My name is Miguel and although I am from Lima, Peru, Virginia has become my adopted home for many years at this point. Having grown up and been educated in Peru, my exposure to the world was limited until I came to the University. At UVA, I graduated with a double major in History & […]
We caught up with Paola Sánchez Valdez (Educ ’18) to hear about her work on the recently published book Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Dr. Brené Brown, in community activism, and graduate school. As a Postgraduate Researcher for the Brené Brown Education and Research Group, Sánchez […]
Please join us in congratulating Alex Cintron (Col ’19) for his recent appointment as the Director for Latino Outreach and Political Coordinator for the Terry McAuliffe Campaign. Prior to joining the McAuliffe Campaign, Alex was the Director of Scheduling and Campaign Scheduler for Attorney General Mark Herring. Alex currently serves on the Virginia League of […]
She was a founding student member of the Bolívar Network in 1997, now, 24 years later she’s helping lead the charge in the Network’s revival Gina M. Flores Stumpf (’00) was in her second year at the University of Virginia when she helped found the Bolívar Network, the University’s Hispanic and Latino/a/x Alumni Network, alongside […]
We caught up with Nathália Dunlap (Col ’19) to hear about her initiative in creating Somos, the first early-in-career Hispanic and Latinx network at Microsoft. A computer science major and former DoD employee, when Nathália arrived at Microsoft she joined HOLA, the company’s Employee Resource Group (ERG) for Hispanic and Latinx employees. However, she […]