She is majoring in Architecture Pre-Professional Study with a minor in Business Management. Yashira Ortiz, a junior/senior, is from Delaware. Knowing that no matter what happens in your life, there are sisters there to help you and support you through it is a special kind of strength not every woman experiences.” ”So having a couple of people that I can come to for anything, whether it’s for comfort, financial or advice, is so special and empowering. 'Finding sisterhood while being a part of a black Greek letter organization is so special because the ladies that you join the sorority with are going to be the ladies that you have a bond with well after your college days,” she continued. As a product of a single mother household, Sigma Gamma Rho really resonated with me because they center their programs around assisting single mothers,” Brown said. They help their own communities progress and thrive on their own. “I joined Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority because I loved the message of ‘Greater service, greater progress’ the sorority exuberates. Brown is the Xi Eta chapter vice president. Odelle Brown, a sophomore from Des Moines, Iowa, majoring in Business and who plans to pursue a Ph.D. Other members of the sorority at UNM are: The word “values” arises many times when talking to the sorority sisters. Tucker said Sigma Gamma Rho was the best fit for her because their values and motto of “Greater service, greater progress” stood out to her. It makes me happy that there are women who see the same and even bigger visions than I do when it comes to Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc.,” Tucker said, adding that she was grateful to the graduate chapter Eta Beta Sigma of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. It’s like the saying goes, quality or quantity. “We are the smallest as far as numbers as a whole when it comes to the other sorority but we come out strong and ready. This is my second time re-chartering a chapter.” Tucker also re-chartered the organization at Texas State University where, she said, they hadn’t seen “poodles,” the Sigma Gamma Rho nickname, for 22 years. I wanted to expand our community service to places that need it. It was important for me to come and help with the re-chartering because I wanted to see our sorority grow. “We have been gone for a long time and it was time to make an appearance again.

“After 20 years we finally are back,” Tucker proclaimed.

She is president of the Xi Eta chapter, the local undergraduate chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. She came to UNM from Texas in part to re-charter Sigma Gamma Rho, a sorority of undergraduates that had faded away some years ago as members graduated and moved on. She plans a career at a technology company as part of a cybersecurity team. Nicole Tucker is a junior majoring in Information Technology and minoring in Cybersecurity. Recently our UNM undergraduate chapters all participated in statewide census outreach for the Black community over the summer.” “Collectively, the historically African American fraternities and sororities of the Divine 9 are leaders in our community and have played a prominent role in advocating for social justice. “This is a special time for our Black Greek community as this now means all four of our historically Black sororities of the Divine 9 are now active at UNM,” said African American Student Services Director Brandi Stone, who is herself a member of Zeta Phi Beta Inc. The University of New Mexico now hosts all of the D9 organizations, as the Sigma Gamma Rho sorority recently re-chartered on campus after a long absence. Their motto is “Greater service, greater progress”

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