Tag: Profile Pieces

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A Q&A with Alternative Breaks leader Camila Arroyo By Jessica Sinn • February 26, 2023 Last year, Camila Arroyo, a UT Austin alum (HDO ’23) took a spring break trip of a lifetime to New Orleans, Louisiana, where she spent her days working on neighborhood beautification projects and her evenings touring the city’s eateries and famous landmarks. As the leader…

FLI in NY: Marketing Sophomore Takes a Bite Out of the Big Apple

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By Jessica Sinn • February 17, 2020 Gloria Akinnibosun, a sophomore majoring in Marketing and African and African Diaspora Studies, recently toured several corporate offices and nonprofits on a professional-development trip to New York, hosted by the DDCE’s Fearless Leadership Institute (FLI) last January. We caught up with her to learn more about her experiences in the Big…

Celebrating Ten Years of DDCE Global

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Looking back at travel stories told by DDCE alums By Jessica Sinn • June 15, 2023 Since 2013, the DDCE has been offering students life-changing trips abroad and in the states—from globe-trotting Maymester programs to stateside community service and professional development trips. Starting with a study abroad trip in Beijing, China in 2013, the DDCE has taken students…

Alumni Success Spotlight: Jorge Burmicky

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Project MALES alum Jorge Burmicky shares how Project MALES positioned him for success as a researcher and professor. By Jessica Sinn • July 28, 2023 While discussing his journey with Project MALES, Dr. Jorge Burmicky (Ph.D. Educational Leadership and Policy, ’20) beams with pride when he thinks back to the friends and mentors—his Project MALES Familia—who supported him through his doctoral studies…

DDCE Success Stories: Kailyn Newsom

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A Q&A with Kailyn Newsom, University Co-op Internship alum and UT School of Law student By Jessica Sinn • August 7, 2023 During her undergraduate years at UT Austin, Kailyn Newsom always knew she wanted to practice transactional law one day, but she needed more experience in the business world to get the competitive edge. When she learned…

Spotlight on Alumni Success: Angel Ortiz

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An interview with Angel Ortiz, Project MALES alum and founder of Zitro Media Group LLC By Jessica Sinn • August 17, 2023 While completing his undergraduate degree at the Moody College of Communication, Angel Ortiz (B.S. Radio-Television-Film ’18) immersed himself in the music and entertainment industry by interning with several companies including Supercoil, CrowdSurf and New Heights Entertainment.…

Spotlight on Alumni Success: José Del Real Viramontes

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