{"id":1110,"date":"2025-05-01T16:47:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T20:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aig.alumni.virginia.edu\/bolivar\/?p=1110"},"modified":"2025-05-01T16:47:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T20:47:07","slug":"juntos-2025-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/bolivar\/2025\/05\/juntos-2025-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Juntos 2025 Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1107 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/bolivar\/files\/Juntos-Group-Photos-1024x341.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/bolivar\/files\/Juntos-Group-Photos-1024x341.webp 1024w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/bolivar\/files\/Juntos-Group-Photos-300x100.webp 300w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/bolivar\/files\/Juntos-Group-Photos-768x256.webp 768w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/bolivar\/files\/Juntos-Group-Photos.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had so many incredible moments at <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.virginia.edu\/juntos\/\">Juntos<\/a>\u2014from doubling registration since 2023, hearing from University President Jim Ryan and UVA Alumni Association President Lily West, to participating in thoughtful sessions from the Latinx Oral Histories Project , the Spanish Department, and an inspiring group of alumnae during our networking panel\u2014we had quite the weekend! Many thanks to <strong>Isabel Argoti (<abbr title=\"School of Architecture\">Arch<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201916)<\/strong>, <strong>Mel Borja (<abbr title=\"College of Arts &amp; Sciences\">Col<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201919, <abbr title=\"School of Law\">Law<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201926)<\/strong>, <strong>Kayla Dunn (<abbr title=\"College of Arts &amp; Sciences\">Col<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201920)<\/strong>, <strong>Carmen Ortiz-McGhee (<abbr title=\"College of Arts &amp; Sciences\">Col<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201995)<\/strong>, <strong>Carolina Ram\u00f4a (<abbr title=\"College of Arts &amp; Sciences\">Col<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201906, <abbr title=\"Graduate School of Arts &amp; Sciences\">Grad<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201911)<\/strong>, <strong>Rachel Schmidtke (<abbr title=\"College of Arts &amp; Sciences\">Col<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201912)<\/strong>, and countless others for lending your time and expertise this weekend!<\/p>\n<p>At our Awards Brunch we celebrated three scholarship winners and honored our previous Bol\u00edvar Network President, <strong>Claudia Quintero (<abbr title=\"College of Arts &amp; Sciences\">Col<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201911)<\/strong>, with the Pablo J. Davis Award for all her hard work and dedication to our community. All of our award winners are spotlighted below and on our <a href=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/bolivar\/scholarships-and-awards\/\">&#8220;Scholarships and Awards&#8221; webpage<\/a>. We also heard an inspiring speech from one of our distinguished alumni and donors, <strong>Ruben Basantes (<abbr title=\"College of Arts &amp; Sciences\">Col<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201992)<\/strong>. You can read more about his incredible story in <a href=\"https:\/\/giving.virginia.edu\/stories\/it-takes-an-academical-village\">this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to the Alumni Association and University partners for their thoughtful collaboration on Juntos 2025. We look forward to seeing alumni back on Grounds at our next Awards Brunch in April 2026 and the next Juntos in April 2027.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"btn btn-orange\" href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHBqjC8QnJ\">Juntos Photos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had so many incredible moments at Juntos\u2014from doubling registration since 2023, hearing from University President Jim Ryan and UVA Alumni Association President Lily West, to participating in thoughtful sessions from the Latinx Oral Histories Project , the Spanish Department, and an inspiring group of alumnae during our networking panel\u2014we had quite the weekend! 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