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Where are they now?
Alex De La Fuente
After an impressive internship at San Antonio’s
Labatt Food Service, the nation’s 10th largest
broadline food service distributor, he’s working
as a Business Analyst for Labatt with a focus on
Latin America. He’s enjoying San Antonio and
his sister is nearby in San Marcos.
Alex Barrera
At TAMIU, Alex logged over 35,000 miles in
study abroad and service projects. Now, he’s a
dental student at the University of Texas Health
Science Center in Houston. He will be part of
a group that will travel to Guatemala, providing
dental services to needy and deserving patients.
Melanie Sommerville
Has relocated to the Austin area, passed her oral exams
and is completing her doctoral dissertation. She’s still a
runner and says Austin’s hills are sometimes a challenge.
Their faces may be familiar to you. This past Fall and Spring, their stories of success as TAMIU students or
graduates helped to “power” TAMIU’s recruitment campaigns. We thought we’d bring you up to speed on their
ongoing journeys since leaving TAMIU.