The 2010 YMCA Black & Latino Achievers Program honorees recently gathered for the first ever reception held at the Cincinnati Museum Center. The honorees are an outstanding group of more than 40 professionals, all of whom share the YMCA’s passion for wanting to create opportunities where young people can thrive.

YMCA Achiever honorees will be also be recognized at the Salute to YMCA Black & Latino Achievers Gala on Nov. 5. Afterward, they will all continue to volunteer with the program, partnering with the YMCA to engage young people of color in aspiring to achieve their life dreams.

To learn more, please visit www. myy.org and click on the YMCA Black & Latino Achievers Program logo.

At the YWCA reception for honorees were Tonya Matthews and Alfonso Cornejo (1), Carolina LaCosta and Carolina Nelson and LaCosta Moore (2), and Hildalia Stace and Hildalia Santiago and Stace Darden (3).