UAHA's 40th anniversary celebration on Friday, Sept. 23 is one of a number of celebrations uarizona has planned for Hispanic Heritage Month. Find out more
TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of Arizona's Hispanic Alumni Club was founded in 1982 to support Hispanic students across the state attending college. 40 years later, the group is going strong, providing scholarships and retention programming for more than 100 UArizona students each semester.
Alumni who were supported by UAHA during their years in school have gone on to become community leaders in the greater Tucson community. "‘And how are you going to get involved to progress and participate among the Hispanic community members and work to fulfill that?'," asks Cortez. "They don't just give you the money and send you on your way to deal with navigating school on your own," Celina Urquidez, a former scholarship recipient who currently works as an education coordinator in the Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities."When I was involved in the scholarship program, they really took care of me and mentored me in a way that I would not have had access to otherwise.
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