The Road Toward Sisterhood
Founded in the state of Florida in 1995, Gamma Eta Sorority, Inc. finds its origins as a student organization at the University of Florida where it was first known as Gamma Eta Society. In the fall of 1995, under the leadership of our founding mother Ilena Camilo, 17 ladies came together to create Gamma Eta. These women saw the need to form an organization that would offer a support system to women of diverse backgrounds.
Although they faced numerous barriers in becoming formally recognized as an official sorority, our founding mothers persevered and initiated the founding class in the spring of 1996. Gamma Eta was finally chartered and incorporated as an official sorority on August 2, 1999 and achieved recognition as a Greek Letter organization. In 2006, Gamma Eta was admitted as a full member of the National Multicultural Greek Council.
Gamma Chapter
Chris Medrano, National Director of Expansion at the time, brought Gamma Eta Sorority, Inc. to the University of Arkansas, and so the Gamma Chapter of Gamma Eta Sorority, Inc. was founded in Fall 2005 in Fayetteville, AR.
Pictured from left to right: Maria Puga, Julie Perry, Rosa Puga, Veronica Valdizon and Candice Casey; founders class of Gamma Chapter.
Facing Toward The Sun
Today Gamma Etas are involved in various philanthropic efforts from breast cancer awareness to improving diabetes research. Sisters work to serve underprivileged communities in multiple states, as well as enhance sisters’ academic and professional endeavors. Gamma Etas have led their respective universities in various capacities, both as students and staff, and held prestigious positions all around the world in their professional careers supporting one another to achieve their goals.