Founders
Five University of Iowa Hispanic students – Gloria Cuevas, Julieta Maria Miller, Maria Esther Pineda, Danell Marie Riojas and Guadalupe Cruz Temiquel – formed the sorority in 1990 under the guidance of Esther Materon Arum and Mary Peterson. They continue to demonstrate a commitment to being "Hermanas Por Vida – Sisters For Life". The first inductees to the sorority in the spring 1991 term played a vital role in promoting the ideals of the organization on the University of Iowa campus, and helped in the first wave of expansion to the University of Michigan, Iowa State University and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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