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Professional Staff

Analysia Arroyo

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

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Stephanie "Steph" Cowling-Rich

Assistant Director, EOP/HEOP / Assistant Director, OADI, Student Advising & Engagement

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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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Cassaundra (Cassie) Guzman, Ph.D., M.S.

McNair Advisor/Coordinator

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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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Lisanny Manzueta Custodio

Advisor, EOP/HEOP

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Carol Raymond

Data and Financial Specialist, NYS Opportunity Programs

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Gabrielle Smith

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

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Grad Student Staff

Girardy Momplaisir

Graduate Program Coordinator Tutoring/Funding

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Andrea Robinson

Graduate Program Coordinator

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Adam Sharifi

Graduate Program Coordinator - McNair Scholars Program

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John Starr

Graduate Writing Coach

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Student Staff

Lizbeth Alatorre-Flores

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Nailah Alladeen

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Alexies Benitez

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Gabriela "Gaby" Carmona

EOP/HEOP Social Media Intern

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Mariah Chavez

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Sam Garner

Undergraduate Student Assistant - P3

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Chelsea Guerrero

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Meryem Legesse

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Jailyn Loor

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Rafael Montan

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Nuzhat Mukul

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Ruth Osagie

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Alina Randolph

Undergraduate Student Assistant - GSMU

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Kassandra Robledo

Undergraduate Student Assistant - P3

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Emely Rodriguez

Undergraduate Student Assistant - GSMU

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Marissa Samaroo

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Onayah Smith

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Justin Taveras

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Yi Lin Zhu

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Graduate Mentor

Dana Al Abdullatif

Ph.D. Candidate, Chemistry & Chemical Biology

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Patrice Crosby

Ph.D. Candidate, Microbiology

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Patricia Leyva

Ph.D. Candidate, Plant Biology

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Allasandra (Ally) Valdez

Ph.D. Candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Destiny Van

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Anna Wood

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Undergraduate Mentors

Erica Aduasare

Peer Mentor

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Vashtí Claybrook

Peer Mentor

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Teresa Crisantos-Prudencio

Peer Mentor - Student Leader

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Safiyyah Franklin

Peer Mentor

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Gabriel Garcia

Peer Mentor

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Kenneth Gonzalez

Peer Mentor

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Audrey Im

Peer Mentor

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Fátima Martínez

Peer Mentor - Student Leader

Cyntholia Okui

Peer Mentor

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Ruth Osagie

Peer Mentor

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Alyanis Acevedo Serrano

Peer Mentor

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Jesusla Sinfort

Peer Mentor

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Jay Sobers

Peer Mentor

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Jailyn Wilson

Peer Mentor

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