Santiago Garcia is a first-generation American. Growing up in Chicago, his parents taught him the benefits of hard work, dedication, and supporting your community. At a young age, Santiago decided that the best way to honor his parents, their hard work and the risks they took leaving their families in Mexico and building their family in America, was to achieve the American Dream for his family. Santiago got to work on his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. He started an environmental sampling company in 1995, and later expanded the business to include material testing. In 2019, Santiago moved away from the environmental sampling and material testing business, and acquired The HOH Group, a full-service architecture and engineering firm with specialties in architecture, construction management, and civil, structural, and MEP design. This acquisition was transformational and the first in Chicagoland where a Minority owner acquired a Majority firm.