HPRA Scholarships

Four public relations majors captured $1,000 scholarship honors at the fall 2005 Premio Awards and Scholarship Dinner of the Hispanic Public Relations Association.

From left are:
Celeste Maldonado (Public Relations ’06); Laura Amarillas (Public Relations ’06);
Sandra Bernardo, HPRA president; Monique N. Rodriguez (Public Relations ’06);
Peggy Bockman, assistant dean, College of Communications;
Karla Ortiz (Public Relations ’06).

Laura is a writer for the HPRA newsletter, The Buzz, headquartered in Los Angeles. CSUF alumnus, John Echeveste (Public Relations ’73), a partner in Valencia, Perez & Echeveste Public Relations in South Pasadena, serves on the HPRA Advisory Council. VPEPR is one of the largest Hispanic-owned public relations firms in the country.