ABOUT TEXAS SOUTHMOST COLLEGE
Established in 1926 as the first institution of higher education in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas Southmost College represents the region’s boundless potential. Now approaching 100 years of service to our communities, the many achievements of the students, faculty, and staff are a testament to the dedicated work of the Board of Trustees, community supporters, and the entire Scorpion family.
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SPRING Classes Start: January 19, 2026
SUMMER II Classes Start: July 7, 2026
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Adela G. Garza Chairwoman
Place 1
Dr. Tony Zavaleta Trustee
Place 3
Edgar E. Garcia Trustee
Place 5
Delia Saenz Vice Chairwoman
Place 4
Alejandra Aldrete, M.Ed. Trustee
Place 2
Dr. Jesús Roberto Rodríguez President
Dr. Norma Lopez-Harris
Secretary
Place 7
Edward C. Camarillo Trustee
Place 6
DR. GILBERT FLORES, JR.
Nocturnist, Hospitalist, Internal Medicine Specialist
Dr. Gilbert Flores, Jr. is a native Texan, who was raised in Brownsville. He is a proud product of Brownsville public schools, graduating from Lopez High School. He then attended Texas Southmost College to earn undergraduate credit before pursuing a bachelor’s degree in science to prepare for medical school.
Dr. Flores capitalized upon the region’s bi-national culture. He attended medical school in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico and completed his clinical rotations in South Texas. After graduating from medical school in 2020, he then completed an internal medicine residency program at Valley Baptist Medical Center in 2024.
Today, Dr. Flores splits his time between the Rio Grande Valley and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In Harlingen, he serves as a hospitalist and nocturnist at Valley Baptist Medical Center, treating hospital patients during the overnight shift. In Philadelphia, he serves as a nocturnist with the Temple University Health system in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. In this position he also provides instruction and supervision to the next generation of physicians.
GRADUATE DESIGNATIONS
All Honor Graduates are identified by wearing a gold cord.
Graduates earning a certificate and/or associate degree with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher are identified in the program by the following symbols:
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
3.900-4.000 Grade Point Average
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
3.700-3.899 Grade Point Average
CUM LAUDE
3.500-3.699 Grade Point Average
Texas Southmost College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award certificates and associate degrees. Questions about the accreditation of Texas Southmost College may be directed in writing to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097, by calling (404) 679-4500, or by using information available on SACSCOC’s website www.sacscoc.org.
Processional
Presiding Invocation
National Anthem
Welcome and Special Introductions
POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE by
Edward Elgar
DR. JESÚS ROBERTO RODRÍGUEZ President
SARAI JUAREZ Student Academic and Records Manager
TSC Board of Trustees
Keynote Speaker
AVIGAI GONZALEZ Project Administrator
DORIS CEDILLO CLEMENTE Music Adjunct Instructor
DR. JESÚS ROBERTO RODRÍGUEZ President
ADELA G. GARZA Chairwoman
DR. GILBERT FLORES, JR. Nocturnist, Hospitalist, Internal Medicine Specialist
Conferring of Degrees and Certificates
Recognition of Candidates
Closing Remarks
Recessional
DR. JESÚS ROBERTO RODRÍGUEZ President
MARIA LUISA PACHECO Faculty, Communication and Language
ADRIANA RIOS SANTIAGO Architecture Instructor and Department Chair of ABDT
DR. JESÚS ROBERTO RODRÍGUEZ President
POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE by
Edward Elgar
- 9:30 AM
GRADUATES: Associate of Arts
Evelyn Grace Ayala ♦
German Arnulfo Escobar Jr. #
Daniella Quijada #
Randy Jeovan Ramirez
Vanessa Alcala #
Kayla Silvia Castillo
Ricardo Costilla Jr.
