Friends Jillian Pluemer of Placentia, Micaela Balcaza of Lake Forest and Rebecca Sewell of Irvine, from left, stand together, covered in colorful chalk dust, after participating in a 3K Color Fun Run, as part of Irvine Tech Week, on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Mike Ward Community Park in Irvine. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Jayro Sandoval, right, of Irvine, the organizer of the Irvine Tech Week 3K Color Fun Run, participates in the event with his wife, Ashleigh Stone, and daughter, Ella Stone-Sandoval, 3, at Mike Ward Community Park in Irvine on Saturday, April 20, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Jayro Sandoval, right, of Irvine, the organizer of the Irvine Tech Week 3K Color Fun Run, participates in the event with his wife, Ashleigh Stone, and daughter, Ella Stone-Sandoval, 3, at Mike Ward Community Park in Irvine on Saturday, April 20, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Runners participate in a 3K Color Fun Run, benefitting the Sunstone Community Fund, as part of Irvine Tech Week, on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Mike Ward Community Park. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Runners take off for the start of the Irvine Tech Week 5K Run at Mike Ward Community Park on Saturday, April 20, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Runners take off for the start of the Irvine Tech Week 3K Color Fun Run at Mike Ward Community Park on Saturday, April 20, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Runners participate in a 3K Color Fun Run, benefitting the Sunstone Community Fund, as part of Irvine Tech Week, on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Mike Ward Community Park. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Runners participate in a 3K Color Fun Run, benefitting the Sunstone Community Fund, as part of Irvine Tech Week, on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Mike Ward Community Park. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Participants warm up together on the lawn at Mike Ward Community Park before the start of the Irvine Tech Week 3K Color Fun Run on Saturday, April 20, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Runners participate in a 3K Color Fun Run, benefitting the Sunstone Community Fund, as part of Irvine Tech Week, on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Mike Ward Community Park. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Sarah Rosewalker of Irvine runs with her daughter, Scarletto Rosewalker, 6, as they participate in the 3K Color Fun Run, part of the second annual Irvine Tech Week, at Mike Ward Community Park in Irvine on Saturday, April 20, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
A group of friends stand together, covered in colorful chalk dust, after participating in a 3K Color Fun Run, as part of Irvine Tech Week, on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Mike Ward Community Park in Irvine. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Robert Estrella of Irvine walks with his dog, Brownie, as they participate in the 3K Color Fun Run, part of the second annual Irvine Tech Week, at Mike Ward Community Park in Irvine on Saturday, April 20, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Runners participate in a 3K Color Fun Run, benefitting the Sunstone Community Fund, as part of Irvine Tech Week, on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Mike Ward Community Park. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
David Chang of Irvine holds a selfie stick as he runs in the 3K Color Fun Run, part of the second annual Irvine Tech Week, at Mike Ward Community Park in Irvine on Saturday, April 20, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Runners in white T-shirts were doused in brightly colored powder — blue and red, yellow and green — as they participated in a colorful race celebrating first-generation immigrants over the weekend.
The 3K race at Mike Ward Community Park in Irvine on Saturday, April 20, was one of the last festivities of the second annual Irvine Tech Week. It was called the FirstGen Color Run to celebrate first-generation immigrants and “people who believe in the American dream,” according to John Shen, founder of Sunstone Management, an Irvine-based private capital firm that invests in early-stage companies.
All proceeds from the race will benefit the Sunstone Community Fund, a charitable organization that provides support to nonprofits, universities and public and private partners that develop entrepreneurship programs and early-stage tech accelerators.
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