Hernán Prado is the President of KPI Latino, the first company in Alabama assisting public and private agencies to
design, produce, and distribute strategies to inform and educate the new Hispanic immigrant community. He started the
first education radio show in Spanish call Hola Alabama! in June 16, 2002, and the first bilingual TV show call Hola
Amigos! in November 17, 2002.
Mr. Prado worked for six years at the University of Alabama Program for Rural Services and Research as the Hispanic
Programs Coordinator. He developed the PACERS ESL Program at Collinsville High School and coordinated the formation of
the Collinsville Hispanic Health and Education Corporation, the first Hispanic non-profit organization in Alabama.
Mr. Prado coordinated the creation of the Alabama Latin American Association (ALAS) and is currently its president
and CEO. Also, he was the grantee and principal investigator for Project Mi Futuro, an educational approach to
encourage Hispanic adolescents to graduate from High School and to attend College funded by NASA.
Mr. Prado has presented papers at different annual conferences in relation to his research about ESL methodologies in
Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, Minnesota, Florida and at the TESOL International conference in British
Columbia. He has made presentations at various classes at the School of Education, Latin American Studies, and Social
Work at different universities in the State of Alabama and in other states. Mr. Prado has prepared a cultural
sensitivity workshop called: "Knowing my Hispanic Neighbor" presented to different government agencies, and private
institutions throughout the state. Internationally, Mr. Prado has presented in Canada, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize,
Ecuador and Mexico.
Mr. Prado serves on the boards of the Greater Birmingham Area Chamber of Commerce, The Civil Rights Institute, and the
Boy Scouts of America Hispanic District Committee. He is the current Chair for the Hispanic Business Council at the
Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce. He received the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Birmingham Unit
"Public Citizen of the Year" Award and the Alabama Chapter NASW "Public Citizen of the Year" Award in 2003.
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