April 22, 2010 | Peter Morenus

Latinas/os and Leadership

UConn alumna Marilyn Alverio talks about "Latinas/os and Leadership." Alverio was instrumental in founding UConn's Puerto Rican and Latin American Cultural Center. Photo by Peter Morenus

<p>Marilyn Alverio '75, principal of Ethnic Marketing Solutions, speaks to faculty staff and students at the Class of 1947 Room at the Homer Babbidge Library. She was instrumental in the founding of UConn's Puerto Rican and Latin American Cultural Center. Photo by Peter Morenus</p>
Marilyn Alverio '75, producer and founder of the Latinas and Power Symposium and principal of Ethnic Marketing Solutions, gives a presentation on "Latinas/os and Leadership" in the Class of 1947 Room at the Homer Babbidge Library. A UConn alumna, Alverio was a student activist during the Puerto Rican Student Movement and was instrumental in the founding of UConn's Puerto Rican and Latin American Cultural Center. Photos by Peter Morenus
<p>Marilyn Alverio '75, principal of Ethnic Marketing Solutions, speaks to faculty staff and students at the Class of 1947 Room at the Homer Babbidge Library. She was instrumental in the founding of UConn's Puerto Rican and Latin American Cultural Center. Photo by Peter Morenus</p>
Marilyn Alverio addresses faculty, staff, and students in the Class of 1947 Room.
<p>Marilyn Alverio '75, principal of Ethnic Marketing Solutions, speaks Sharis Morrill, a freshman, at the Class of 1947 Room at the Homer Babbidge Library. Alverio was instrumental in the founding of UConn's Puerto Rican and Latin American Cultural Center. Photo by Peter Morenus</p>
Marilyn Alverio speaks with Sharis Morrill, a first-year student.