Keysi Castillo

Keysi Castillo of Garfield, NJ is a Spanish Language Studies major and has two minors: Latin American Studies and Italian. Keysi has a wonderful problem: she is interested in so many things that she doesn’t know what she wants to do in life. She particularly enjoys the literature readings in her major and learning about the political connotations in the authors’ works. Keysi participated in a Study Abroad program to Guatemala. She is chair of the Conversation Hour hosted by the Italian Club, the Sigma Delta Pi Hispanic Honor Society, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society and Association of Latinos Moving Ahead. Keysi, who has a 3.93 grade point average, still isn’t sure what she will do in life. But she knows it will involve Latin American issues.

Awarded Scholarships

2012

Carreras, Professor Charles Latin American Studies Scholarship

Dr. Charles Carreras was a founding member of the Ramapo College faculty in 1971, two years after the College’s establishment. Over the next 37 years, he taught courses and presented papers on Latin American history, culture, human rights and the region’s relationship with the United States. In addition to Latin America, Dr. Carreras’ research interests centered around Mexico and the local history of Mahwah, N.J.

“I came to Ramapo to pursue Latin American studies and devoted almost 40 years to educating students about Central and South America,” says Dr. Carreras. After his retirement in 2008, Dr. Carreras created a gift annuity that will endow this scholarship fund. The Carreras Scholarship benefits matriculated Ramapo students who have completed 9 or more credits on Latin American history, culture, literature, and related disciplines. It is selected by the Carreras family and members of the Ramapo College faculty.

“With this gift, I can continue to support Latin American Studies at Ramapo, even in retirement,” Dr. Carreras says.