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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

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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Ashlyn Lee Winship

Graduate Writing Coach

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Student Staff

Nailah Alladeen

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Mariah Chavez

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Chelsea Guerrero

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Alain Huerta-Salas

Undergraduate Student Assistant; EOP/HEOP Intern

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Rafael Montan

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Rosy-Lynn Okongwu

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Martha Peralta Vargas

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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Onayah Smith

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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Yi Lin Zhu

Undergraduate Student Assistant

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Graduate Mentor

Manasi Anand

Ph.D. Candidate, Natural Resources and the Environment

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Jadon Geathers

Ph.D. candidate, Information Science

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YeonJin Jung

Ph.D. Candidate, Food Science

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Patricia Leyva

Ph.D. Candidate, Plant Biology

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Nathan Liang

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

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Cassondra Lyman

Ph.D. Candidate, Psychology

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Nicole Mejia

Ph.D. Candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Hannah Monti

Ph.D. Candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Shariwa Oke

Ph.D. Candidate, Nutritional Sciences

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Anjana Ramkumar

Ph.D. Candidate, Development Studies

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Natasha Turkar

MS Candidate, Human-Environment Relations with Concentrations in Environmental Psychology and Human Factors

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Pei Wen Xiao

Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering

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Undergraduate Mentors

Joyti Adiba

HEOP Ambassador

Ying Chen

P3 Ambassador

Marley Diallo

HEOP Ambassador

Triston Edwards

HEOP Ambassador

Ayah El-Hardan

P3 Ambassador

Alain Huertas-Salas

HEOP Ambassador

Audrey Im

Peer Mentor

Soha Khan

Peer Mentor

Lin Kuang

HEOP Ambassador

Kaelin Lamberson

HEOP Ambassador

Jenna Leslie

Peer Mentor/P3 Ambassador

Dijonay Mills

HEOP Ambassador

Hser Paw

Peer Mentor/HEOP Ambassador

Litzy Puma

HEOP Ambassador

Maritza Reyes

HEOP Ambassador

Prince Rodriguez

HEOP Ambassador

Justin Taveras

HEOP Ambassador

Hanni Yang

HEOP Ambassador

Michele Zhang

HEOP Ambassador

Andy Zong

HEOP Ambassador