September 29, 2006

At Central Florida, Hispanic Women Give Each Other Advice and a Sympathetic Ear

By ROBIN WILSON

Two summers ago, Hurricane Charley leveled the home that María de Jesus González shared with her husband in downtown Orlando. It might also have swept away her tenure bid at the University of Central Florida had it not been for the support she got from a group of Latina professors there.

"It was a devastating time," recalls Ms. González, who had to move into a local hotel. Without the prodding of her colleagues from Mujeres Universitarias Asociadas (Associated