Women To Watch 10.12.25 - Flipbook - Page 22
Rose Mince
64, president, Carroll Community College
Carroll Community College President Rose Mince never seriously considered a career outside teaching.
“It’s helping people achieve their dreams,” the 35-year education veteran
said. And as a graduate of the former Essex Community College, Mince knows
that community college can take graduates anywhere.
“I think people often think about community colleges as career preparation, as transfer preparation, and we want to do more than that,” Mince said.
Putting together the college’s new four-year, forward-looking strategic plan
was a start. The vision is typified by a new standing Futures Committee that
Mince assembled and said will make sure the college is “really looking to those
trends, to anticipate what’s needed for the future, to not just be reactive to the
community’s needs, but to anticipate and to be leading where we want to go.”
This year, Mince, a former physical education teacher, said the college will
break ground on a turf field and outdoor track. Her “whole wellness perspective” and daily regimens keep the newly minted grandmother focused and in
shape for her work at the helm, she said.
“We want to anticipate what students are going to need in the future and
really be prepared to thrive in this world that’s constantly evolving.”
— Racquel Bazos
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Susana Barrios
54, president, Latino Racial Justice Circle
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Susana Barrios’ journey into advocacy began as a child of the 1980s, when
she had to serve as her parents’ informal translator at a time when language
resources were scarce in Baltimore.
Years later, as an outreach specialist for another nonprofit organization,
she went to an event held by the Latino Racial Justice Circle. After connecting with their mission and seeing its impact on the grassroots level, Barrios
became a volunteer, climbing the ranks to president.
Latino Racial Justice Circle is a nonprofit organization run by volunteers
that provides resources like scholarships for students, facilitates families’
access to immigration counsel, and advocates for immigrant rights.
One of Barrios’ proudest moments was when three children that the organization helped were approved for special visas after years in the immigration court system.
“Even if it’s in a small way, we are able to support them,” she said.
Amid growing fears within immigrant communities, Barrios sees the organization as continuing to play an active role in the community.
“Our work doesn’t change,” Barrios said. “It has continued and will continue
doing the same thing that it did before.”
— Stella Canino-Quinones
