ABOUT

After graduating from Southern Methodist University in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Fashion Media, I moved back to my hometown to work at a local PR firm, ArelyPR. After living in Miami for a little over a year, I officially moved back to the Lone Star State in the Summer of 2020. I am currently pursuing a Master of Science degree in Entrepreneurship & Innovation from Drexel University, while working at Advocate Media as the nonprofit newsrooms Development Director.

I have always believed in the importance of giving back to my community. In 2013, as a sophomore in High School, I started Growing Together Youth Group for Chapman Partnership. The GT team would visit the children at the local miami homeless shelter a couple times per month to watch movies, play games, and do arts and crafts. During my time as President, we raised over $90,000 for the youth group. Growing Together was given a Proclamation by the city of Bal Harbor on behalf of Chapman Partnership on December 9th, 2014.

After taking a couple of businesses classes at SMU, I decided to start my own business, Lone Star Boxes, to keep myself busy until I graduated in 2019. I created seasonal boxes with local Texas products. My goal was to support small businesses & donate a portion of the proceeds to local organizations including, Genesis Woman’s Shelter & Big Brother Big Sister of North Texas.

Ali Quintero