois at Chicago and another in social services from the University of Chicago, becoming one of the city's few male Latino social workers.
   
   Colleagues describe him as patient, calm and quietly tenacious. Those qualities helped Mr. Estrada advocate for a consortium of two dozen non-profits seeking $1.2 million in state funds to bring technology to low-income neighborhoods.
   
   The group's pitch to the Illinois Community Technology Fund reached a turning point when the board asked how the group intended to raise the remaining $2.8 million to complete the project. Mr. Estrada responded that he viewed the $1.2-million grant as "investment capital" to attract other funding.

3. 3. Chicagobusiness.com

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   Published on: 8/1/2004   Last Visited: 8/10/2004

   Ricardo Estrada Chicagobusiness.com
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   Ricardo Estrada
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   As a young seminary student at Loyola University, Ricardo Estrada spent a summer serving the poor in rural Bolivia. One day, he accompanied a priest who was bringing the sacraments to remote villages.
   
   "The whole town was waiting for the priest," says Mr. Estrada.
   ...
   Mr. Estrada has beefed up the center's computer labs and spearheaded a day care program offering computers and training to the mostly Latino women who provide child care from their homes in the neighborhood. The project, which has drawn national attention, eased a day care shortage while turning the providers into computer-savvy entrepreneurs.
   
   A native of Mexico, Mr. Estrada moved at age 7 to Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, where his father ran an auto body shop. He earned a master's degree in business from the University of Illinois at Chicago and another in social services from the University of Chicago, becoming one of the city's few male Latino social workers.
   
   Colleagues describe him as patient, calm and quietly tenacious. Those qualities helped Mr. Estrada advocate for a consortium of two dozen non-profits seeking $1.2 million in state funds to bring technology to low-income neighborhoods.
   
   The group's pitch to the Illinois Community Technology Fund reached a turning point when the board asked how the group intended to raise the remaining $2.8 million to complete the project. Mr. Estrada responded that he viewed the $1.2-million grant as "investment capital" to attract other funding.