Reporting, Serving, Leading: Michelle Loria Alvarado Honored with Dr. Nina Griggs Gunter Scholarship
Maven McGregory
Senior Reporter
Michelle Loria Alvarado with award and certificate / TrevEchoes – Parker Henningsen
At 14, Michelle Loria Alvarado moved to the U.S. from Venezuela, and though she spoke no English, she had high hopes for her future.
She was a junior in high school during the COVID shutdown. She used this time to focus on mastering English.
“When everybody was at their homes, I took that time to perfect my English. I listened to music in English, putting everything in my home in English, and reading more often in English,” said Loria Alvarado.
Today, the senior Multimedia Journalism major is the executive editor of the student newspaper, the president of the National Society of Leadership and Success and now the 2025 recipient of the Nina ...

