PHOTO OF ARTURO ORTIZ BY BRIANNA ACEVEDO / THE REPORTER
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MDC Student Receives Voter Engagement Honor

Allyson Castillo

Arturo Ortiz, a nursing student at Medical Campus, was named to the Student Honor Roll by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. 

The award recognized 175 students nationwide for their efforts to “advance nonpartisan student voter registration and education.” Ortiz was the only recipient from Miami Dade College. 

“This is a very prestigious honor and I am humbled,” Ortiz said. “None of this would be possible without the collaboration of the amazing resources MDC offers.”

During the 2022-23 academic year, Ortiz served as the student government association president and Phi Theta Kappa vice president at Hialeah Campus. He was also involved with Motivote, a digital voter engagement platform. 

Before transitioning to the Medical Campus this summer, where he will serve as SGA President, the 35-year-old completed his nursing prerequisite courses at Hialeah Campus. 

 

Allyson Castillo

Allyson Castillo, 19, is a mass communication/journalism major at Kendall Campus. Castillo, who graduated from Miami Coral Park Senior High School in 2021, will serve as a news and briefing writer for The Reporter during the 2022-2023 school year. She aspires to work in the broadcast industry as a journalist.

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