{"id":44839,"date":"2025-11-19T15:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/44839\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T15:00:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:00:42","slug":"2025-lehman-represents-the-bronx-at-2025-somos-puerto-rico-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/44839\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 | Lehman Represents The Bronx at 2025 SOMOS Puerto Rico Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Lehman Represents The Bronx at 2025 SOMOS Puerto Rico Conference<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n            \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Somos.jpg\" alt=\"Four people at a table having a panel discussion in front of an audience.\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Associate Professor of Economics Alexander N\u00fa\u00f1ez-Torres, second from right, presented at a panel discussion on financial empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"news-date\">November 17, 2025<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lehman College was hard to miss at the 2025 SOMOS Puerto Rico Conference, which featured presentations and events by faculty and senior leadership. The annual event draws politicians, policymakers, and powerbrokers together to discuss issues and legislation impacting Puerto Rico and Puerto Rican communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a college rooted in the Bronx, the participation of our students, faculty, and staff reflects who we are and what we stand for,\u201d said President Fernando Delgado. The Bronx boasts the highest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Lehman\u2019s presenters at SOMOS participated in sessions addressing equity, economic resilience, and culture. Brandon Begarly, Assistant Vice President of Research Administration and Strategy, joined New York education and public policy experts to spotlight strategies for improving student success and strengthening communities in New York and Puerto Rico. Lehman economist Alexander N\u00fa\u00f1ez-Torres and Jos\u00e9 Higuera L\u00f3pez, Director of the CUNY Mexican Studies Institute at Lehman, discussed ways Latino communities can financially empower themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The Institute also commissioned the video installation &#8220;No es extra\u00f1o este sitio para la danza,&#8221; directed by Puerto Rican filmmaker Noelia Quintero Herencia, which explores the history of creativity and resistance among Puerto Rican communities in New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am proud that Lehman College continues to play an active role in SOMOS El Futuro,\u201d said President Fernando Delgado. \u201cThis gathering is more than a conference; it\u2019s a movement that uplifts voices, builds partnerships, and reinforces our shared responsibility to expand access, equity, and opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lehman Represents The Bronx at 2025 SOMOS Puerto Rico Conference &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Associate Professor of Economics&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,25760,63,19090,25759,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-44839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-noelia-quintero-herencia","tag-nyc","tag-puerto-rico","tag-somos-2025","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}