2025 Welcome Award Recipients
Press Release For Immediate Release September 3, 2025 For media inquiries, contact: Ricardo Diaz, 217-979-0255 xpenn.diaz@gmail.com or Janel Gomez, 217-403-8843 janel.gomez@champaignil.gov Congratulations to the 2025 Recipients of the Immigrant Welcome Awards! (Urbana/Champaign, Illinois) The CU Immigration Forum, as sponsor of the 12 th Annual Immigrant Welcome Awards, is happy to announce the recipients of this year’s awards. The 2025 Immigrant Welcome Award winners are: Student Leadership Award – Maria Emilia Mancero Business Leadership Award – La Paloma Mexican Delicacies Community Impact Award – Amnesty International of UIUC Emergent Leader Award - María Jiménez Immigrant Leadership Award – Ishtiaq Khan The Claire Szoke Distinguished Service Award – Tam Thi Dang Wei All award recipients will be honored during the Immigrant Welcome Awards Ceremony and Celebration on Saturday, September 20, 2025. The celebration starts at 2 ...