Mark Rivera, anchor and reporter of ABC7, will receive the special award of Latinos under 40 Rising Star during the award ceremony of Chicago-Latinos 40 under 40 Class of 2022, on March 30th, at Bazaar Meat by Chef Andres.
Mark is a skilled anchor and a versatile reporter adept at covering everything from big breaking news to politics and feature stories.
“Despite his youth, Mark has more than demonstrated his outstanding professionalism as a presenter and journalist. There is no doubt that Mark has a bright future ahead of him”, said Clemente Nicado, Publisher of Negocios Now.
Recently,. Negocios Now published the complete list of Latinos 40 under 40 Class of 2022-Chicago
Since it launched this program in 2015, Negocios Now awards special prizes among the 40 young people from different industries who are recognized.
The other awards go to Edgar Candelas, president of the Northwest Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (Youngest Latino under 40 Award); Monica Lopez, Director of Acquisition of Northwestern Mutual Chicagoland (Leader of the Pack Award) and Ruben Flores Martinez, founder of CASHDROP (Latino Under 40 in Business Award).
“We are pleased to have assembled another amazing group of Latino leaders in the Chicago metropolitan area and also to have received many other nominations from outstanding Latinos in different industries who unfortunately could not be chosen this time, but will be considered for future editions,” said Nicado.
The edition and celebration event is presented by BMO Harris Bank and is also supported by Comcast Business, Peoples Gas, United Airlines, Abbvie, Northwestern Mutual Chicagoland, Walsh Construction and ABC7. Other sponsors will be announced before the event.
About Negocios Now
Negocios Now is currently the most awarded Hispanic business publication in the US. The publication reaches out to more than 250,000 print readers and thousands across the country through its digital platform. We inform Latino businesses about good business strategies. We connect companies that offer B2B services through our networking events. Negocios Now has received more than 20 national awards from the National Association of Hispanic Publications, and a “Peter Lisagor Award” for General Excellence. Negocios Now is the host of Who’s Who in Hispanic Business and Latinos 40 under 40 that celebrate in Chicago, New York, LA, and Houston. Negocios Now’s founder Clemente Nicado was named “Latino Publisher of the Year-2018” in the US by the National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP). He’s also a Board member of Allies for Community Business.