Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/alejandrina-guzman/ Our Thing Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:20:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/alejandrina-guzman/ 144 144 UT’s First Latina & Disabled Student Body President Delivers Emotional Commencement Speech https://remezcla.com/culture/alejandrina-guzman-commencement-speech/ Thu, 24 May 2018 19:52:11 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=241670 With commencement season kicking off, we’re bound to see tear-jerking speeches about struggle and perseverance. And Alejandrina Guzmán‘s address was no different. Back in March 2017, Guzmán became the University of Texas at Austin’s first Latina and first disabled student body president. Before Alejandrina, who wore a Latinx grad sash, spoke to the crowd, they

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