Entrepreneurial action for a stronger Valley.
We are the Enactus chapter at UTRGV — students using business as a force for good, from financial literacy to food security.
Enactus is a global community of students who use entrepreneurial action to solve real problems. We're the UTRGV chapter.
The Rio Grande Valley is one of the fastest-growing regions in Texas — and one of the most underserved when it comes to financial services and education. Our members turn classroom knowledge into projects that close that gap: bilingual money workshops, food drives, consulting for local organizations, and events that connect students with professionals who look like them and come from where they come from.
Student interns placed with local businesses to solve real problems.
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Free bilingual financial-literacy speakers, workshops, and panels.
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An annual food drive that turns campus into a collection point.
SEE THE DRIVE →Purpose, meet impact.
Student-built programs that move real numbers in the Valley — taught in two languages, run entirely by members.
Three ways in.
Any major, any year. Lead a project, teach a workshop, or compete at nationals — you'll leave with a résumé that proves it.
Ask about membership →Share your path with students who need to see it's possible. One evening of your time; a room full of people who'll remember it.
Offer a talk →Fund workshops, events, and competition travel — and put your name behind financial education in the Valley.
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Financial literacy, delivered where people are.
Finance Forward brings practical money skills — budgeting, saving, avoiding fraud, investing — to students on campus and families across the Valley. Sessions are built and taught by our members, in partnership with local professionals and community organizations.
Helping students raise the bar on money.
Practical skills you actually use — taught by students, checked by professionals, and free for everyone who shows up.
● JOIN A SESSIONBilingual sessions on budgeting, fraud prevention, and insurance for Valley families — over a shared meal.
Self-paced financial-literacy modules on Brightspace — free to every UTRGV student and open to the community.
Entrepreneurs, investors, and UTRGV alumni share real-world lessons on investing, careers, and building wealth early.
Budgeting, fraud prevention, and insurance — en español, over dinner.
We partner with community organizations like ARISE Adelante to bring practical, bilingual money workshops directly to Valley neighborhoods. Members build and teach every session themselves.
A shared meal turns a lecture into a conversation — attendance keeps growing because families bring their neighbors back.
Real professionals. Real questions. No script.
From investing fundamentals with UTRGV alumni to open financial-literacy panels, these sessions put students in the same room as entrepreneurs, advisors, and bankers working in the Valley today.
Every event ends with open Q&A — because the questions students actually have rarely fit a slide deck.
One academic year, counted.
Every figure below comes from our own impact tracker — the same numbers we take to Enactus competition.
Self-paced modules on Brightspace, free to every UTRGV student and open to the community.
Roughly $8,592 of equivalent professional training, delivered free.
Bilingual sessions over a shared meal — the format that keeps whole families coming back.
Five partner organizations, and 39 families with new income behind them.
Together with the year's other outreach events, 319 seats and about $10,527 in equivalent value.
A decade of showing up.
From Rookie of the Year to National Champions — every award below was earned by students doing the work.
Beyond the classroom.
Our consulting arm — student teams apply business skills to real problems faced by local organizations and small businesses.
giving
An annual food drive rallying campus to fight food insecurity in the Valley ahead of the holiday season.
Every fall, campus rallies against food insecurity.
Cansgiving is our annual food drive ahead of the holiday season. Student organizations compete to collect the most cans, and everything goes to families in the Valley — turning campus rivalry into full pantries.
A year in the field.
Speaker nights, community workshops, and food drives — every photo is a project our members ran this year. Hover a tile to bring it into focus.
The chapter, in one grid.
The students behind every number.
Our 2026–2027 executive board. Click a face to see what that role actually does.
Invest in the next generation of Valley leaders.
Sponsorship funds our workshops, events, and national competition travel — and connects your organization with driven, community-minded business students. Leave your email and we'll reach out.