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A brief profile of the 25 best schools for Hispanic students in the United States is presented. Some of them presented are Stanford University, Harvard University, and University of California.

The superior centers of higher education where Hispanic students are thriving are reported. The top twenty-five colleges for Latinos from different sources, ranging from the universities to Hispanic scholarship organizations, which include information about freshman retention rates and minority enrollments, are presented.

The Latino teachers and educators in US have made tremendous efforts to help lead their colleges to higher standards along with greater diversity and understanding. A brief description on some of the elite Hispanic educators including Modesto Maidique, Richardo Fernandes, Maximo Castillo, and Eduardo Padron is presented with respect to their individual success, strategies and contributions.

The grandly-named National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is set on 52 acres along the banks of the Rio Grande River. The electric complex houses the scope of Hispanic heritage, from the fine and performing arts to bilingual education and genealogy, representing every Hispanic culture from the Philippines to the Iberian Peninsula.

Museum Mile has incorporated 'El Museo del Barrio' museum found by Puerto Rican educators, artists, and activists to promote Puerto Rican, Caribbean, and Latin American art. El Museo's mission has put it ahead of the other museums in terms of reaching out to Latinos in North America, and the Caribbean.

Tucson, Arizona-based Ronald Rosales is one of the few domino manufacturers in the US, attracting celebrity attention with his signature anodized aluminum tiles. He makes his dominoes from T6 aircraft quality aluminum, also commonly referred to as 'billet', with a single set of 28 tiles costing nearly $250 with a plastic case or a wooden case for an additional $75.

Dr. Jane Delgado, president and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health (NAHH) heads a national Latino health SWAT team to meet the needs of Hispanics across the country. The alliance representatives work on issues concerning new drug benefits for Medicare recipients and technology designed to streamline medical records.

Marjorie L. Torres is the CEO of Concrete Stories, one of the few commercial real estate companies in the U.S. that provides middle-market business with strategic, brokerage and development services. She also promotes economic, political, corporate and philanthropic advancement among Latinos.

Bolivar Jose Bueno, co-owner of NonBox, a branding development company that does not more than $150 million of business a year, has an unorthodox view about the human behavior that helps in understanding the needs of the customers. Bueno's main focus lies on the consumer, as he constantly tries to understand the consumer and then explains them to the companies.

Samuel A. Ramirez and Co. Inc., one of the oldest and largest Hispanic-owned investment banks in the country offers a wide range of financial services. The company offers wealth management, underwriting, investment banking, and institutional brokerage, research and asset management for individual, corporations, and governments.

Richard Lopez Valencia, the senior president of emerging domestic markets for ING Group, a global financial services company aims to help minorities improve their lives by teaching them about investment opportunities. The ING offers banking, insurance, and asset management to more than 60 million private, corporate and institutional clients in more than 60 countries.

A USA Today article misquoted Nancy Lopez stating that she was planning to retire from playing golf, which was not true. It is reported that though she may not be playing too much golf, she would still continue to be a celebrity.

Juliet Garcia, an educator, a wife and a mother of two became president of Texas Southmost College in 1986. Her proudest moment came in 1991 when she helped to create a partnership between a junior college and the University of Texas.

Entrepreneur Sid Martinez from the Latino community has invented a revolutionary taco-shaped cookie that delights connoisseurs with a bilingual message inside. The cookie was a fortune hit that became a revolutionary cookie in US.

Latino designer Manuel has been blazing his name through the entertainment industry by crafting hand-made Western-style clothes for the stars for nearly 50 years now. He is credited for making cowboy fashion 'hip'.

Charles Garcia, CEO of Sterling Financial Group of Companies, Inc. makes a lot of money by concentrating on one simple task, which is catering to the Hispanic market. His Miami-based investment-banking firm offers a wide range of financial services, with several specialties.

Whole body scans are best reserved for patients needing diagnosis and are not meant for healthy people who want to make sure they are fine, because the radiation exposure is risky. The most widely used method for conducting a whole-body scan is with a computed tomography, or CT, scan machine where the whole procedure takes about 15 minutes and costs around $1,000.

Discount stores like Wal-Mart, Kmart and Big Lots in the U.S. carry ethnic foods, health products and beauty aids for Hispanic customers. The Hispanic population is the largest minority group in the U.S. and the companies are targeting retail industry initially with plans to get into the food service area as well.

The plus points of broadband, the faster way to connect to the World Wide Web, are discussed. Different types of broadband technologies are also highlighted.

Sizeable and family-friendly employment benefit packages are being sought out by job seekers, and are being used by top companies to lure the best employee candidates. Employers are offering more programs to help employees balance their lives, thus alleviating the stresses of daily life and allowing for focuses efforts at work.