For the past three years, Dr. Marielena DeSanctis has served as President of the Community College of Denver. She's proud to hold this title, especially as a Latina woman.
'It is such an incredible honor and huge responsibility to be in this role,' she said. 'I think what's been most shocking is how many women that come up to me and say, I never thought I could aspire to a bigger position a promotion a college presidency. The first five,10,15 times that happened, I thought, Are you talking about me?'DeSanctis is humble, and she had humble beginnings.
'From a young age, she didn't take that sacrifice for granted. She had big dreams. 'When I said I wanted to be an engineer, they said, 'You can't do that. Girls aren't engineers.''But she did. And 23 years later, this engineer is now president. 'To have been in private and k-12 education and now higher ed… and navigate that while raising kids… sometimes, I sit back and think I don't know how this happened.
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