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Hispanic Heritage Night
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Event Sessions

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Hispanic Cultural Societies & Vendor Expo
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Community Connections
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Shaping Food and Culture: From Latin America to St. Louis
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
St. Louis Soccer and the STL Santos Entrepreneurial Journey Building Community
6:45 PM - 7:00 PM
Closing Performance with Mauricio Villanueva!
Chris Ransom

Chris Ransom

Speaker
CEO/Chair of Board – Phollio

Chris was born on December 10, 1995 and raised in St.Louis, MO. He is the oldest son of three boys, and attended Loyola Academy of St.Louis, St.Louis University High School, and Rockhurst University. After 3 years of college studies – mainly emphasizing “Accounting/Finance” courses – Chris decided to end his collegiate tenure early to start his own tech company. He worked at Target to purchase a MacBook Pro, and to acquired the hardware and software necessary for mobile app creation. He would eventually teach himself a programming language called “Swift” to advance his endeavors. Over the last 3 years, Chris has become an outstanding and highly credited “Full-Stacked Developer”, with a mobile application on Apple’s App Store that has received over 780 downloads and counting since January 1st, 2021.

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