Valeria Morales

Valeria Morales is a senior graduating in December 2018 majoring in GIS. She grew up down the street from UMD in Beltsville, MD and is very proud to come from Prince George's County. She serves as the finance Community Organizing Student Intern (COSI) in the Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy (MICA) office and also works at the front desk of the Geographical Sciences Department. In addition to working on campus, she also served as the president of Hermandad de Sigma Iota Alpha, Inc., a Latina-based sorority, for the past three semesters and was the Vice President of Operations for the Multicultural Greek Council. This past summer, she had the opportunity to intern on campus in the GLAD lab through the BSOS Summer Research Initiative program. In the past she has been involved in the Coalition of Latinx Student Organizations and in Alternative Breaks where she had the opportunity to lead a service experience to Guatemala. She hopes to continue her education and become part of the 4% of Latinas who achieve graduate degrees.