In the fall semester of 2002, Gamma Phi Omega International Sorority, Inc. was considering the idea of beginning a metropolitan chapter in the Chicago-land area. They had a vision for this idea; to allow schools without formal Greek organizations on their campuses and give them the opportunity to be part of this organization. Soria, Expansion Director at the time, began her search for the women th
at would later become Noble Founders of Iota Chapter. Seven women from Columbia College Chicago, International Academy of Design and Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology, and Northeastern Illinois University, immediately found interest in this organization. They were all impacted by the sorority’s goals, since each and every one of those goals was of importance to them. The women later contacted members of the organization and concluded that the idea of a metropolitan chapter would be something they would dedicate themselves in achieving. They were willing to pursue and overcome any obstacle that they would encounter. As time went on these women grew respect for Gamma Phi Omega. They were brought together through loyalty and sisterhood under a swan’s wing, and on August 23, 2003, Janet Martinez, Mayra Martinez, Arlette Martinez, and Ivonne Cari Bermudez, had become the founding mothers of Gamma Phi Omega International Sorority’s Iota Chapter.
