Esperanza is thrilled to invite you to join us on Friday, March 14th at 8pm in the ballroom of the Carnegie Institution for our fifth anniversary benefit concert featuring the Emmy-nominated and Julliard-trained Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe, “the most dynamic duo of this generation” (San Francisco Classical Voice). The evening will honor Mr. Donald Graham, former publisher of The Washington Post and founder of TheDream.US scholarship. Mr. Graham will receive the first-ever Esperanza Award. The concert will be followed by a champagne reception and art exhibit featuring the region’s finest immigrant artists and artisans, including the painters Naomi Chung, Delna Dastur, Teresa Oaxaca, and Michael Jose Torra, sculptor Patricia Silva-Sanstisteban, photographer Daniel Penchina, and fine jeweler Alberto Parada.

The Anderson and Roe Piano Duo have appeared on MTV’s Total Request Live and NPR’s All Things Considered. Anderson & Roe have toured the world’s leading concert halls with their explosive performances, while also electrifying audiences everywhere through their striking visual re-imagining of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. Their most recent album, When Worlds Fade, topped the Billboard Classical charts for over a dozen weeks.

Please consider a patron or host sponsorship – a powerful way to help Esperanza finance new scholarships. We’re thrilled to announce the JBG Companies as a concert host for this event and WilmerHale, the Raben Group, and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as patrons.  All patrons and hosts will be recognized during the gala; hosts will also be featured in promotional materials. A portion of all sponsorships and tickets will be tax-deductible. You may purchase tickets or sponsor this event by using the form below or by contacting us at info@esperanzafund.org.

Thank you for your support!

Please visit our 5th Anniversary Benefit Concert: Tickets and Sponsorship Page to purchase tickets or a sponsorship package.

• Awarded $90,000 in grants to ten scholars;
• Received a record number of scholarship applications;
• Achieved 100% attendance at our fourth annual Career Day;
• Hosted our first-ever graduation party for Esperanza scholars; and
• Hired our first paid staff member, a part-time Director of Operations!

To read more, you can download the full annual report.

The 2014 application for the Esperanza Education Fund Scholarship is available at http://apps.esperanzafund.org.

After reviewing a record-breaking 450 applicants and interviewing just 28, we’re thrilled to announce this year’s Esperanza Scholars! Thanks to our Board of Advisors, our corporate and institutional sponsors, and contributors like you, our 2013 scholars will receive a total of $90,000 in college scholarships. This includes over $11,000 from our matching gift drive. Special thanks to Board of Advisors members Tom Olson, Claire Alexander, Sergio Oehninger and Brian Greene for sponsoring the match – and to all of you who participated!

The amazing stories of these new scholars are after the jump. We invite you to meet them at our Lucky 2013 graduation party on June 8th at the Jack Rose. If you’re interested in mentoring one of these incredible young people, please visit our Become a Mentor page. Mentorship applications are due May 29th.

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On June 8, 2013, the Esperanza Education Fund will hold our first annual summer fundraiser to celebrate our 2013 college graduates, as well as our new Esperanza scholars!

Four years after our first scholars received their college acceptance letters and their Esperanza Scholarship checks, we are thrilled to bring them together with our newest class of scholars and our members to celebrate their college graduation. Please join us on the beautiful rooftop deck of one of Washington’s hippest watering holes, the Jack Rose, for a celebratory afternoon of barbeque, sno-cones, and live mariachi music.

Your ticket purchase makes these scholarships possible for our very deserving students.

Event Details:
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 8, 2013

The Jack Rose Rooftop
2007 18th St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20009

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Ticket purchase includes access to the private rooftop party and:
* all-you-can-eat Kobe sliders, pulled pork BBQ sandwiches, and grilled veggie sandwiches, plus side potato/green salad
* live mariachi music from Los Gallos Negros
* drink tickets for your choice of beer, wine, and/or margarita & mint julep sno-cones!
* non-alcoholic sno-cones
* a donation to The Esperanza Education Fund
* opportunity to meet and greet Esperanza’s 2013 scholars, leaders, mentors, and volunteers

Facebook event:  https://www.facebook.com/events/157213184451757/