SGA Candidates Share Goals With Community Ahead of Election Results

Running for the 2026-2027 term, we have three students running for the position of president of SGA, and election results will be announced on Monday. SGA is run by a president, vice-president, and secretary. 

When asked the biggest motivation to each candidate, Sofia Sanchez said, “My community. Definitely my community. They were the ones who actually motivated me to run for president. Even my own family who were like ‘Sophia, you’re ready, you are made for this.’”

Sanchez explained she wasn’t confident running for this position at first, but it was her community who convinced her and encouraged her to do this. Sanchez learned firsthand from her tenure as President of the Dreamers Club  that other immigrants feel out of place, lost in a brand new society and language they aren’t used to. 

When asked what the presidential role means to her, Sanchez said, “Being a role model for those in the future who are coming.”

Another candidate William Flores is a student scholar supported by the One Million Degrees association. A Mexican-American student who hopes to reach an Ivy League school and majoring in mechanical engineering, Flores said he’s very interested in the system, set on his goals, and wants to work hard for himself and his community. In the field he wants to pursue, collaboration is key for a car to be made and Flores plans to use collaboration if he becomes student government president. 

“You have to collaborate, and you have to be open to new ideas, being open to advice and being able to to listen. And being president means that you are going to listen to the student body,” Flores said.

A third candidate, Arcenio Rodriguez said, “SGA is a bridge. You connect people to clubs, clubs connect to you, they ask for funding, you talk to the people that manage the funds for the school, the engineers, security, you talk to everyone.”

 Rodriguez hopes to go into law, and in pursuing law said he learned strength in words, strength from communication, and about strength that comes from a team rather than just an individual. Rodriguez described the presidential role with a metaphor of it being like the head of the body.

“It doesn’t mean that the head is more important than the heart, or vice versa, but it does mean that the head is ultimately what makes those decisions, to protect the heart and the lungs,” Rodriguez said.

 Each candidate is passionate for the role in their own way, with the position meaning similar things to each person, while also connecting to their own ideals they’ve experienced in their previous roles of leadership which have led them here.

Wright Times will keep you updated when the results of the SGA elections are announced on Monday.

The SGA candidates at the SGA Presidential Debate on April 9. Photo Credit: Joanna Torres.