HICA’s Isabel Rubio Is An Alabama Bright Light

By Karim Shamsi-Basha

Growing up in the civil rights South in Mississippi, Isabel Rubio is a third-generation Mexican American who had it in her heart to give back to her community. She desired a place that provided open doors and helped the immigrant population.

That was when she founded HICA, the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama.

“We are a nonprofit organization that we started in 1999, to make sure we were giving new immigrant Latinos an organization to realize their dreams and aspirations,” Rubio said.HICA does a wide variety of work, from helping immigrants become U.S. citizens, to helping children go to college, to helping entrepreneurs create businesses. Last year, HICA assisted in 40 new businesses in Birmingham that provided jobs for over 60 people.

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