{"id":2867,"date":"2014-11-14T19:27:20","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T19:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/?p=2867"},"modified":"2018-05-08T20:19:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T20:19:13","slug":"november-2014-member-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/2014\/11\/14\/november-2014-member-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"November 2014 Member Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive alignleft wp-image-1273 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/fiualumni-eastus.azurewebsites.net\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/christifragaspotlight.jpg\" alt=\"Christi Fraga\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Christi Fraga<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FIU Degree<\/span>: B.A. in\u00a0Finance<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Graduation Year<\/span>: 2010<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lifetime Member since<\/span>: 2010<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Profession<\/span>:\u00a0Vice Mayor for the City of Doral and Entrepreneur<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Why she joined the FIU Alumni Association<\/span>:\u00a0As a Panther, it&#8217;s important to stay in touch with my alma mater. I felt the FIU Alumni Association was the best way to keep me informed and engaged with FIU through activities, programs and publications. I know the FIU Alumni Association will provide many opportunities and will only enhance the value of my degree.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What does FIU mean to her<\/span>:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #222222;\">When I think about FIU and my higher education three words come to mind:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Foundation,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Ingenuity and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Unity.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\">While at FIU, I developed both personally and professionally which helped me lay the foundation for the future that I am enjoying today, as well as the one to which I look forward. I learned cutting edge concepts in my field that not only awakened my ingenuity, but also proved to be invaluable in my plight to become a &#8220;serial entrepreneur.&#8221; With that ingenuity, I purposed myself to innovate not just within my own field of expertise, but in others as well, and the results have been remarkable. Since graduation, I have experienced a\u00a0genuine connection with my fellow alumni and I have realized that is in our unity that most of our contributions to FIU&#8217;s future will surely rest. I look forward to being part of that unity for many years to come and remain thankful of everything FIU has done for me.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christi Fraga FIU Degree: B.A. in\u00a0Finance Graduation Year: 2010 Lifetime Member since: 2010 Profession:\u00a0Vice Mayor for the City of Doral and Entrepreneur Why she joined the FIU Alumni Association:\u00a0As a Panther, it&#8217;s important to stay in touch with my alma mater. I felt the FIU Alumni Association was the best way to keep me informed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":2518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[369],"tags":[48,381],"class_list":["post-2867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-spotlight","tag-member-spotlight","tag-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2867"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15042,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2867\/revisions\/15042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}