CTN Peer Mentor, Stephanie Alvarez resigned as Director of CMAS at UTRGV at the end of the Fall 2022 semester. “It has been a real privilege and honor to work in this capacity over the last few years. It hasn’t been easy but working with my colega Emmy Pérez as our Associate Director was amazing. She may not remember but I took the job on the condition she would join me! So grateful she did and it has truly been a beautiful collaboration,” Alvarez said.

CMAS is the Center of Mexican American Studies at UTRGV. It supports MAS majors, minors and Graduate students as well as faculty who study the political, artistic, cultural, social and economic conditions and contributions of Mexican Americans, within a historical and contemporary context with a focus on social justice. CMAS provides programming, research opportunities and community engagement in the field of Mexican American Studies.