CEO


Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization (CEO) is a premier entrepreneurship network with chapters across North America and beyond campuses. We inform, support, and inspire students to be entrepreneurial, encouraging new venture creation. Join us for global conferences, pitch competitions, and networking opportunities. Be part of CEO to unleash your entrepreneurial potential and connect with like-minded individuals. To learn more about CEO at UTRGV, visit their VLINK and follow CEO UTRGV's Instagram.

Dr. Sylvia Robles

Adopt A Startup is led by UTRGV assistant professor Dr. Sylvia Robles. Dr. Sylvia Robles is a visionary entrepreneur, educator, researcher, and advocate of Humane-Innovation-Sustainable-based Entrepreneurship and Community Engagement by EMPOWERING her students and RGV entrepreneurs through her Adopt a Startup at UTRGV Program to develop sustainable businesses. Dr. Robles has experience with working with engineering students as an Instructor and Mentor for I-Corps teams. Also, all her courses (traditional, ITV, online asynchronous or synchronous) hold the Service Learning designation, so all her students actively impact the business community and develop soft skills. She is the 2022 UTRGV Faculty Sustainability Excellence awardee for sustainability education.