WELCOME TO HSO

The Hispanic Support Organization is the voice of the Hispanic employee who is committed to increasing opportunities for professional and personal development.

HSO counsels and educates leaders to raise the awareness and increase responsiveness to issues affecting the Hispanic Community within and outside Verizon Communications.

Through HSO, we are creating strong partnerships between employee resource groups and Verizon Communications with mutual collaboration towards positive change and reaching out to the Hispanic communities in the markets we serve.

HSO MISSION STATEMENT

As the Voice of the Hispanic Employee, we are committed to:
*Supporting our membership by increasing opportunities for professional and personal development.
*Counseling and educating leaders to raise awareness and increase the responsiveness to issues affecting the Hispanic Community within and outside Verizon Communication. *Reaching out to the Hispanic Community in the markets we serve.
*Creating strong partnerships between employee resource groups and Verizon Communications with mutual collaboration towards positive change.
*The overall success of our members, our community and Verizon Communications.

HISTORY OF THE H.S.O.

The HSO was officially recognized by New York Telephone as an employee resource group (ERG) in 1988. The organization was founded and begun by Carmen Rivera and a group of telephone company employees who were proud to be part of the expanding Hispanic employee base and U.S. population.

The HSO has pledged to support Verizon in making it a leader in the communications industry and making a significant contribution to its diversity mix.

The HSO is a recognized 501 c3 and Verizon employee resource group with a three-pronged goal of advancing our company, developing and advancing Hispanic employees, improving the communities we live in.