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 Senators At-Large: 747-7500


Alejandra M. Acosta

Senator At-Large
aacosta15@miners.utep.edu


Emmanuel Arzate
Senator At-Large
earzate2@miners.utep.edu


Monica Castillo

Senator At-Large
mcastillo5@miners.utep.edu

     
     


Lorena M. Garcia                    
Senator At-Large 
lmgarcia5@miners.utep.edu



Marcela Licon

Senator At-Large 
mmlicon@miners.utep.edu



Ana P. Martinez
Senator At-Large
apmartinez3@miners.utep.edu

Name: Lorena Michelle Garcia

Nick Name: ---

Major: (Double) Marketing and Accounting

Minor: ---

Age: 19

Favorite Quote:''Success is a journey, not a destination."

Goal for SGA:  Listen to student's voices in order to improve the UTEP community. 

Career Aspiration:   Own my business

Mentor/Role Model:  Mother

Why You Choose to Be in SGA:  I wanted to become involved and make a difference at UTEP.

Name: Marcela Licon

Nick Name:  Cela, Celaphane, Pancha, etc. etc.

Major: Marketing/Finance

Minor:

Age: 21

Favorite Quote: "Work hard and become a leader; Be lazy and be a slave"

Goal for SGA:     Improve the UTEP community for the students

Career Aspiration:    My dream job would be to work for IMG international under Fern Mallis (inventor of Fashion Week).

Mentor/Role Model:      My mom; she has persevered through every failure and has turned it into a success.

Why You Choose to Be in SGA:    It's the best way to be the voice for the students when they feel like they don't have one.

Name: Ana P. Martinez

Nick Name: Ana

Major: Political Science and Psychology

Minor: English

Age: 19

Favorite Quote: “Our deepest fear is not that we aim to high and we miss, but that we aim to low and we reach it.” - Michelangelo

Goal for SGA: My goal for SGA is to increase student involvement around campus as well as around the El Paso community.

Career Aspiration:   Ultimately, I would like to become a prominent lawyer.

Mentor/Role Model:  

Why You Choose to Be in SGA:    I believe student involvement is a fundamental and key element in a college student’s life.  By joining SGA, not only do I get to be personally involved, but I also receive the opportunity to increase student involvement around campus.  After all, UTEP would not be what it is without its student population. 

     

Cesar Monsivais

Senate Majority Leader
camonsivais2@miners.utep.edu




Pablo Padilla    
Senator At-Large
plpadilla@miners.utep.edu

Wendy Rios
Senator At-Large

wendolynrios@gmail.com

 

Name: Cesar Monsivais

Nick Name:

Major: Electrical Engineering

Minor:none

Age: 20

Favorite Quote:

Goal for SGA:   I want to have your voice heard and your thoughts made into reality.

Career Aspiration:   

Mentor/Role Model:     

Why You Choose to Be in SGA: I take part in SGA to help the university create an even better learning environment.

Name: Pablo L. Padilla

Nick Name:

Major: Microbiology

Minor:chemistry

Age: 20

Favorite Quote: "only those who can risk going too far can possibly
find out how far they can go." T. S. Eliot

Goal for SGA: To bring SGA on the Map. Help any student that needs
help. Create a positive connection for students and administration by
being the bridge they can utilize.

Career Aspiration: cardio thoracic surgeon

Mentor/Role Model: My parents

Why You Choose to Be in SGA: I want to help any student that feels he
can't do anything imprtant. Every student has the possibility of being
amazig they just need the right focus and guidance I want to he that
role model.

Name: Wendolyn       

Nick Name: Wendy

Major: Accounting

Minor:

Age: 21

Favorite Quote:

Goal for SGA:            To represent and honor those students who have faced obstacles and fought persistently to attain their education, just like me.

Career Aspiration:       To use my knowledge as an asset to businesspeople who have been restricted from growth because of the lack of knowledge and trustworthy administration.

Mentor/Role Model:   My father has been my role model throughout my career.  He has never let the language, culture, and education barriers prevent him from being a successful businessperson and obtaining the American Dream.

Why You Choose to Be in SGA:       I wanted to be part of something bigger than myself, and at the same time, be the person who stands up for what is right and voices the clear opinion of our student body.

