Our Beginnings
In fall of 2000, Uschi Pimentel
transferred to the University of Florida, in hopes of finding a group
of people with a similar Dominican heritage. After attending an
assembly put on by the Hispanic Student Association, she noticed that a
Dominican organization was missing from the many other Latino
organizations, so she took it upon herself to create and encourage
fellow Dominicans to come together and form an organization. The
Dominican Student Association was thus founded on December 27, 2000 at
the Univeristy of Florida. The organization began as a way for the
Dominican students at the University of Florida to come together and
socialize. The group has evolved not only as an organization to
socialize but also to encourage diversity amongst its members and
promote the Dominican culture through activities on campus and the
community.