Meet the Alumni

An exciting, central element of the Diversity Matters Tour is the diverse Minnesota private college alumni that have committed to support the Tour’s mission. These alumni will travel to local area high schools to share inspirational stories about their personal college experience; how receiving a college education has helped them achieve success and how students can increase their academic readiness for college.

The backgrounds of the diverse alumni are highly impressive, and we congratulate them on all of their success. They have shown through their passion and hard work how anyone, regardless of their cultural, ethnic or socioeconomic background, can succeed.

We are very grateful for the time and commitment these alumni have provided the Tour.

Click on the names below to meet the diverse alumni.

Ruth Baires — College of St. Catherine
Alfred Coleman — University of St. Thomas
Maria Garza-Cienfuegos — St. Mary’s University of Minnesota
Ann Iijima — Carleton College
Clarence Jones — Concordia University, St. Paul
Debra Jones — Augsburg College
Victoria Karpeh — College of St. Catherine
Troy Matson — Hamline University
Chau Pham — University of St. Thomas
Carolyn Sandberg — Macalester College
Kimberly Therres — College of St. Benedict
Diane Tran — College of St. Scholastica
Vik Uppal — University of St. Thomas
Charles Williams — University of St. Thomas