2025 GEM Mentor, Luz!

Luz Urena (she/her) ’28

Year: 2nd year

Major: Economics and International Affairs

Hometowns: San Jose, Costa Rica & Managua, Nicaragua

Advice or Tips for any L&C Students: Find your place and embrace it. We were meant to be here, and we all deserve the place we hold in the community. Even when life gets difficult, make sure to find a place in which you feel comfortable and loved, and make sure to surround yourself with people that can charge you with good energy and love to encounter the difficulties and challenges.

Involvements on Campus (ask me about!): I am a member of Spanish Club Leadership and the String Club. I attend several clubs meetings, including the German club, Gente Latina Unida (GLU) and Black Student Union (BSU). I currently work at the Overseas and Off-Campus Programs Office, as well as work for the Game Day Operations office!