LATINO MALES UNITED
MISSION
Howdy! Latino Males United (LMU) is a program founded in 2013, which allows Latino males a healthy environment to express relevant issues surrounding their specific community and assists in their holistic development and support at Texas A&M University. LMU focuses on mentorship, masculinity, ethnicity, academic success, leadership, and service.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CRUZ RIOS
Advisor
B.A. in Communications-Journalism from UTPA
M.S. in Higher Education Administration, '11
TAMU Doctoral Candidate whoop!
Palmview, Tx
ANDRES HERNANDEZ
Executive Director
Accounting Major 23'
Brownsville, Tx
In my free time I enjoy listening to my vinyl collection and playing basketball
OSCAR VILLANUEVA
Director of Workshops
Howdy, my name is Oscar Villanueva 23' and I am serving as the Director of Workshops for the 2021- 2022 school year. I am an M.S Economics Major from Katy, Tx who is interested in working for the Federal Reserve. In my free time, I enjoy cycling, fishing, and photography.
DILAN CENTENO
Director of Engagement
Howdy, my name is Dilan Centeno and I will be the Engagement Director for the 20'-21 school year. I am a Junior Electrical Engineering major from Houston, TX who would love to work at places like Boeing, General Motors, or Tesla. I love to play video games, read, and exploring the outdoors."
ACTIVITIES
MENTORSHIP
For LMU, Mentorship is an important component of the program where members get the opportunity to be mentored by their peers at Texas A&M University. This will be a year-long one-on-one mentorship where mentor-mentee will meet several times a semester.
WEEKLY JUNTA
La Junta is a place where members come together for workshops/meetings to have candid conversations around a variety of topics. Planned topics include: ethnicity, masculinity, leadership, relationships, and members also get the opportunity to initiate topics relevant to them.
EXCURSION
The annual LMU Excursion is a two-day high impact experience where we visit a major city in Texas. The purpose of the excursion is to allow members to explore their identity in what it means to be a Latino man, develop professionally, be a service to the community and explore the historic culture of the area. Some components of past experiences include visiting underserved K-12 schools, networking and learning at 2-3 corporate office visits, exploring different cultural museums and engaging on a reflective project.
"We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community... our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own."
Cézar Chávez
NEW MEMBER APPLICATION
Google Form: https://forms.gle/Kx8a2jj7GmZWfS2n8
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