CHCI Names Scholarship After 
Former CHCI Fellow

On Monday, October 1, 2001, Anna Maria Arias, Founder, Publisher and Editor of Latina Style Magazine and former CHCI Fellow, lost her courageous seven year battle with aplastic anemia.

Ms. Arias had dedicated herself to creating and growing Latina Style into a premier magazine for Hispanic women. Her mission was to provide a voice for and to advocate on behalf of professional Hispanic women across the United States. 

“Anna Maria Arias was an amazing leader and a positive role model. She was a source of support and guidance to many of the alumni of CHCI’s leadership development programs. Although Anna Maria is no longer with us, we shall continue to promote the very qualities of leadership and activism that she embodied as one of our most notable Latina alumni,” said CHCI Alumni Association Vice President Ana Polanco. 

The family of Ms. Arias has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be made on behalf of Ms. Arias to the Unidos for America Relief Fund to assist the Latino victims of the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Anna Maria Arias is survived by her mother Rita, her brothers Stephen and Marcos, her husband Robert, and her beloved cocker spaniel Federico.  

CHCI has named a scholarship award after Ms. Arias to honor her dedication and commitment to empowering Latina youth. The Anna Maria Arias Trailblazer Scholarship will be available in early 2002 to Latina CHCI Fellows seeking to pursue an advanced degree and who exhibit the qualities exemplified by Anna Maria.

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