Boys and Girls Club
Dalinda Gonzalez-Alcantar is a mom, wife, and social entrepreneur currently serving her
community as CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of McAllen serving over 8,000 K-12 children and teens through after school programming, summer camp, and athletics. More recently Gonzalez-Alcantar was elected by her community to serve as trustee for South Texas College, a college most notable for changing the trajectory of the South Texas border region by way of education and workforce development.
Dalinda launched Alablanca Apparel, an e-commerce clothing line inspired by humanity on the South Texas border. Her technology startup, eJucomm, was acquired by San Francisco based CampusOrb, a victory for women and Hispanics.
Gonzalez-Alcantar was born and raised in McAllen, TX and has over 10 years of teaching
Experience most recently serving at Robert Vela High School. She received her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Communication Design from Texas State University, San Marcos and her Masters in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Texas Pan American. Gonzalez-Alcantar began her work in educational policy as an intern with Senator Edddie Lucio in his Austin office.
Her innovative approaches to affecting family communication in schools has led Gonzalez-
Alcantar to receive numerous awards and recognitions including the McAllen Chamber of Commerce Innovation Grant, The United States Small Business Administration’s Innovation Through Technology Business of the Year for the Rio Grande Valley, Parenting Magazine’s Mom Congress Texas Delegate, The Rio Grande Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Women of Distinction in 2016, among other honors.
In 2016, Gonzalez-Alcantar spoke at Georgetown University’s OWN IT Summit where she sat
on a panel featuring Latina Leaders in the country and recently spoke at Texas State University’s Leadership Institute on the topic, “Leadership and Justice in the 21st Century”. On an international stage, Gonzalez-Alcantar spoke at Austin’s SXSW conference & festival where she shared her experiences and research on the topic, “Minority Report: Engaging Kids of Color in Tech.”
In 2019 Gonzalez-Alcantar was appointed to The Boys & Girls Club of America’s National Intergovernmental Affairs committee, Texas State University’s Development Council, and more recently Gonzalez-Alcantar was appointed to BGCA’s President’s Advisory Council, a national council aimed at fulfilling BGCA’s mission to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.
More recently in 2020, Dalinda was named the National Southwest Executive of the Year representing seven states for her nationwide leadership in the youth development space during the pandemic.
Gonzalez-Alcantar is the proud mother of Elijah and Madalin and wife to fellow educator, Marco
Alcantar. Her main focus is on her family and community and attributes her success to her
supportive children and husband while giving God the glory in all she does. Together the Alcantar’s serve their community through Baptist Temple in McAllen, TX where Gonzalez-Alcantar serves on the finance committee.
You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @soy_dalinda .