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Business hours |
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Mon-Fri |
9:30am-6:30pm |
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Saturdays |
10am-2:00pm |
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Sundays |
Closed |
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About Us |
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Our vision |
| To support
and enhance the Latino community
in developing a strong economic
base from which to participate
more fully in American society
and economy. To educate and
train Latinos in financial and
business practices so that each
individual has the knowledge and
skills necessary to better
himself or herself both
economically and socially. |
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Mission Statement |
| Las Americas
Business Center, Inc. (“Las
Americas”) seeks to operate as a
profitable business fostering
the development and expansion of
Latino businesses by providing
multi-cultural,
multi-professional, technical
and linguistic support to the
Latino and other ethnic
communities. Las Americas
focuses on providing business
consulting, business seminars,
and tax and accounting expertise
to new and established Latino
clients and
businesses. |
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History |
Founded by Ms. Rosario Reyes and
Mr. Juan Peralez in 1989,
Lynnwood
Accounting Center, Inc., a
corporation of the State of
Washington, opened its first
office in Lynnwood, Washington.
In 1995, the company changed its
name to Las
Americas Business Center, Inc.
Today it maintains its principal
place of business at
6605 202nd Street, SW, Lynnwood,
Washington 98036. Arising
directly from Rosario’s vision
of service to her community,
from the beginning, Las Americas
offered a full array of services
to individuals and businesses,
with a concentration on
accounting and income tax
preparation. Today, Las Americas
offers accounting and taxes,
insurance, business and
individual financial counseling,
mortgages and real estate. |
In 1994, Las Americas
acquired its first permanent
location at 19909 64th Avenue,
W, Lynnwood, Washington 98036.
In 1997, Las Americas sponsored
the
first Latino business fair in
the Puget Sound Region in
partnership with Washington
Mutual Bank and City Bank to
showcase its clients’ businesses
not only to the Latino
community but, more importantly,
to the wider community. Civic
and business
leaders from the region
appreciated the opportunity to
interface with Latino
business people about economic
partnerships and greater
participation in the
regional economy. Las Americas
continued to sponsor the
business fair for five years
with other partners, including
Wells Fargo Bank, Sound
Community Bank and
Seattle Savings & Mortgage. |
Since the onset of the
mortgage and financial crisis,
Las Americas has been
active in advising its clients
regarding their property and
mortgages. Specifically,
clients have received advice and
assistance in renegotiating and
refinancing
mortgages as well as advice
concerning selling in the
current real estate market.
Often advice to deal directly
with their lenders has resulted
in the clients returning
overwhelmed with the paperwork
and unable to understand or
proceed. |
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Latino Educational &
Training Institute (“LETI”) |
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In
1998, Rosario and Juan
founded a non-profit
corporation of the State
of
Washington named Latino
Educational & Training
Institute (“LETI”). LETI
initially
provided English as a
Second Language (ESL)
and citizenship classes
to the Latino
community. Later, it
added a course,
Introduction to Real
Estate, in conjunction
with Everertt Community
College. Today, LETI
sponsors Spanish
language
immersion day camps for
students eight to
fourteen years old. It
also provides
workshops in financial
literacy for middle and
high school students.
For adults,
LETI offers a “Women
Empowerment Program”
concentrating on
financial literacy
and computer skills so
that mothers can support
their children with
homework and
assignments. In 2008,
LETI received a grant
for a full time
Americorps person. |
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Assistance to Government |
Las Americas has
provided cultural
sensitivity training to
U.S. Census takers
and has promoted
participation by the
Latino community in the
census.
Las Americas provided
cultural sensitivity
training for workers of
211 Call
Center Initiative for
Washington State. Las
Americas has translated
into Spanish health
promotion pamphlets for
Washington State
Department of Health.
Las Americas has
provided
cultural‐sensitivity
training to the Seattle
Police
Academy and Justice
Center. |
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