Luis Salgado Nominated Leader of the Year by CoorsLightLideres

Luis Salgado has been selected as one of 12 Coors Light Li?deres of legal drinking age as a finalist for his commitment to empower the Latino community. Coors Light believes in rewarding the dedication and tenacious spirit of emerging leaders who selflessly work hard to achieve success by helping others. Luis is one of 12 li?deres who are competing to become the 2017 Coors Light Lider of the Year through an online public voting competition.

The public can start voting for Luis at www.CoorsLightLideres.com today, July18, through August 18, 2017. The winner will receive a $25,000 grant to implement a program in partnership with R.Evolución Latina to improve and empower the local Latino community. Voting rules and restrictions at CoorsLightLideres.com apply. Must be 21 years or older. Void where prohibited.

"I am honored to represent my community for this year's Coors Light Li?deres program," said Luis Salgado. "Coors Light has made a commitment to the Hispanic community to recognize and reward the dedication and tenacious spirit of emerging Latino leaders like me. I am grateful for the opportunity to compete and hopefully win a grant for R.Evolución Latina, especially as we celebrate our 10 years providing services to our community."

Luis was selected as one of the 2017 Coors Light Lideres because of his work and passion to create social change through his art.

"Through the Coors Light Li?deres program, we have the opportunity to create awareness about 12 outstanding Latino leaders who are inspiring others and making a difference to improve the quality of life in communities across the country," said Alberto Senior, who leads MillerCoors' national Latino community efforts. "For the past decade, the Li?deres program has recognized the unique accomplishments of 160 leaders, and I am excited about awarding the 2017 Li?der of the Year with a $25,000 grant that will help support the Latino community."
Since 2006, the Coors Light Li?deres program has raised awareness and highlighted the achievements of national and local leaders within the Hispanic community. The Coors Light Li?deres program offers up-and-coming Latino professionals leadership tools, counsel and networking opportunities.

Join the conversation at www.coorslightlideres.com, www.facebook.com/CoorsLightLideres, LinkedIn and on Twitter using @CoorsLightLider.

R.Evolución Latina, is led by founder/director Luis Salgado and co-directors Denisse Ambert, Heather Hogan and Gabriela García. The organization runs six flagship programs for various ages and audiences such as a free summer camp for kids, workshops for adults artists in the disciplines of dance, voice and acting and Kids Beyond Broadway. RL is an affiliate of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. For more information visit REvolucionLatina.org

About Coors Brewing Company Coors Brewing Company was founded in 1873 by Adolph Coors, who chose the Clear Creek Valley in Golden, Colo., for his new brewery because of the pure water in the nearby Rocky Mountain springs. The brewery's original and most enduring beer i s Coors Banquet (Coors.com, Facebook.com/CoorsBanquet, YouTube.com/OfficialCoorsBanquet), still brewed exclusively in Golden using only Rocky Mountain water and high-country barley. Coors Light (CoorsLight.com, Facebook.com/CoorsLight, @CoorsLight on Twitter, YouTube.com/CoorsLight) was introduced in 1978 and now is the second-best-selling beer in the United States. Triple-filtered smooth Keystone Light (KeystoneLight.com, Facebook.com/KeystoneLight) is one the country's most popular economy beers. Coors Brewing Company operates in the United States and Puerto Rico as part of MillerCoors, a joint venture of SABMiller plc and Molson Coors Brewing Company. Learn more at MillerCoors.com, at Facebook.com/MillerCoors or on Twitter through @MillerCoors.

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