Evelyn Marie Garcia •
Joshua A. Garcia
Juan Antonio Gonzalez •
Edgar Alejandro Guevara #
Chrissilda Gutierrez
Joseph J. Hernandez-Rodriguez
Rodolfo Infante
Maia M. Jurado
Leonel Martinez
Paola Martinez Jimenez
Erik R. Rios
Rayven Rae Rodriguez #
Gerardo Salazar
Addin Vela
Jesus R. Velez
Nathanael Acosta
Anahi Marie Aldama
Natasha Alday •
Allison R. Alejos • Venecia Alvarado
Isamar Alvarado Hernandez
Ivan A. Alvarez •
Jonathan Arellano
Aldair Arguelles Abreu
Amanda I. Avalos #
Maria C. Banda
Martin Barragan #
Ivonne Barrientos
Luis G. Benavides
Yasmin A. Best ♦
Arlen Bocanegra
Anika E. Bouchot •
Valeria Calderas
Anna N. Calderon •
Grecia A. Cantu
Jeshua J. Cantu
Alyssa K. Carrera
Amerie B. Carrillo
Francisco Castillo #
Lynette Nicole Castro
Jose Cazares #
Ruby M. Cerrillo •
Alessandra Cetina ♦
Brittney R. Lopez •
Daniela Cordova
Jenniffer Correa
Ximena Cruz
Maria Del Refugio Cuellar
Brianna De la Cruz ♦
Denisse De la Garza
Juan A. De Leon
Vanessa Diaz
Brianna I. Diaz
Anyssa Renae Donez
Delyla Escobedo
Joselynn Estrada ♦
Brayan E. Felix
Maria E. Fernandez ♦
Sophia Garcia
Marlie Garcia •
Edmundo Garcia
Anahi N. Garrido
Mia Isabella L. Gonzalez
Italie Gonzalez
Angelina Gonzalez
Bianca Gonzalez
Santiago Gonzalez #
Sofia I. Gonzalez ♦
Daniella Gonzalez-Paez
Chalene Granado #
Emily A. Guajardo
Janaya Guerra ♦
Arath Guerrero ♦
Ricardo Guerrero •
Sophie Guerrier ♦
Fernando G. Gutierrez
Bernardo G. Gutierrez •
William B. Harris Jr. #
Aleisy Hernandez •
Arnoldo Hernandez
Anahi B. Hernandez
Maite Hernandez #
Matthew Hernandez ♦
Allie H. Hernandez #
Logan Hinojosa #
Kevin Ibarra
Joseph M. Jamar
Angelica Jaramillo •
Jacob A. Jaramillo
Sophia M. Jaramillo ♦
America Landeros •
Luis A. Larrazolo ♦
Damian A. Ledezma ♦
Valeria Lerma-Rodriguez
Braden J. Londrie
Athan Lopez
Christian A. Lopez
Mauricio Losoya
Natalia Luevanos #
Carlos G. Macias #
Victor Mar
Nayeli Marie
Maribel Martinez
Kania V. Martinez
Aaliyah Martinez ♦
Tristian Mata
Evelyn Mireles #
Norma Moran #
Daniel Moreno
Jesse Moreno
Luis F. Muniz •
Jose J. Munoz ♦
Giovanni Nino
Francisco J. Ochoa
Marissa Ornelas de la Cruz ♦
Viviana Pena ♦
Brenden Isaac Peña
Gabriel Perales
Luis G. Perez Jr.
