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Our Team

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Professional Staff

Kristin Dade, Ph.D.

Director, OADI / Director, Student Success Programs (CSTEP/P3 and McNair Scholars Program), Institutional Coordinator for the Leadership Alliance

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Foula Dimopoulos

Senior Advisor, EOP/HEOP/Pre Professional Programs (P3) and First Gen Program Coordinator

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Analysia Emma Arroyo

Advisor, EOP/HEOP & Pre Professional Programs (P3)

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Cassaundra "Cassie" Guzman, Ph.D.

McNair Advisor/Coordinator

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Hilary Hensley

Advisor for College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, EOP/HEOP

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William "Woodg" Horning

Director, OADI / Director, Student Opportunity Programs

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Peder Jakobson

OADI Executive Support/Program Coordinator

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Shanna Bennell Leipzig

Advisor for College of Arts and Sciences, EOP/HEOP

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Kirsten Post Eynav

EOP/HEOP Advisor

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Carol Raymond

Data and Financial Specialist, NYS Opportunity Programs

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Gabrielle "Gabbie" Smith

Assistant Director, Student Success Programs and OADI, Program Innovation / Advisor, Pre Professional Programs

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Grad Student Staff

Faolan Mar Boyd

Graduate Writing Coach

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Adam Sharifi

Graduate Program Coordinator - McNair Scholars Program

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Diane Stonestreet

Graduate Program Coordinator - McNair Scholars Program

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Christopher Talbot

Graduate Program Coordinator - McNair Scholars Program

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Ashlyn Lee Winship

Graduate Writing Coach

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Student Staff

Hailey Asseus

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Sam Garner

Undergraduate Student Assistant - P3

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Katherine Gramajo

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Halimah Hotbani

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Alain Huerta-Salas

Undergraduate Student Assistant; EOP/HEOP Intern

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Sophie Lin

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Litzy Puma

Undergraduate Student Assistant; EOP/HEOP Social Media Intern

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Maritza Reyes

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Emely Rodriguez

Undergraduate Student Assistant - GSMU

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Gabriela Romero

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Marianna Ruggiero

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Shamonti Shamim

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Justin Taveras

Undergraduate Student Assistant; EOP/HEOP Social Media Intern

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Hanni Yang

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Michelle Zhang

Undergraduate Student Assistant; EOP/HEOP Intern

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Graduate Mentor

Jadon Geathers

Ph.D. candidate, Information Science

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Nathan Liang

Ph.D. Candidate, Psychology, Minor in Cognitive Science

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Pei Wen Xiao

Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering

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Undergraduate Mentors

Joyti Adiba

EOP/HEOP Ambassador

Ying Chen

P3 Ambassador

Eric Chen

P3 Ambassador

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Marley Diallo

EOP/HEOP Ambassador

Ayah El-Hardan

P3 Ambassador

Alain Huertas-Salas

EOP/HEOP Ambassador

Hawon Kook

P3 Ambassador

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Lin Kuang

EOP/HEOP Ambassador; P3 Ambassador; Undergraduate Mentor

Kaelin Lamberson

EOP/HEOP Ambassador

Jenna Leslie

Peer Mentor; P3 Ambassador

Dijonay Mills

EOP/HEOP Ambassador

Hser Paw

Peer Mentor- EOP/HEOP Ambassador

Litzy Puma

EOP/HEOP Ambassador

Maritza Reyes

EOP/HEOP Ambassador

Prince Rodriguez

EOP/HEOP Ambassador

Justin Taveras

EOP/HEOP Ambassador

Hanni Yang

EOP/HEOP Ambassador; P3 Ambassador; Undergraduate Student Assistant

Michelle Zhang

EOP/HEOP Ambassador

Andy Zong

EOP/HEOP Ambassador