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Latino Alumni
Fund scholarship
From 1996 to 2012, college enrollment among Latinos have more than tripled (240% increase), outpacing Blacks (72%) and whites (12%). However, while 45.8% of Latino students finish college within six years of initial enrollment, 62% of white students finish their degree in the same timeframe. Economics play a key factor.
In 2009, we established the Latino Alumni Scholarship to help change that. Each year we award at least one scholarship. From 2009 to 2022 we awarded a total of 54 scholarships to deserving Latino or Latina upperclassmen or graduate students in need of financial assistance to complete his or her SMU degree.
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2024 – 2025 Latino Alumni of SMU Board
We serve the SMU Latino alumni community and seek to cultivate a more positive experience for students of Latino heritage at SMU.
Latino Alumni of SMU Board Members
David de la Fuente ’12
Chair
Cynthia Figueroa ’87, ’90
Past Chair
Teresa Acosta ’22
Member at large
Carlos Cruz ’13
Member at large
Sean Cordobes ’91, ’94
Mustangs Give Back Chair
Frenchaire Gardner ’02
Member at large
Juan J. Garcia ’15
Member at large
Viviana Hall ’01, ’11
Member at large
Miztli Ramirez ’15
Member at large
Laura Navarrete Carrasco ’01
Member at large
Faiz Nazary ’11
Member at large
Danielle Palomo ’14
Member at large
Alithia Payan ’00, ’15
Planning Chair
Juan Manuel Preciado ’21
Member at large
CiCi Santos ’22
Member at large
Teresa Solano ’15
Member at large
Erik Velasco ’14, ’19
Member at large