Centro to establish tech, workforce development hub with $3 million grant

Karen Menendez Coller, executive director of Centro (formerly Centro Hispano), spends her days building ways to promote the long-term success of Madison’s Latinx community — and, in the last year-and-a-half, trying to put out fires caused by the second Trump administration.

In 2025 alone, Centro spent $2 million providing low cost legal representation to families facing immigration challenges. The nonprofit also works with public institutions like the city of Madison and Madison school district on responses to federal immigration enforcement. Read more