Elizabeth Soriano
Liberal Arts
Hostos Student Ambassador

Elizabeth was born in the Dominican Republic and came to the United States in 2004. In a very short time as a student at Hostos Community College, Elizabeth has participated in a variety of programs and been supported by the entire college community in her search to find the road that she wants to travel on. Elizabeth’s goal is to become a bilingual therapist and have her own clinical practice. She would love to work with adolescents and adults to provide them with a forum to discuss their issues and challenges from a proper cultural perspective. This is important for her, because being a Latina immigrant, she could not find a therapist to help her to address her concerns from her cultural point of view and it was frustrating to her.

In the spring of 2008, Elizabeth was accepted as a member of Hostos Leadership Academy’s Student Ambassador Program. In the time since she began her ambassadorship, she has been quite successful in a variety of areas and has been acknowledged for her efforts.

Elizabeth was the student-coordinator for a community service outreach event at the Isabella Nursing Home in Washington Heights, where Hostos Student Ambassadors and S.O.S. Team Members served a community of retired New Yorkers by providing them with company, support and glistening smiles for a day. Elizabeth was also a participant at the New York State Model Senate Session project at the SOMOS El Futuro Conference in Albany this past spring and she was awarded a five hundred dollar scholarship for an essay that she wrote on her position with regard to the issue of Congestion Pricing in New York City. Elizabeth has in a short time become a great spokeswoman for the college and is making strides towards playing a more significant leadership role in a number of areas, both on the Hostos campus and off.

Elizabeth is a member of Phi Theta Kappa, participated in the Summer Honors Institute, was awarded a CUNY Leadership Award in May and is married to her beloved and supportive husband, Omar.

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