Katia C. Perez •
Daniela I. Perez
Sofia Perez
Miah Pina #
Daryce Ramirez
Dionel Ramirez
Jose F. Ramirez •
Analupe Reyes
Peyton Reyes
Miguel Angel Flores
GRADUATES:
Associate of Arts (continued)
Amelia C. Reynolds
Brianna M. Rios ♦
Darwin J. Rivera
Brittany N. Rivera
Herlinda Rivera ♦
Camila L. Rivera •
Natalia Isabel Rodriguez
Lisa M. Rodriguez ♦
Laysha A. Rojas-Gomez ♦
Alexandra Vhaney Rosas
Aime M. Rubio ♦
Rafael E. Ruiz •
Geraldine Salazar •
Isis M. Salazar
Josmar Salgado Jimenez •
Senseny Samaniego
Johanna F. Sanchez
Andorena Sanchez Saldaña
Jaime R. Santana
Anasofia Santos •
Jonathan Sarmiento •
Karissa Serrata
Shavanna Silva
Jon Tillman
Irvin Vela
Analize M. Velazquez
Kassandra N. Vidal ♦
Natali R. Villarreal #
Alondra Wallace
Victor Aidan Ypina •
Jaclyn Nicole Zavala ♦
Czarina R. Benavides
Lisa Ann Figueroa
Anahi E. Ibarra
Kassandra D. Mendieta #
Yatzari R. Rodriguez
Dylan Gregory Schweitzer
Mariana I. Tavares •
Ashly Y. Torres
Jacob Elijah Vargas
Gloria L. Cavazos
Briana Alexandra De La Garza
Kendrah Echavarria
Miranda R. Garza •
Linda Alicia Hernandez •
Briana Adlai Padilla
Stephanie Elisa Rodriguez
GRADUATES: Associate of Arts in Teaching
Rebecca Ann Davila
Ivan Garza #
Clarissa Alyse Guzman
Lidia A. Hernandez
Maria E. Laguardia
Adela Martinez
Liana Martinez
Brenda A. Sanchez #
Stephanie Ann Vasquez
Liliana Vital
Alexa Fernanda Romero
Miguel Alejandro Puig
Gustavo Sanchez Jr.
GRADUATES: Associate of Applied Science
Samantha Marie Jane Aguilar # Kate Villanueva
GRADUATES: Associate of Science
Claudia Arlen Hurtado ♦
Angel I. Bocanegra #
Lesly Garza •
GRADUATES:
Guillermo Avila •
Juan D. Bland #
Juan M. Figueroa
Priscilla Garcia ♦
Juan P. Hinojosa ♦
Alexis Lopez ♦
Janelle Ann Gonzalez
Alexandra Ibarra
Christina Alexis Pena
Daniel S. Ramirez
Jahaira Reyna
Jesus Manuel Rico Jr.
Certificate of Proficiency - Level One
Erick Lopez
Jonathan E. Moreno ♦
Jonathan Pena •
Adrian J. Rangel
Cristian E. Robledo #
Leonardo Rodriguez #
Marijose G. Casas
Hiran Cruz
Michael A. Garcia
Eduardo Lara
Pedro Martinez
CEREMONY - 1:30 PM
GRADUATES: Associate of Arts
Rodolfo E. Duenez
Gabriella Garza ♦
Lola E. Perez
Jorge E. Rosales
Gabriel H. Andrade
Maria C. Arenas
Salatiel Cano
Francisco Cardenas #
Angel Castillo
Mayra Cuellar #
Edna B. Del Angel Raga
Wendy M. Espinosa
Kimberly Maria Galvan
Eloisa Gamez
Anna Yethzi Carmona
Paola Garcia •
Luis Garza
Stephanie A. Gonzalez #
Liliana Gracia
Carlos A. Iracheta
Carol Dianne Longoria •
Jacob A. Martinez
Gerardo Martinez
Chante l. Melendez
Julia Moncerrat Moreno #
Vanette Michelle Murillo
Emmanuel Obregon
Esai Ortega
Arlene Nicole Padilla #
Gloria E. Parra •
John T. Paz
Juan Pena Jr. #
Andres M. Perez
Luis C. Ramirez Jr.
Kennedy D. Ramos
Jasmine M. Reyes
Alexis O. Rico
Priscilla Rivera
Karla Jasmine Rosas
David L. Rosas
Erick Salinas
AaronAlfonsoSanchez Gonzalez•
Bianka C. Soto
Johnathan D. Stevens
Damaris Marie Trevino #
Lesly Y. Valles
Lorena Vargas
Aidan R. Villanueva
Jacelin Zuniga
Jose A. Aguirre
Karen Alcantar ♦
Hally A. Alejandro
Sergio Arellano
Kenya P. Banda ♦
Angel G. Cardona
Camila E. Castro
Jose D. Cerda
Natasha Cisneros
Jorge A. Espinosa
Kayla A. Flores
Dayana R. Garcia
Jesus A. Garcia
Alyssa M. Garcia
Ivanna M. Garza-Salazar
Alejandro E. Gavina
Devaney Benice Gil
Jose A. Gutierrez •
Axel Guzman
Jesus R. Lopez
Alexis R. Mendez
Leila A. Mendoza
Mark A. Orozco
Abraham U. Ortega
Mark Pena
Kriz A. Peña
Karely Perez
Ashley Robledo
Jose A. Rodriguez
Serena Rodriguez
Anaily Rojas Rodriguez •
Alexis M. Salazar
Miguel A. Salcido Jr.
