Padrón Campus Student Selected As 2023 Newman Civic Fellow

Nicole Viloria, a second-year Honors College student at Eduardo J. Padrón Campus, was named a Newman Civic Fellow on April 6. 

The award, which is the highest honor in student engagement and leadership, was provided by Campus Compact—a non-profit organization based in Boston promoting higher education. 

“Finding out about this news reaffirmed my commitment to the causes I believe in,” said Viloria, who emigrated from Venezuela in 2017. “I would not have done anything differently.”

During her time at Padrón Campus, Viloria served as the co-editor-in-chief of Urbana, the campus’ literary magazine, president of the Gamma Eta English Honor Society and co-vice president of Hermione’s Army—a Harry Potter-based community service club. 

Viloria also provided one-on-one English tutoring to Ukrainian Youth through the international non-profit organization, ENGin. 

The 20-year-old earned an associate’s degree in English literature from Padrón Campus in April. She will transfer to Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut this fall to pursue her dream of becoming a writer.