{"id":142979,"date":"2023-02-21T10:06:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T14:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-puerto-rico-youth-recognized-by-prudential-emerging-visionaries-program\/"},"modified":"2023-02-21T11:10:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T15:10:18","slug":"jovenes-de-puerto-rico-son-reconocidos-por-el-programa-emerging-visionaries-de-prudential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/jovenes-de-puerto-rico-son-reconocidos-por-el-programa-emerging-visionaries-de-prudential\/","title":{"rendered":"Puerto Rico youth recognized by Prudential Emerging Visionaries program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><i>Guaynabo student is honored with <span class=\"xn-money\">$5,000<\/span> award and invitation to the 2023 summit for her work addressing the challenges of a changing world.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEWARK, N.J.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 21, 2023<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <span class=\"xn-person\">Siona (Dolly) Pramoda<\/span>, 14, of Guaynabo, <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico<\/span>, today was named a 2023 Prudential Emerging Visionary for her inspiring commitment to improving the lives of others.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgbefbleft\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgbefbleft\" title=\"Emerging Visionaries logo\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1608300\/Emerging_Visionaries_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"Emerging Visionaries logo\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>As one of 25 Prudential Emerging Visionary winners, Dolly\u00a0will receive a <span class=\"xn-money\">$5,000<\/span> award to help take her innovation to the next level. She is also invited to attend an all-expenses-paid trip with her parent or guardian to Prudential&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">Newark, New Jersey<\/span>, headquarters for a three-day summit in April where she will receive coaching, skills development and networking opportunities with Prudential employees and other young leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Prudential Emerging Visionaries recognizes young people ages 14-18 whose fresh perspectives and innovative solutions address pressing financial and societal challenges in their communities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The goals of our Emerging Visionaries program reflect Prudential&#8217;s overarching purpose: to make lives better by solving the financial challenges of our changing world,&#8221; said Chairman and CEO <span class=\"xn-person\">Charles Lowrey<\/span>. &#8220;We applaud all of our honorees for their commitment to improving the lives of others and creating inclusive and thriving communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico&#8217;s<\/span> 2023 Prudential Emerging Visionary:<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Siona (Dolly) Pramoda<\/span><\/b>\u00a0is a leader of &#8220;SafeTeensOnline,&#8221; a peer-led and experience-sharing community that teaches young people online safety and privacy skills.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;SafeTeensOnline&#8221; identifies students as high-risk based on their usage patterns, awareness and perceptions of cyber risks. Participants then take part in learning modules on online safety topics co-created with experts in the field and led by youth ambassadors in their community. The initiative runs in more than 40 schools across four countries and 15 states in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Emerging Visionaries is a collaboration between Prudential Financial and Ashoka, a leading social impact organization, with support from the Financial Health Network, an authority on financial health and longtime partner of The Prudential Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>During the summit, to be held <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 22-25, 2023<\/span>, five winners will also have the opportunity to present their solutions in a pitch-off, where a grand prize winner will be awarded an additional <span class=\"xn-money\">$10,000<\/span> in funding. What&#8217;s more, Prudential employees will again vote to name an Employees&#8217; Choice Award winner, who will receive an additional <span class=\"xn-money\">$5,000<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The program is an evolution of Prudential&#8217;s Spirit of Community Awards, which, over 26 years, honored more than 150,000 outstanding youth volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>To read about all this year&#8217;s Prudential Emerging Visionaries, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3786536-4&amp;h=3081757394&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.prudential.com%2Flinks%2Fabout%2Femergingvisionaries&amp;a=prudential.com%2Femergingvisionaries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">prudential.com\/emergingvisionaries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Prudential Financial<\/b><br \/>Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a financial wellness leader and premier active global investment manager, has operations in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Asia<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Europe<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span>. Prudential&#8217;s diverse and talented employees help to make lives better by creating financial opportunity for more people. Prudential&#8217;s iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise and innovation for more than a century. For more information, please visit <u><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3786536-4&amp;h=4026021481&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.prudential.com%2F&amp;a=news.prudential.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">news.prudential.com<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Ashoka<\/b><br \/>Ashoka is the largest global network of leading social entrepreneurs \u2014 individuals with new ideas to systemically address the world&#8217;s biggest challenges and the entrepreneurial skill to transform those ideas into national, regional and global social impact. Over 40 years, Ashoka has supported more than 3,600 social entrepreneurs in 90 countries with solutions addressing society&#8217;s most pressing issues. Ashoka&#8217;s vision is a world in which Everyone Is a Changemaker \u2014 a society that responds quickly and effectively to challenges, and where each individual has the freedom, confidence and societal support to address any social problem. For more information, visit <u><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3786536-4&amp;h=3975590294&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ashoka.org%2Fen-us&amp;a=ashoka.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ashoka.org<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3786536-4&amp;h=2551811153&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1608300%2FEmerging_Visionaries_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1608300%2FEmerging_Visionaries_Logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1608300\/Emerging_Visionaries_Logo.jpg<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Prudential Financial, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><i>Guaynabo student is honored with <span class=\"xn-money\">$5,000<\/span> award and invitation to the 2023 summit for her work addressing the challenges of a changing world.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEWARK, N.J.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 21, 2023<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <span class=\"xn-person\">Siona (Dolly) Pramoda<\/span>, 14, of Guaynabo, <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico<\/span>, today was named a 2023 Prudential Emerging Visionary for her inspiring commitment to improving the lives of others.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;div&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educacion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142979"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142981,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142979\/revisions\/142981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}