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Professional Staff

Stephanie "Steph" Cowling-Rich

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

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Kristin Dade, Ph.D.

Director, OADI / Director, Student Success Programs (CSTEP/P3 and McNair Scholars Program)

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Foula Dimopoulos

Advisor, EOP|HEOP|Pre Professional Programs (P3)

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William "Woodg" Horning

Director, OADI / Director, Student Opportunity Programs

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Peder Jakobson

OADI Executive Support/Program Coordinator

Shanna Bennell Leipzig

Advisor, EOP/HEOP

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Lisanny Manzueta Custodio

Advisor, EOP/HEOP

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Shannon Musgrove

Advisor, EOP/HEOP and P3

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Carol Raymond

Data and Financial Specialist, NYS Opportunity Programs

Gabrielle Smith

Assistant Director, OADI, Program Innovation / Advisor, Pre Professional Programs

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Grad Student Staff

Lavaris McCellion

Graduate Writing Coach

Norielis Perez

Graduate Program Coordinator

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Andrea Robinson

Graduate Program Coordinator

Frances Sobolak

Graduate Writing Coach

Besjon Tanuzi

Graduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: he/him/his

Sarena Tien

Graduate Program Coordinator

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Student Staff

Carolina Agurcia

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Helssy Almanzar

Undergraduate Student Assistant - P3

Gabriela "Gaby" Carmona

EOP/HEOP Social Media Intern

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Mariah Chavez

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Mari-Christina Clark

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: She/her

Teresa Crisantos-Prudencio

Peer Mentor

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Brayan Garcia Soriano

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Ken Gonzalez

EOP/HEOP Alumni Connections Intern

Affirming Pronouns: he/him/his

Alice Hu

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Samantha Huanca

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Meryem Legesse

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Qq Lin

EOP/HEOP Alumni Connections Intern

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Arifa Mim

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Kirstie Murillo

Undergraduate Student Assistant - P3

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Jahi Noel

Peer Mentor

Affirming Pronouns: he/him/his

Ruth Osagie

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Yesenia Peregrina

Undergraduate Student Assistant, EOP HEOP Social Media Intern

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Evelyn Ramdhanie

EOP/HEOP Alumni Connections Intern

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Delina Selam

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Chelsea Tenezaca

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Amara Valerio

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Graduate Mentor

Brian Aguilera

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Genetics, Genomics and Development

Olubanke Agunloye

Graduate Mentor, MHA Student, Health Administration

Affirming Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Felix Alfonso

Graduate Mentor, Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Subash Bhandari

Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering

Affirming Pronouns: He/him/his

Hsin-Yun (Rachel) Chang

Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical and Biological Science

Affirming Pronouns: she/her

Drea Darby

Ph.D. Candidate, Entomology

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/they

Luria Greene

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Biological and Environmental Engineering

Jenn Houtz

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Patricia Leyva

Ph.D. Candidate, Plant Biology

Affirming Pronouns: she/her

Jackie Lopez

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Anand Kumar Mishra

Graduate Mentor, Postdoctoral Scholar, Robotics

Affirming Pronouns: He/him/his

Tram Nguyen

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Horace Owiti Onyango

Ph.D. Candidate, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources

Affirming Pronouns: He/Him

Josh Roth

JD Candidate

Affirming Pronouns: he/him

Adam Szetela

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, English

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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

Brianna Zgurich

PhD Student, Philosophy

Affirming Pronouns: They/Them/Their | She/Her/Hers

Jianing Zhao

JD Candidate

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Kara Zielinski

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Biophysics

Undergraduate Mentors

Cheyanne Headley

Peer Mentor

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Erica Aduasare

Peer Mentor

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Patrick Babatunde Ajayi

Peer Mentor

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Emilia Ceniceros

Peer Mentor

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Brayan Garcia Soriano

Peer Mentor - Student Leader

Fátima Martínez

Peer Mentor - Student Leader

Celeste Naughton

Peer Mentor

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Liam Ordonez

Peer Mentor

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Leonor Robalino

Peer Mentor

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Sakiel Ruff

Peer Mentor

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Jada Vyphuis

Peer Mentor

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