How UNCG ALPFA Built Bonds, Overcoming Isolation
Creating a Legacy
Though Hernandez-Arroyo has since graduated, the UNCG ALPFA chapter is going strong. With 188 members and counting, approximately 70% of them in the Bryan School, the impact that ALPFA has had on its members and community has been immense. For Victor Velazquez ‘24 (Finance) and Kathy Meza-Herrera (Business Administration), co-presidents during the 2023-2024 academic year, ALPFA became both a serious vehicle for professional development as well as a home away from home.
“ALPFA has given me wonderful opportunities and resources in the last 4 years of my college experience,” says Velazquez. “ALPFA has empowered me to gain amazing friends and mentors.”
In summers 2023 and 2024, UNCG ALPFA was invited to ALPFA’s four-day long national convention, located in San Antonio and Las Vegas. This annual convention is a chance for a select few ALPFA students from each chapter to work on their professional development and network with Fortune 500 companies. The convention hosted a career fair with over 70 different companies, networking events with segments of industry professionals, and opportunities for ALPFA chapters to mingle.
Hernandez-Arroyo is still connected with the ALPFA presidents today and continues sharing his journey to founding one of the most prominent organizations on UNCG’s campus. The impact of ALPFA reaches far and wide, to both members and leadership.
“By joining ALPFA I have been able to break out of my comfort zone and join a Hispanic/Latino community that genuinely wants to help each other succeed,” said Meza-Herrera. “By growing professionally and personally within ALPFA, I have been able to empower others within my #ALPFAmilia toward their career goals. ALPFA is truly a family – my family.”
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