Investing in Our Future | Invirtiendo en Nuestro Futuro
presented in partnership with the Consulate of Mexico and NSHMBA

April 18, 2012
8 to 9:30 a.m.

Investing in Our Future | Invirtiendo en Nuestro Futuro, a networking breakfast for business leaders, brings together professionals from across the Twin Cities to support children at a critical point in their development.

At the 2012 breakfast, attendees had a chance to mingle and hear from this year's noted speaker, Rob Grunewald. Grunewald is an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and co-authored a ground-breaking study on the economic impact of Early Childhood Education.

Grunewald spoke about his own experience researching the importance of investing in children early, and what a huge difference this early-age intervention makes, noting that many of the neural connections in a child's brain are firmly established by a very young age. He stated that quality programs, like those at Joyce Preschool, not only affect the child's own education in an immediate way, but impact parent awareness and involvement, improve future education and success, and — most important when framed economically — benefit the community as a whole.

Investing in Our Future 2012 took place on April 18.

Sponsorship for our 2012 event was generously provided by: Affordable Buttons, Endorse Communications, HealthPartners, Katherine Gallagher | Edina Realty, INGCO International, Maria's Cafe, New Century Construction, Inc., Pancho Villa, Paola Nuñez-Obetz, Rasmussen College, RBC Wealth Management, and Thomsen Reuters.

Want to learn more about the economics at work behind Investing in Our Future?
Check out the original paper written by Art Rolnick and Rob Grunewald, peruse this article in MinnPost, or view Rolnick's TEDxTalk from 2010.