Spanish language skills
are also invaluable to Robbins
on a daily basis. With Latin
American companies, the
contracts and the conversations
are in Spanish. As a native
speaker this is not a problem
for her. Luckily, her parents
brought her up to be fluent in
English and in French as well.
The youngest of five children,
Our greatest asset is our employees. We value
she still has three siblings
our people and their contributions they make
living in Mexico, and another
to Granite. We encourage and promote our core
in the US.
values, strive to develop every employee’s
As a youngster Molly always knew she would be leadership potential, create a culture in which
going to college, and she was a good student. She decided teaching and learning becomes a strategic
to come to the US for her education largely because she felt
advantage, offer superior rewards, incentives and
it would be harder to get ahead in Mexico as a female, since
recognition for superior performance, and attract,
there is still a great deal of sexism there. She felt that the
nurture and retain extraordinary talent.
opportunity to succeed would be better in America.
Molly is grateful for the support she has received
with her business and aware of the importance that
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education has played in her life. That is why she is dedicated
to improving the lives of Latinos through education and has
formed her own non-profit organization to raise funds and
We stand in support of equality and advancement of all people based
award scholarships. Robbins states, “My goal in creating the on their qualifications and actions alone without regard to race,
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color, gender, age, religion, national origin, marital status, sexual
fund is to empower
orientation or disability.
Latinos by supporting
their educational
advancement as much
as possible. I am
incredibly grateful for
the opportunity I had to obtain an education that equipped
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me well to achieve success. This cause resonates even more
today as we see the Latino demographic rapidly expanding
Technologies
in primary and secondary education, small businesses and
every other sector in society. It ultimately is about giving
highly-competent and motivated Latinos the resources to
America, Inc.
accomplish their goals and meet their potential.”
The purpose of the Palomita Education Fund/Beca
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Palomita is to award scholarships to assist Latino students
in completing their undergraduate and graduate college
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education. These scholarships are available through a merit
and need-based competition to high school seniors of Latino
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background entering undergraduate programs. Scholarship
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recipients are chosen based on their application, which
includes an academic transcript, extracurricular activities,
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and essay.
The goal is to give
as many full scholarships
Pledges equal access to its
as possible. Robbins feels
employment, facilities and programs, regardless
that even giving one or
of race, color, creed, religion, gender, sexual
two full scholarships is more
orientation, age, disability, national origin,
impactful in allowing someone marital or veteran status.
to complete college, and
to concentrate on their studies
than to give just $500 here
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