Seminole State College of Florida will award over 2,800 degrees and certificates during its Spring 2025 Commencement on Tuesday, April 29. The ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. in Addition Financial Arena at University of Central Florida (UCF). More than 2,000 students are set to earn credentials this spring.
The keynote speaker will be Maritza Martinez-Guerrero, vice president of external affairs and philanthropy for the Orlando Magic. She joined the Magic in 2023 after 22 years at UCF, where she served as associate vice president for government and community relations.
At the Orlando Magic, she oversees social responsibility, philanthropy and government affairs, and leads the Orlando Magic Youth Foundation. A UCF triple alumna, she holds a bachelor’s, master’s and MBA from the university. Martinez-Guerrero has been recognized as Orlando Business Journal’s Woman to Watch, one of Onyx Magazine’s Women on the Move, Orange Appeal’s 2020 Woman of the Year and the 2024 recipient of the Don Quijote Excellence Award, among other honors.
