Thank you to everyone who came out to our event in partnership with the MSS on November 6, 2021, from 1-3pm at the Latinx Student Center (LSC)! It was great to see alumni and undergraduate students get together both in person and virtually as alumni answered industry-specific questions. Check back for more events like this […]
A huge thank you to everyone who came out to our Bolívar Network / Latin American Identities Coalition (LAIC) Young Alumni Reunions (YAR) Mixer on October 16, 2021 at the Latinx Student Center (LSC). It was great getting to see so many alumni and current students get together as we celebrated our first in-person event […]
The story of our First-Year Scholarship and Bolívar Network related activities was recently featured in the Envision September 2021 edition out of the UVA Office of Advancement. Check it out!
Have you gotten your Fall 2021 UVA Magazine in the mail yet? If so, check out page 65 for a feature of our First-Year Scholarship! A huge thank you to our alumni that made this possible including Jenny Willier Murphy (’89); Hernando Herrera (’89); Alexandra Arriaga (’87); Board chair, Claudia Quintero (’11); Vice-Chair for Fundraising […]
Nominations are now open for our annual Pablo J. Davis Award! The Pablo J. Davis Award seeks to identify an individual whose work has contributed significantly to the Hispanic/Latinx community within the boundaries of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Deadline to submit nominations is Saturday, October 15th, 2022, by 11:59pm EST. To nominate someone please use […]
September 2021 Happy National Hispanic Heritage Month! We hope you had a great summer as we are excited to share some updates on what the Board has been working on since our spring newsletter. As UVA students, new and old, were preparing to go to Grounds after a year filled with much uncertainty, we have […]
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 […]
June 2021 Congratulations to the Class of 2021 on their graduation and the Class of 2020 on their belated graduation walk! For those who just graduated, we commend your perseverance and dedication to concluding your undergraduate career during such a difficult time, and we welcome you to the alumni community with open arms. This past […]
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 quickly […]