{"id":209818,"date":"2021-04-20T17:25:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T17:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/?p=209818"},"modified":"2021-05-25T15:50:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T15:50:15","slug":"reynaldo-acevedo-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/2021\/04\/20\/reynaldo-acevedo-95\/","title":{"rendered":"Reynaldo Acevedo \u201995"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reynaldo Acevedo \u201995 is assistant principal at Passaic High School and an alumnus of the Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) program. Acevedo recently shared his personal story<\/a> during a hearing on the state budget, at which April 9 was designated as EOF Awareness Day in the State of New Jersey.<\/p>\n

When asked how Montclair State prepared him for his career path, Acevedo notes, \u201cIn so many ways, obviously more than just academics – the overall experience is what really prepared me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were so many things to take advantage of and focus on\u201d, says Acevedo. \u201cI was not an involved high school student, but when it came to Montclair State, I said, \u2018When I get there, I\u2019m going to do everything.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

And so he did, quickly joining Latin American Student Organization (LASO) his freshman year and eventually becoming Vice President and then President. Acevedo also joined the Student Government Association (SGA) and became a legislator. \u201cWhen I started, I knew nothing about student government. But being in that environment really made you think. I learned so much about leadership, running an organization, business and different priorities on campus,\u201d Acevedo recalls.<\/p>\n

Acevedo\u2019s quest to \u201cdo it all\u201d did not stop there. He was also a member of Lambda Theta Phi – Latin Fraternity, Inc., and the Educational Opportunity Fund program. Being involved in so many organizations made Acevedo a natural leader and mentor, something that he takes pride in now in his role at Passaic High School.<\/p>\n

When asked about his favorite memories of campus, given his level of involvement, it is easy to see why Acevedo cannot choose just one. However, one major experience comes to mind. \u201cLiving on campus,\u201d he notes, \u201cfirst in Stone, then in Blanton, which was a real community. We were the headquarters of fun! We took pride in our fraternity, but we also took pride in our academics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Acevedo now serves on the newly launched EOF Alumni and Community Advisory Board. Still connected to the friends he made through EOF, Lambda Theta Phi, SGA and LASO, he hopes to bring that sense of community and family to this new endeavor.<\/p>\n

\u201cMentorship is so important. I had great mentors such as Ms. Carmen Reyes-Cuevas, Ms. Bertha Diggs and Dean Harris, and now I am trying to do the same with current EOF scholars,\u201d notes Acevedo.<\/p>\n

When asked what advice he would give to current students he says, \u201cbuilding up your resume is not just what you put on the paper – it\u2019s who you become in that process. Get involved, because those experiences will equip you for the real world and the workplace.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grateful for the opportunities he had, Acevedo shares with current students that \u201cthe work you put in place during college is the starting point for even more opportunities down the road. You can take it from the Student Center meeting rooms to boardrooms.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Being involved in so many organizations at Montclair State made the now assistant principal a natural leader and mentor, something that he takes pride in today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":209836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-77_alumni-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209818"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209891,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209818\/revisions\/209891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}