HISPANIC CELEBRITIES MAKING A DIFFERENCE

David Triana Posted: September 7, 2020

Eva Longoria

Founded in 2012, the Eva Longoria Foundation’s mission is to help Latinas build better futures for themselves and their families through education and entrepreneurship in the U.S. and Latin America.  The foundation assists with programs that help Latinas excel in school and attend college.  Additionally, they provide Latina entrepreneurs with career training, mentorship, capital and opportunity. Eva also co-founded Eva’s Heroes, a San Antonio nonprofit that benefits developmentally disabled children, and serves as a spokesperson for Padres Contra el Cancer, an organization supporting Latino families who have children with cancer.

https://evalongoriafoundation.org/ “Unlocking the full potential of Latinas”

Jennifer Lopez

With the help of her family, JLo co-founded the The Lopez Family Foundation.  The foundation is a global non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health and well-being of women and children and increasing the medical care available to them.  The foundation opened its telemedicine center in Puerto Rico in 2010 and has also recently opened seven new centers in Panama. In 2014, they announced the Center for a Healthy Childhood, in partnership with the Montefiore Medical Center, which promotes healthy eating, exercise and improve outcomes and access to care for women, children, and families in the Bronx.

http://www.lopezfamilyfoundation.org/ “Empowering Women and Children” 


George Lopez

Lopez is the founder of The Lopez Foundation.  The mission of the George Lopez Foundation is to create positive, permanent change for underprivileged children, adults and military families confronting challenges in education and health, as well as increasing community awareness about kidney disease and organ donation.

https://georgelopezfoundation.org/

Marc Anthony

Marc co-founded The Maestro Cares Foundation with Colombian-born entrepreneur Henry Cárdenas in January 2012.  Its mission is to improve the quality of life of orphaned and disadvantaged children in Latin America and the United States.   It does so by providing housing, educational programming and the essential resources to support their growth and development so they can become tomorrow’s leaders.

https://maestrocares.org/ / Changing Lives, Building Dreams


Carlos Santana

Milagro (Miracle) is a charitable foundation started in 1998 by Carlos Santana and his family to benefit children around the world and especially focuses on organizations that work with kids at risk for poor health, illiteracy, and who have insufficient educational and cultural opportunities.

http://www.milagrofoundation.org/ , Making a Difference in the Lives of Children

Albert Pujols

Albert and his wife Deidre run the Pujols Family Foundation.  Their mission is to live and share their commitment to faith, family and others and to promote awareness, provide hope and meet tangible needs for children and families who live with Down syndrome. The organization was founded in 2005 and helps impoverished people in the Dominican Republic through education, medical relief and tangible goods.

https://www.pujolsfamilyfoundation.org/, Providing a Future, Not charity


Lionel Messi

The foundation was founded in 2007 with a mission to act in favor of children and adolescents at risk nationally and internationally, in partnership with other institutions that develop projects aligned with the fundamental ideals of the Foundation: health, education and sports.  Messi has also given over $600,000 to the refurbishment of a children’s hospital in his hometown of Rosario, Argentina as well paying for the doctors to travel to Barcelona for training

https://messi.com

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