Citizens Bank sponsors We Mean Business Expo

Providence Resident and URI Student wins Miss RI Latina Title

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Citizens Bank has announced its $5,000 sponsorship of the We Mean Business Expo. We Mean Business is a joint venture of the Secretary of State's First Stop Business Information Center and Every Company Counts, an initiative of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation. The mission of We Mean Business is to connect Rhode Island business owners with local, state and federal regulators as well as to non-profit resources that impact business. This event presents a unique opportunity for entrepreneurs to discuss issues that impact their business and/or to acquire information that they will need to start, grow or improve their business experience in Rhode Island. All attendees are asked to bring a non-perishable food item as well as any unwanted electronics and printer cartridges to benefit the RI Community Food Bank.

Providence Resident and URI Student wins

Miss RI Latina Title

Sasha Zacarias

Miss Rhode Island Latina

(Providence, Rhode Island, USA) Sasha Zacarias, an eighteen year old Providence resident won the title of Miss Rhode Island Latina during the 22nd annual contest in front of a packed house at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet in Cranston.
One of 8 serious contestants for the title during the 5 hour pageant, Sasha was selected by a judicial panel including state officials like RI Secretary of State Ralph Mollis, and noted Italian-American entrepreneur, Gianfranco Marrocco owner of Mediterraneo Restaurant, Dolce Vita Café and Dolce Vita hotel on historic Federal Hill in Providence.
Fluent in both Spanish and English, Sasha is now entering her second year of studies at the University of Rhode Island and is a long time Providence resident and graduate of the Providence Public School System.
Sasha's adopted father, Wilbur W. Jennings Jr. is a former Providence Public Works employee and chairman of the 8th Ward Democratic City Committee. He currently works for Herb Chambers Honda in Seekonk, Mass. Sasha's Mother, Aridia Jennings is a teacher's assistant in the Providence Public School System.
Sasha will go on to represent Rhode Island in the Miss Latina US pageant next year.