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Mapping a course for success: University of Arizona's commitment to diversity extends to its non-teaching staff

by Roberto Rodriguez , June 17, 2007

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MAP began as a program to provide training for non-teaching staff, but it is also a support and network system for its alumni, says Marisa Marroquin, a '93 MAP I graduate who serves on the program's education committee.

Marroquin says she's committed to MAP because of the help it gave her. Not only has she been promoted since going through the MAP program, but she has also been able to return to school. She first attended Pima Community College and then transferred to U. of A. Her goal is to earn a master's degree and then help other minority students earn degrees. She also plans to apply to the MAP II program.

"The overall benefit of the program is that it made me better aware of who I was," she said. "Before I didn't speak up. I thought they (colleagues) would think I was dumb."

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