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Cynthia Florentino graduated from UCF with a political science degree after dedicating the majority of her time to professional development and extracurricular involvement. Florentino served in a cabinet position for the UCF Student Government Association and enrolled in a federal college program, where she became chair of the President\u2019s Leadership Council her senior year. She currently attends graduate school in Washington, D.C., and continues to pursue her dream of transforming lives with the use of the Internet as a tool for empowerment.<\/p>\n

Watch her video<\/a>, shown at the Black & Gold Gala, to learn more about Cynthia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cynthia Florentino, ’14 | Google Policy Fellow, U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":62526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[982,2194,3750,3786,4475,202],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-62525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","tag-college-of-sciences","tag-homecoming","tag-political-science","tag-presidents-leadership-council","tag-student-government-association","tag-alumni"],"yoast_head":"\nDistinguished Student 2014 | University of Central Florida News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cynthia Florentino, '14 | Google Policy Fellow, U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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