Why Veronica Serrano Chose UTEP EMBA for Broader Impact

The Federal Reserve Bank professional is bringing experience across industries and sectors into a more focused leadership portfolio.

OrganizationFederal Reserve Bank of Dallas, El Paso Branch

Leadership scopeOperational and strategic support to executive leadership

Next moveCross-sector leadership with broader impact

The Big Picture

Veronica Serrano works in Bank Administration at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' El Paso Branch, where she provides operational and strategic support to executive leadership within the Community Engagement and Development Department.

Her career has taken her across small businesses, large corporations, and organizations in both the public and private sectors. That range of experience has strengthened her ability to manage complex operations and build collaborative relationships across teams.

Veronica Serrano is using the UTEP Executive MBA to connect experience across organizations and sectors with broader leadership goals.

The through line

Connecting experience across sectors

Serrano has learned how organizations operate from multiple vantage points. The EMBA is helping her turn that range into a more integrated way of leading.

01 · Adapt

Different environments

Her career spans small businesses, large corporations, and organizations in both the public and private sectors.

02 · Connect

Collaborative operations

She supports complex work by building relationships across teams and aligning people around shared priorities.

03 · Focus

A wider leadership view

Analytical tools and strategic frameworks bring greater focus to experience developed across multiple settings.

Why UTEP EMBA

A broader foundation brings varied experience into focus.

Serrano chose the UTEP Executive MBA to connect her professional experience with a broader foundation in analytical decision-making, emotional intelligence, and strategic innovation.

As a first-generation graduate student, she sees the program as the fulfillment of a long-held ambition and evidence that professional and academic growth do not have to follow a traditional timeline.

16 monthsProgram length

30 credits10 graduate courses

Every other SaturdayFlexible hybrid rhythm

15–20Students in the cohort

A Broader Leadership Portfolio

Serrano plans to use the EMBA's leadership frameworks and strategic perspective to bring greater focus to the experience she has developed across multiple industries and sectors.

Her goal is to become a more versatile leader prepared to align people, operations, and organizational priorities while continuing to expand her professional impact.

What’s Next

Serrano is building a leadership portfolio that can travel across organizational boundaries while remaining grounded in collaboration, analysis, and strategic focus.

Her next chapter brings cross-sector experience into one clearer purpose: aligning people, operations, and priorities to create broader impact.

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