Origin: Bronx, NY
Ethnicity Puerto Rican
Major: Government and Latin American Studies
Year: Alumnus Class of 1998
Born in the Bronx, NY, Miguel Guadalupe currently works for Merrill
Lynch & Co. in the Equity Marketing Department as the Interactive
Marketing Manager. He coordinates the on-line presence of equity campaigns
for his dept, on both Merrill Lynch's internal & client-side websites. He
also coordinates the advertising/marketing arm for the department. Miguel
is the President of La Unidad Latina's New York City Alumni Chapter. And
recently co-authored a procedures manual for alumni involvment within the
organization.
During his time at Wesleyan, Miguel was elected Vice
President of the Wesleyan Students Assembly, and also served as Co-Chair
of the Students of Color Council, Student Representative to the Board Of
Trustees, Member of the Student Issues and Priority Action Committee
(SIPAC) under Pres. Douglas Bennett, and helped to found the Ethnic Greek
Council, & "Caliente", Wesleyan's Student Latin Dance troupe. Politicaly
Miguel became involved in the Anti-prop 187 campaign, and worked extensively
to bring Latino & other ethnic studies courses to Wesleyan. He wrote a
weekly column for the Wesleyan Argus, and his senior year was lead
vocalist for Wesleyan's first-ever Salsa Group, "Mira Nena" - where, under
the musical direction of John Speck, the group won "Battle of the Bands"
and opened for the 1998 Spring Fling Concert. He was selected as the
student representative to deliver a speech at the Inauguration of
Wesleyan's President Douglas Bennett in 1996, and was awarded the Janina
Montero Prize by the Wesleyan Latino Alumni Council in 1998. He is a
graduate of the Calhoun School - a private high school in New York City.

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