Dallas attorney  Angel Reyes keeps a busy schedule. On top of a successful commercial litigation practice at Heygood, Orr, Reyes, Pearson & Bartolomei, Reyes is deeply involved in local government, serving on the DART board, among other things. Somehow, Reyes found the time to commute to Texas Tech University's Rawls College of Business, where he has earned his MBA. As part of that program, Reyes co-authored an intriguing study using historic employment data to compare Hispanic employment rates against the larger workforce.

What he found is an eye opener when you consider that the Hispanic workforce is one of the largest and fastest-growing segments of the workforce. The analysis concludes that Hispanic workers are at particular risk during economic downturns, suffering negative effects sooner, more severely and for longer duration than their white counterparts. With such a large segment of the workforce at risk, the study concludes that it is extremely worthwhile for the sake of the broader economy to try to reverse these trends. Read more here.