¡Hey, Familia!

Hey, UTEP!

"Students pitch in to raise cancer awareness"

And The UTEP Propspector's Ms. Nicole Chávez has the story.

¡Adelante, Nicole!


Published online: Thursday, February 18, 2010.


"Christina Umana, sophomore biological sciences major, never thought that her soft caramel candied apples would be more than a sweet treat, but that changed when the mother of one of her friends died of cancer.

"She, along with members of Alpha Kappa Lambda, knew that they should do something for their friend, so they began to sell caramel candied apples to help raise awareness of breast cancer.

"Umana said, We were in the hospital supporting him, but we thought that we needed to do something else. That's how we decided to participate in Race for the Cure.

"To register for the Komen El Paso Race for the Cure, they began to sale candied apples.

"They spent long hours at Umana's dorm making around 1,000 of them...

"[As] Umana said, Everyone knows someone who had or has breast cancer, it could be your mother, an aunt, a teacher or a neighbor...."


Good read, everyone. Timely, too.... yet sad. :(