b'We give back to help make the \'00 world a better place for everyone. I believe we should all be afforded the opportunity to enrich our learning. By exploring new horizons, we open our minds and our hearts.ROSELLA GARCIA 00Expanding HorizonsRice University before accepting anshe shared. We give back to help Justlikeherbigsister,Rosellaalumni affairs position at New Yorkmake the world a better place for Garcia 00 grew up surrounded byUniversity. She jumped at the op- everyone. I believe we should all the Aggie Spirit and couldnt waitportunity to move to the Big Apple.be afforded the opportunity to en-to experience it. Texas A&M wasNow, she serves as the senior direc- rich our learning. By exploring new a beloved place to our family, andtor of alumni relations at Teach- horizons, we open our minds and I wanted to follow in the tradition,ers College, Columbia University,our hearts.she said.where she also earned a masters in communication and education. The Legacy Lives OnRosellas passion for learning took her overseas to Spain through aAppreciative of the role her studyRubiana Rubi Mares 03 planned study abroad program. I learnedabroad experience played in herto attend Texas A&M like her fam-so much from experiencing otherdevelopment, Rosella used her lifeily, so she enrolled in Texas A&Ms culturesinsuchanimmersiveinsurance policy to plan a gift thatDepartmentofRecreation,Park way, she explained.will provide future Aggies with thatand Tourism Sciences. Texas A&M samelife-changingexperience.was part of my earliest childhood After graduating with her bache- The concept of paying it forwardmemories, she said. From foot-lors in journalism, Rosella workedisingrainedinusthroughourball games to visiting my sisters in for The Association of Former Stu- parents. They have modeled thatcollege, I knew Aggieland was the dents, Mays Business School andbehavior for my sisters and me,place for me." 8 | TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION|OFFICE OF PLANNED GIVING'