Escrito por: Dulce Ortiz 🇬🇹 Emily Nava uses she/they pronouns interchangeably, and they will be referred to as both throughout the profile. Headshot of Emily Nava. (Emelyn Gomez) Growing up, Emily Nava wasn't sure where she fit in. Being the middle child in their family, she often rebelled in search of herself. Le costaba conectar su identidad mexicana con la personalidad que enseñaba en la escuela, especialmente cuando su vida en casa estaba tan llena de varias tradiciones

Written by: Emely Gonzalez 🇸🇻 Headshot of Jeffrey Sorto. (Emelyn Gomez) Jeffrey Sorto takes his education to a new level of excellence, a form of activism. As a student majoring in communications and minoring in U.S. Latina/o studies, he has learned what it really means to be a Latino pursuing higher education. “It's more about the history of people like me, you know, Latino people living in the United States and their struggles,” Sorto said. “It gives me the context of why

Written by: Ashley Neyra 🇵🇪 Headshot of Ashley Cortez. (Emelyn Gomez) Many graduates often fear what comes next: where they will work or whether they want to continue their education. But for Ashley Cortez, her next goal was to undergo brain surgery. Cortez, a psychology major with a minor in public leadership, graduated in December 2025. She was born in Boston to Salvadoran parents and, at an early age, moved to Prince George's County. With ambition and determination to

Written by: Emely Gonzalez 🇸🇻 Headshot of Sofia Appolonio. (Emelyn Gomez) Sofia Appolonio believes that success is not defined by the outcome, but by the path she took after not limiting herself against the big challenges. Appolonio, a student majoring in journalism, knew from a young age how her pathway would start. During her earlier years, she used her classroom’s daily morning prayers to report about the morning’s news story. “I'm thinking about these children in Oklaho

Written by: Emely Gonzalez 🇸🇻 Headshot of Quinn Carmack. (Emelyn Gomez) “You've got to genuinely enjoy what you love": words that Quinn Carmack has heard throughout his life. As Carmack spent most of his childhood solving complex math problems, he believed he had found what he enjoyed most: math. “Every time I do math, there's like this nostalgic sense of me doing that,” he said. “My dad would sit there and we would do three hours of calculus every day… It wasn't just him t

Delmy Morales Alvarez and her children as the front cover of the 2024 graduation special edition. (Ashley Neyra)

Alejandro Diaz-Lopez and his grandmother as the front cover of the 2024 graduation special edition. (Diana Rivera)

Escrito por: Alexa Figueroa 🇸🇻 Headshot of Sebastian Vinueza. (Alexa Figueroa) Cuando Sebastian Vinueza llegó a la casa de la iglesia,...

Escrito por: Alexa Figueroa 🇸🇻 Headshot of Nicole Presentado. (Diana Rivera) The hot stage light was hitting Nicole Presentado as she...

Escrito por: Dulce Ortiz 🇬🇹 Headshot of Mirna Araujo. (Diana Rivera) Through Mirna Araujo’s unique journey thus far, the graduating...

Escrito por: Dulce Ortiz 🇬🇹 Headshot of Michelle Castro. (Diana Rivera) At nine years-old, Michelle Castro was asked a question that...

Escrito por: Alexa Figueroa 🇸🇻 Headshot of Maximiliano Gonzalez-Cruz. (Diana Rivera) Maximiliano Gonzalez-Cruz estaba estudiando en el...

Escrito por: Dulce Ortiz 🇬🇹 Headshot of Irving Bravo. (Diana Rivera) Irving Bravo, a proud, Latino architecture student, is determined...

Escrito por: Dulce Ortiz 🇬🇹 Headshot of Guilianna Berrocal Velez. (Diana Rivera) Being two years short of becoming a lawyer in Peru,...

Escrito por: Alexa Figueroa 🇸🇻 Headshot of Francisco Muñoz (Diana Rivera) Francisco Muñoz was sitting in a dim room at the college...

Escrito por: By: Alexa Figueroa 🇸🇻 Headshot of Carmen Centeno. (Alexa Figueroa) Carmen Centeno was working at the Wellness Center in...

Escrito por: Alexa Figueroa 🇸🇻 Headshot of Angelina Santos (Diana Rivera) Angelina Santos felt an intense adrenaline rush right before...

Escrito por: Dulce Ortiz 🇬🇹 Headshot of Abigail Escobar (Diana Rivera) Abigail Escobar, a proud first-generation student and mother, is...

Escrito por: Dulce Ortiz 🇬🇹 Headshot of Alejandro Diaz-Lopez. (Diana Rivera) Alejandro Diaz-Lopez was raised in a loving, immigrant...