     


Gaby Leyva
Senator At-Large
gyleyva@miners.utep.edu


Iskra Rodriguez
Senator At-Large 
isrodriguez2@miners.utep.edu



Iris Tavarze

Senator At-Large

iatavarez@miners.utep.edu


 


 


 

 




  
 Collegiate Senators


Nadia Ramirez
Business Senator
nramirez5@miners.utep.edu


Rosemary Prieto
Education Senator
reprieto2@utep.edu

 


  Paola Acosta
 
 Engineering Senator
  ptacosta@miners.utep.edu

 

   

















 
Majors: Marketing and International Business

Favorite quote: Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it.

Interest: Besides being involved at school doing my best to help, I enjoy oil painting, reading, coffee shops and shopping! ;)

Orgs: Hispanic Business Student Association- Vice-president of External affairs
American Marketing Association-Member
Business College Council- SGA rep.






























Name: Rosemary Prieto

Nick Name: -

Major: Education

Minor:

Age: 20

Favorite Quote: “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken” – Oscar Wilde

Goal for SGA: To become a role model for my peers and leave a legacy.

Career Aspiration: In Higher Education/Student Affairs

Mentor/Role Model: Dr. Tinajero, Dean College of Education

Why You Choose to Be in SGA:    The Student Government Association is established to ensure student participation, and to express student opinion within the University. I chose to be in SGA to do just that, within the College of Education and throughout the University at large. Being able to make a difference, even if it is just one person, or for just one cause is reason enough.

   
       
Alex Diaz
Liberal Arts Senator 
adiaz10@miners.utep.edu


Faustino C. Payan
Science Senator 
faustinop@miners.utep.edu

Becky Hernandez
Nursing Senator
rrhernandez3@miners.utep.edu
 

Name: Alex Diaz

Nick Name: Patches

Major: Criminal Justice

Minor: Political Science

Age: 24

Favorite Quote:"Intelligence plus Character- That is the true goal of education"-- The Great Martin Luther King.....This is my favorite quote because I believe that education is not just having knowledge in a certain scholastic field but its ultimate goal is to make one prepared as can be to be a contributing member of society.  If one does not aspire to contribute to the best of their abilities then it is pointless to waste time in getting a well rounded education.

Goal for SGA: My goal for SGA is to make it the heart beat of this campus.  SGA is the best avenue to ignite a student life here at UTEP, the likes of which have not been seen on this campus since past days.

 

Career Aspiration: If my plan to take over the world fails, I plan to become a Civil Rights lawyer and open up charities and mentorships back in my hometown of Chicago in areas where many have deemed to be of useless effort.  All of us can pursue a variable of avenues to making this world a better place, I plan to do it with one underpriveleged kid at a time.  If someone like me can rise above adversity, it is my duty to show many that are in the situation I was in to follow in the footsteps I walked in.   

Mentor/Role Model: I would have to say my greatest role model would have to be my Senior year of high school English Teacher Mr. Bertenshaw.  He is a retired stock broker who got into teaching for the love of literature and to mold young minds.  Seeing the passion and love that he has for his profession and passion to better the world one kid at a time, inspires me to do the same. Big ups to Lane Tech College Prep (Chicago woop woop!!!) for hiring a passionate person such as Mr. Bertenshaw.

Why You Choose to Be in SGA:  I chose to be in SGA because I saw a great opportunity in participating in activities that will help me accomplish my career goals.  Although having an education at UTEP is very beneficial, there are much needed skills that can only be learned through participating in organizations such as SGA or my Fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha. 

     

Sofia Maragoudakis
Health Science Senator
sfmaragoudakis@miners.utep.edu

Akshay Pai

Graduate Senator 
aspai@miners.utep.edu


Name: Sofia F. Maragoudakis

Nick Name: Sofie, Sof

Major: Pre-Pharmacy

 Minor: N/A

Age: 19

Favorite Quote:"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thins is not to stop questioning". -Albert Einstein

Goal for SGA:     To promote the student health center and improve traffic issues.

Career Aspiration: I aspire to become a pediatric pharmacist and help out my community of El Paso.

Mentor/Role Model:      My Mom

Why You Choose to Be in SGA:    To represent and give a voice to the students under the College of Health Sciences.