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Alpha Pi Sigma Sorority Incorporated (ΑΠΣ) is a multicultural Latina-based sorority founded in 1990 at
San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU) is a public research university in San Diego, California. Founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CSU) system ...
. It was created to bring together and support the Latina women but is open to non-Latinas. The sorority has seventeen chapters in five states.


History

Thirteen Latina women established Alpha Pi Sigma on March 10, 1990, at
San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU) is a public research university in San Diego, California. Founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CSU) system ...
. They saw the need to unite and support Latina women on university campuses. The sorority's founders established six purposes that define the organization. The chapters carry out these purposes, including academic excellence, leadership development, cultural awareness, unity and friendship, empowerment, and community service. However, academic excellence is the sorority's primary value, along with community service. The sorority is a member of the
National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations The National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) is an umbrella council for 16 Latino Greek Letter Organizations (GLOs) established in 1998. The purpose of NALFO is to promote and foster positive interfraternal relations, commun ...
(NALFO) and holds a strict anti-hazing policy.


Philanthropy

Both active sisters and alumnae are encouraged to raise funds to support the sorority's national philanthropy. Chapters also select their philanthropies and volunteer in the Latino community. Some examples of the Alpha Pi Sigma efforts are
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, autism awareness, lunch distribution, heart disease awareness, a
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-based orphanage, and Relay for Life.


Chapters

There are seventeen active chapters of Alpha Pi Sigma in the United States, most in California.Lurding, Carroll and Becque, Fran.
Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities
'. Urbana: University of Illinois. Accessed November 15. 2022. Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters are indicated in ''italic''.


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Further reading

* * {{cite thesis , last=Camacho , first=Graceila Isabel , date=2005 , title=Alpha Pi Sigma, Inc.: Its history, the impact on its members, and as a case study of a Latino Greek organization on the Cal Poly Campus , type=B.A. , publisher=California Polytechnic State University , oclc=62297904 Student organizations established in 1990 National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations Student societies in the United States Hispanic and Latino American organizations 1990 establishments in California