Mauricio A. Sanchez
Jasmin A. Serrano
Juan M. Soto
Joel E. Varela
Eric Velasco
Brianna A. Alaniz
Kayla M. Alaniz
Rocco A. Almazan
Gael Amador
Cristal Rae Arellano-Carballo
Lot Atkinson
Rafael A. Avina
Oswaldo A. Ayala #
Fernanda X. Bannak
Lilian M. Barrera
Amber L. Bender •
Claudia Buentello
Bryan I. Cabriales
Margarite Aisha Caldwell
Melady C. Caldwell
Gilberto Cervantes Jr.
Aled J. Chavez
Jennifer E. Cisneros
Erik L. Conde
Victor A. Contreras
Jose Diaz
Diego A. Elizalde
Jose R. Espino Cesar J. Flores
Jaquelin Flores
Valeria Flores Prado
Karen A. Garcia #
Reynaldo Garcia
Kayla Natalia Garcia #
Aaron A. Garcia
Karen I. Garcia
Eric Garza
Edmundo Gaspar
Miranda P. Gomez
Juan M. Gonzalez
Stephanie G. Granado
Lindsey I. Guillen
Chloe M. Gutierrez
Nicolas Gutierrez Jr.
Kayla Hernandez
Elijah S. Hernandez
Francisco R. Hernandez
Roberto A. Jimenez
Alexandra Y. Leal
Mariana Lopez
Samantha A. Martinez #
Lisa M. Martinez
Luis E. Martinez
Mariana Medina
Lesly Meyo
Charlyn M. Molina
GRADUATES: Associate of Arts (continued)
Mireya G. Morales
Kimberly Morales
Itzel A. Morones
Francisco U. Moya Villasenor
Jennifer Muniz
Angelica Paz
Jesus Pecina Jr. #
Jasmine Pedraza
Jasmine A. Perales
Fernanda Perez
Rick A. Pinedo #
Rolando Ramirez #
Olga D. Rangel Garcia #
Alda A. Redner
Ryan Rodriguez
Azael Rodriguez
Camila Rodriguez-Garcia
Joseph D. Salazar
Frida R. Sanchez
Ari J. Soriano
Larissa Torres
Antonio Vasquez Jr.
Emily Vasquez
Vilma Y. Vasquez •
Chris I. Vazquez
Javier C. Vega #
Roberto Vela Jr.
Savannah S. Villarreal #
Rodolfo Zapata
Anthony Gary Hudgins
David A. Esquivel
Kathia I. Gomez
Samantha Guerrero
Carolyn Herbert
Irvin E. Montelongo •
Yvonne Barrientes
Tania G. Bejarano
Regina Botello
Nancy Gomez
Giovanna G. Resendez
Aurelia Ninfa Martinez
Giovanni Flores Yessenia Hernandez
GRADUATES: Associate of Arts in Teaching
Irene L. Chavez
Hannia B. Espinoza
Ailleen A. Garcia
Vanessa Garcia
Ruth C. Gonzalez Garcia
Brigette N. Martinez
Maria O. Ramos •
Nery A. Torres •
Aracely L. Trujillo •
Jonathan A. Rodriguez
Edgar Hinojosa
GRADUATES: Associate of Applied Science
Cristina U. Valdiviez •
Alfredo J. Escovar
Daniel Garces
Juan A. Velez
Laritza Arevalo
Viviana Cantu
Jasmin I. Gamboa
Adrian Neftali Garza •
Wendy Lizette Huerta
Giovanni P. Suarez
Martin Cardona •
Orlando Cardoza Molar #
Carlos Gonzalez III ♦
Anthony L. Gonzalez •
Jose E. Penaloza Acosta
Isay K. Reyes
Jesus Alejandro Ura Jr.
