Sigma Pi Alpha Sorority, Inc. is a Chicana/Latina-based, Greek letter, intercollegiate sorority founded in 1996 at the University of California, Berkeley by nine women who saw the need to create a close network of Latinas. Their goal was to make a difference in their communities starting with addressing the needs of Chicana/Latina women. The Greek letters were specifically selected by our founding mothers to symbolize our Chicana/Latina heritage by spelling ELLA, meaning she/her in the Spanish language. A sister of Sigma Pi Alpha is known as an ELLA or a Sigma.

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