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 Lt.
Col. (Ret.) Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch
Founder and President, Educational
Achievement Services, Inc. (EAS)
For the last ten years Consuelo has
dedicated her life to empowering a new
generation of Hispanic leaders and has
worked with over one million children
and their parents across the United
States through Educational Achievement
Services, Inc. (EAS), a company she
founded in 1994.
Born and raised along the border in a
small barrio in Laredo, Texas, Consuelo
Kickbusch is all too familiar with the
challenges of poverty, discrimination
and illiteracy. Although she grew up
without material wealth, she learned
through valuable lessons taught by her
immigrant parents that she was rich in
culture, tradition, values and faith.
The values she learned as a child were
reinforced throughout her career in the
U.S. military. After graduating from
Hardin Simmons University, Consuelo
entered the U.S. Army as an officer and
served for two decades. During that
time, she broke barriers and set records
in the military where she became the
highest-ranking Hispanic woman in the
Combat Support Field of the U.S. Army.
When the opportunity to assume a command
post arose, LTC Castillo Kickbusch
shocked the military by deciding to
retire. She chose to honor her mother's
dying wish to get back to her roots and
become a community leader. In 1996,
Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch retired from
the military and dedicated her time to
operating Educational Achievement
Services, Inc. and fulfilling her
mission of preparing tomorrow's leaders
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