TAMIU Annual Report 2020

Dr. Alison M. Hadley-Hilburn Lisa H. Heard ’06, ’10 Kaleena M. Hernandez San Juanita Hernandez ’03, ’12 Dr. AndrewM. Hilburn Dr. Kate A. Houston Jake Hudspeth Dr. Ken Hung Jasminne A. Isquierdo ’17, ’19 Dr. Balaji Janamanchi Christy L. Jimenez ’07, ’11 Dr. Josiah S. Johnson Federico Juarez, III ’92, ’08 Veronica I. Juarez ’09 Rebekah M. Kawas ’17, ’19 Dr. Hayley D. Kazen ’05 Celeste Kidd Dr. Ju Oak Kim Dr. Won G. Kim Dr. Heidi T. Landry Karla Leal ’19 Nora A. Lerma Scott E. Libby Dr. Runchang Lin Abby L. Lloyd Dr. Jose C. Lozano Sofía C. Maldonado ’04, ’06 Sofia C. Maldonado ’11, ’14 Claudia E. Martinez ’04 Patricia A. Martinez ’06 Priscilla A. Martinez ’18 Stephanie Y. Martinez ’16, ’18 Dr. Curtis N. McReynolds Julio C. Medina ’04, ’07 Angelica M. Michelangeli ’01, ’10 Dr. Daniel J. Mott Dr. Monica Munoz ’00 Priscilla Y. Munoz ’10 Dr. Pamela Neumann Dr. Qingwen Ni Dr. James A. Norris Enid E. Nunez Patricia Ornelas ’04, ’13 Kimber J. Palmer, JD Andrea L. Paewelek ’06, ’10 Analee G. Paz Martha E. Perez ’19 Angelo Piccirillo ’85 David L. Pina ’19 Leonela Preciado ’11 Jerry Quintero ’97 Jose L. Ramirez, Jr. ’09, ’11 Juan A. Ramirez ’03, ’05 Norma S. Ramirez Ricardo Ramirez Jessica L. Resendez ’11, ’13 Julio Reyes, Jr. ’18 Dr. Maria A. Reyes ’00, ’04 Frances Gates Rhodes ’78, ’79 Rosa M. Robledo Amy E. Rodriguez ’09 Lorenzo A. Rodriguez ’94 Mariana Rodriguez ’14, ’19 Maria E. Romanos ’15 Ana L. Salazar Yezmin D. Salazar Naiely M. Saldana ’08, ’13 Annie P. Salinas Dodd ’02 Dr. Gilberto Salinas ’99 Martha E. Salinas ’99, ’06 Fructuoso San Miguel, III ’92, ’02 Anabelly Sanchez ’09, ’14 Dr. Bernice Y. Sanchez Jose L. Sanchez, Jr. ’09 Maria de Lourdes Sanchez ’02 Roberto G. Sanchez ’84 Jesse L. Shaw Pamela A. Short Arthur D. Soto-Vasquez Mirasol Tabarez Joel D. Taylor Merari T. Teran Julio Cesar Tovar Brendan Townsend Eddie Trevino Roberto Trevino ’95 Lourdes K. Valenciano ’06 Carlos A. Vallarta Jessica Vasquez Petra Vela Sonia L. Vela Maria Irene Vela-Mendoza Dr. Alfonso R. Vergaray Juana E. Villagran Nathan J. Vogel Dr. Hongwei Wang Arek C. Zambanini ’10 Georgina Zamudio ’09 Bernardo Zebadua ’16 *Denotes deceased “Para unos hay otros,” for some there are others, was a phrase I remembermy paternal grandmother frequently use. She used this phrasewhen referring to descriptors of people’s relative levels of ability, stature, power etc. For instance, for someone who was very smart there was someone smarter. For someonewhowas very fast, very lucky, or very poor there is someone faster, luckier, poorer and so on. In relative descriptive terms, for everyone there are always otherswith more attributes of that same description. I recall times attending college (Laredo StateUniversity/ TAMIU) andwalking the hallswondering how I would be able to affordmy next classes and books. Through the help of others, I received scholarships and as a result of both financial help and determination, I was able to attain my degree and earn a well-compensated position with the school district. I always wanted to “pay it forward” and return a little something to someone who was following and tracing my footsteps. As I rose within the ranks within district and becamemore financially able, I began to donate alongside those who were already helping and making a difference by making college/TAMIUaffordable andpossible for students to attend. I donate to the University with the hope that those receiving the help one day also become donors for others as they become financially able. I am one of those “otros” my grandmother spoke about. However, I have taken my grandmother’s phrase to a different level. One from simply describingpeople’s attributes tonowhelpingprovide a small difference to some. Besides theUniversity being inmy own “backyard,” these aremy reasons for donating to thiswonderful opportunity-makingUniversity. “Para unos hay otros.” WHY I GIVE: ALFREDO G. PÉREZ,’89,’09 Alfredo G. Pérez, monthly donor since 2010 36