User:GToretto/Patricio Quezada

Patricio Quezada (born March 17, 1991), commonly known as PatGelado, is a serial entrepreneur, author and customizer. Along with other entrepreneurs he makes up just a few of the Renegade CEOs where a teen is taught how to identify & leverage everything and everyone around them as a tool to their success and not an obstacle to it.

'''Life and career '''

'''1991-2001: Early Years ''' Patricio Quezada was born on March 17, 1991, in Silver Spring, Maryland. He was born first or two boys to Rosa, a housekeeper, and Pablo, a waiter. Since he was the first and oldest by 2 years he had to learn everything on his own.

While in elementary school Quezada participated in the marching band, Boy Scouts, and in other prestigious events like speaking in front of ambassadors and participating in a UN conference with El Salvadorian students. He attended Marie H. Reed Elementary School where he began to play soccer in 2000. He later moved out of Washington, DC and into Silver Spring, Maryland. He then attended Parkland Middle School and Albert Einstein High School.

2006-present After showing a lack of interest in school with declining grades and a reputation for being absent Quezada met Shonika Proctor who today is his business mentor. After Shonika Proctor gave a speech in his Financial Planning class, they got in contact with each other and decided that entrepreneurship was for him. He started his first business in 2007 called Ava Modeling and Talent.

After failing to feel passionate about Ava, Quezada thought it would be a good idea to start his first business on something he might have knowledge about and has fun doing. He consulted with Shonika Proctor on a new niche and came up with what is today Hispanics Learn winter of 2008.

After starting Hispanics Learn, Quezada has gained recognition on CNN, CBS.com, SmallBizOwners Online, HispanicEntrepreneurs.com, Latin Vision, and the Washington Business Journal