When Dr. Diana Orozco-Lapray first walked onto the University of Texas at Austin campus, she couldn’t have imagined the full-circle journey that awaited her. Years later, she now stands at the front of the classroom—mentoring, teaching, and inspiring the next generation of students at her alma mater. A proud UT Austin graduate, Dr. Orozco-Lapray earned her bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in Human Development and Family Sciences. Her academic path has always centere

When Mark Sand graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in 2019 with a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, he stepped...

Krysta (Atkinson) Chacón knows firsthand that college is about more than just a degree—it's about transformation. As a first-generation...