Developing Leaders WOMEN
Developing Leaders WOMEN WHO LEAD The university has a century-plus legacy of educating women scientists, educators, health professionals, entrepreneurs, artists and others who possess outstanding talent. Among TWU’s extraordinary alumni are hospital CEOs, business owners and civil servants, including U.S. Representative Sylvia Garcia, who in 2018 was one of the first two Latinas from Texas elected to Congress, and U.S. District Judge Alia Moses, who in 2001 was the first woman appointed to a federal bench in the Western District of Texas. Alia Moses ’83 U.S. District Judge Sylvia Garcia ’72, ‘83 U.S. Representative
Victoria Parades ‘17 2nd Lt. Army Roxayne Strong Founder of CodeStream Studios 2018 recipient of TWU entrepreneurial microgrant Ashley McClellan ‘16 CEO, HCA Research Medical Center Winged Victory The foyer of the Old Main Building, home of the Institute for Women’s Leadership, features a replica of the Louvre’s well-known statue purchased from the famed museum and originally given to the university by the class of 1929 to commemorate Armistice Day.
