Regina is an attorney and tireless advocate
for children and families. Regina was the first female regent
of Lamar University and a member of the Texas College and University
System Coordinating Board for six years where she served as
Chairman of the committee for Minority Education, implementing
programs to increase admissions and retention of minority students
and also hiring of minority faculty in colleges and universities
throughout Texas.
Regina co-founded the I Have a Dream program in honor
of her father Ben Rogers that has provided mentoring, guidance
and college scholarships to 400 academically talented students;
established the Julie Rogers Gift of Life Program,
which provides free mammograms and prostate cancer screenings
throughout Southeast Texas; and heads the faith-based Coalition
for Mutual Respect through the Anti-Defamation League.
In 1997, Rogers and her mother Julie established the Inspire,
Encourage and Achieve program which provides support, counseling
and compassion to young people in the juvenile justice system.
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