A pizza shop owner from Santa Fe, N.M., has won a trip to Washington to speak at the National Credit Union Foundation's annual Wegner Awards Dinner.

In his winning video, Oscar Rivera described how he had had an account with a bank four years ago but how the bank had declined to lend him money to purchase a car. A friend told him about the $100 million Guadalupe credit union, headquartered in Santa Fe. After he joined the credit union he was able to get and repay a loan for a car and a mobile home and then apply for and receive a mortgage and a loan to purchase the pizza shop with a partner. He still works at his other job to help make ends meet, he said, but he looks to the shop for the future.

"I like my other job just fine," Rivera said, "but here, this shop is mine and all my family is here with me."

Rivera's video won by attracting more votes than videos from four other credit union members recounting how their CUs helped them reach their goals.