The Reverend Luis Cortes, Jr. is the president and CEO of Esperanza USA, the largest Hispanic faith-based community development corporation in the country.

Beginning in Philadelphia with programs targeted to address the many unmet needs in Philadelphia's Hispanic community, The Reverend Luis Cortes has become a leader in building Hispanic owned institutions nationwide. Today, with a national network of 10,000 Hispanic faith and community based agencies; Esperanza USA is one of the leading voices for Hispanics in America.

In January 2005, The Reverend Luis Cortes was featured as one of Time magazine's "25 Most Influential Evangelicals" and was honored to be asked to speak at the National Prayer Service the morning after the President's Inauguration.

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