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The First Latina MBA Council President-Elect at Ross, Evalynn Rosado Has Learned the Power and Importance of Cultivating a Sense of Place

19May

From often feeling like an outsider as a first-generation student of color to feeling a sense of pride at becoming the first Latina MBA Council president-elect at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, Evalynn Rosado has found

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Desire for Community, Opportunity to Be of Service to Others Led Foster MBA Joe Castro to The Consortium

21Oct

Since a young age, Joe Castro has sought out the sense of structure and community he lacked growing up.

“I came from a situation where my parents were largely out of the picture when I was about 13, so I

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Cornell MBA Jefferson Betancourt Is on a Mission to Show Disadvantaged Youth They Have it Within Themselves to Succeed

31Mar

As a first-generation American and a first-generation college graduate, Jefferson Betancourt has learned much about the American dream. 

In 1986, concerned about the escalating drug wars, his parents left Cali, Colombia, in search of a better life in the United