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Hispanics: Serving and Leading Our Nation with Pride and Honor
Fanny Anderson Hispanic Heritage Special Emphasis Program Manager
group will feature a district leader, who will share his or her rise to leadership. The group’s first employee is Mr. Daniel “Danny” Carrasco, the district’s chief of contracting. Here is his story. National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated in Carrasco: I was born and recognition of the historical and cultural contributions of raised in Los Angeles California Hispanic Americans. This national observance was first and have worked for the Corps Enestablished by Public Law 90-498, approved September 17, gineers, Los Angeles District since 1968, by the 90th Congress. Public Law 90-468 authorized graduating from High School. I the president to proclaim National Hispanic Heritage Week began my career as Summer Hire each year. On August 17, 1988, the 100th Congress enacted and worked in the Office of AdPublic Law 100-402, which extended the observance from ministrative Services, now known a week to a month. The annual observance is now a 31-day as the USACE Logistics Agency. period beginning on September 15 and ending on October 15. As a student I worked in human The months of September and October cover a wide resources and the Small Business range of independence days for Latin American countries. Office until finally becoming a Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua Procurement Clerk in the Archiall celebrate their independence on September 15. Mexico Danny Carrasco tecture and Engineering Negotiacelebrates its independence on September 16 and Chile on September 18. El Día de la Raza (Columbus Day) is observed tions Section, Engineering Division. After receiving my baccalaureate degree in Business from Cal State University, Los on October 12. For purposes of this celebration the term Angeles, I competed and was promoted to a contract specialist Hispanic includes persons with ancestry from the countries position. I currently have over twenty-five years of experience of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hon- in architecture and engineering, professional services, and construction contracting. I have held various acquisition duras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Panama, Peru, Puerto positions within the contracting organization and have even Rico, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela. served as the district small busi ?\?? ?X?X[\? ?][???\?H H?\?\????[??Z[??] H??\[? H\? H?YY?? H?? ?X?[??]?\?[??? H??[?[?]Y?]\?H][?? ? [][?[??X\?Y?H L
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