Matthew Valdez #
Jeremiah D. Lovett #
Jacob Gutierrez •
Luis D. Abundis
Hector Anthony Valdez
Thomas Anthony Guerrero #
Javier E. Lozano
Jesus E. Mata
Raul E. Del Angel Raga
Kevin U. Ledezma
Emilio Mendez
Clarissa I. Cruz
Jocelyn Rodriguez
Kimberly L. Rodriguez-Gaytan
Rebekah M. Vazquez
Aimee Mercedes Benavidez
Christina Bradshaw-Armour
Brandy Jada Endsley
Emma Rebecca Francis Lopez
Maria Theresa Gantala #
Nidia Suhey Garza ♦
Ariana Lucia Garza #
Angel C. Gonzalez
Socorro Nasay Herbert
Lizbeth Saray Hernandez Torres #
Lucinda Martinez
Ashly Rodriguez Hernandez
Olivia Reanne Valdez ♦
Ingrid Vargas
Jesus I. Zavala
Marilyn Cardoza #
Pablo S. Elizondo
Alberto Hernandez #
Sergio Isaac Quinones
Angela Reta
Vanessa Reyes #
Jonique Rodriguez
Claudia Torres #
Lesly P. Villafranca Grimaldo •
Damian Alejandro Villegas
Matthew Joshua Wright
GRADUATES: Associate of Science
Hazzel A. Ruvalcaba
Pamela Y. Gamboa
Blanca E. Gonzalez
Camila A. Trevino
GRADUATES:
Priscila Escobedo
Karen M. Llanas
Karina Ortega
Angela Ramon
Alexander Regalado
GRADUATES:
Pamela Nayely Bautista
Maria G. Cortez
Jorge L. Covarrubias •
Laritza Arevalo
Raul Ayala
Nathen S. Delgado
Alyza N. Medellin
Monica D. Murillo
Giovanni P. Suarez
Francisco Chavez
Diego J. Hernandez
Jose Manuel Rodriguez
Ricardo Salinas
Yolanda Paredes Vela
Diego Alcantar Garcia
Andrew Anzaldua #
Alejandro Barrientos
Emmanuel Diaz
Joel David Luna Jr.
Emiliano Peña Obregon
Thomas Jacob Rendon
Isabel Rodriguez
Jairo E. Madrinan
Jose Luis Rodriguez
Certificate of Proficiency - Level Two
Randolph Rodriguez Jr.
Melissa Tamayo
Melissa A. Torres
Bianca Alondra Vela #
Adamari Vera #
Nolan J. Ybarra
Josh Gabriel Zalsos
Jennifer Ramirez De La Rosa
Certificate of Proficiency - Level One
Emanuel Silva ♦
Jesus Alejandro Ura Jr.
Julian Vasquez
Alfredo Jalife
David Garza Jr.
Brandon A. Ibarra
Jose A. Ortiz Sanchez
Diego A. Sanchez
Marbella S. Aguilar
Mayte Aleman •
Samantha Alvarado
Noel A. Arellano
Esmeralda Estrada
Gardenia Lizbeth Jimenez
Matthew Padilla
Arturo Saldana Jr.
Larissa Jean C. Sia-Cunco
Iraira I. Cedillo
Angel A. Cano Hernandez #
Mark A. Cruz
Jorge A. Garcia
Carlos Morales
Carlos I. Ramirez
Thomas N. Rivera
Jonathan Rosales
April D. Torres
Alexus Victoria Vasquez
Joseph A. Cortez
Jose M. Hinojosa #
Valentin Noyola
Bryan M. Rodriguez
Maria De Lourdes DeCarlo
Irving S. Garcia
Karen A. Palacios
Mario A. De Leon
Alejandro Fernandez
Angel N. Figueroa
Antonio Franco III
Tomas A. Garza
Carlos Daniel Garza
Jose Antonio Gauna
Jathen Sonnie Hernandez
Rudy Orlando Hinojosa
Jonathan Hurtado
Juan Diego Leal
Jesus A. Meza
Samantha K. Moreno
Nestor L. Espinoza
Eduardo Perez
Henrry A. Ramirez
Joshua Rangel
Saul Serna
Anita N. Delgado Ximena Mendiola
Oscar C. Zavala