Meet Our Team

Central Thrive Team

Michelle McKelvey, Ed.D

Senior Director, Thrive Center

520.621.0709

mfig@arizona.edu

Tam Li-Vidal

Senior Lead, Student Success Projects

520.626.6554

tlividal@arizona.edu

Education & Initiatives

Fred Huang

Senior Coordinator, Education & Initiatives

Financial Wellness

520.626.9548

fhuang@arizona.edu

Alexei Marquez, Ph.D.

Assistant Director, Education & Initiatives

Financial Wellness

520.626.8689

alexeimarquez@arizona.edu

Crystal Raygoza

Coordinator, Education & Initiatives

520.621.8554

crystalraygoza@arizona.edu

Blanca Alcantara-Hershey

Coordinator, Education & Initiatives

520.626.1005

balcantara@arizona.edu

Anahy Fernandez

Graduate Assistant, Financial Wellness

Mentoring

W. Patrick Bryan

Associate Director, Mentoring & New Start

520.621.5584

wbryan@arizona.edu

Robert (Bob) McCune

Program Director, Student Support Services | TRIO

520.621.4648

rmccune@arizona.edu

Emmily Molio'o-Redman

Program Coordinator, Student Support Services | TRIO

520.626.9565

emolioo@arizona.edu

Miranda Sampsel

Coordinator, Mentoring Programs

520.621.9226

msampse1@arizona.edu

Jacob Shirley

Senior Coordinator, New Start Summer Program

520.621.9565

jshirley@arizona.edu

Brian Palomo

Senior Coordinator, Mentoring Programs

520.621.9609

bpalomo@arizona.edu

Celeste Vega Torres

Graduate Assistant, 2nd Year+ Mentoring

celestevega@arizona.edu

Rachel Juarez

Coordinator, Mentoring & New Start

520.626.5710

rachelmjuarez@arizona.edu

Jordyn O'Reilly

Graduate Student Coordinator, Mentoring

jordynoreilly@arizona.edu

Immigrant Student Resources

Jessica Martinez

Coordinator, Immigrant Student Support

520.621.7707

jess12@arizona.edu

Yoneri Bueno-Diaz

Graduate Assistant, Immigrant Student Resources

ybuenodiaz@arizona.edu

Outreach & Advocacy

Derwin Begay

Coordinator, Outreach & Advocacy | Thrive Center

520.626.3500

dbegay1@arizona.edu

Transfer Student Center

Daniel Viramontes

Senior Coordinator, Transfer Student Center

520.621.8293

viramontes09@arizona.edu

Student Staff

Nadera Alami

Peer Mentor, 1st Year

nalami@arizona.edu

Dario Alejandro Rodriguez

Peer Mentor, 2nd Year+

drodriguez10@arizona.edu

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Aurora Anaya

TRIO Peer Mentor, 1st Year

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Karo (SP) Atondo

Peer Mentor, 2nd Year+

katondo@arizona.edu

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Stella Blumer

Peer Mentor, 1st Year

stellablumer@arizona.edu

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Kate Bouffard

Student Assistant, TRIO

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Lourdes Camarillo

Student Assistant, Thrive

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Phoebe Carlson

Peer Mentor, 1st Year

Digital Content Assistant, Social Media

phoebemcarlson@arizona.edu

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Will Casillas

Peer Educator, Financial Wellness

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María Cooperstein

Community Coordinator

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Francisco Cormac Alejandro Burke

Peer Mentor, WGRC

fcruz176@arizona.edu

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Robert Coss

Peer Educator, Financial Wellness

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Luis Cruz

Peer Mentor, 1st Year

Student Assistant, Thrive

cruzhernandez778@arizona.edu

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Kelton Cuson

Community Coordinator

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Nicole Franklin

Peer Mentor, 1st Year

nfranklin@arizona.edu

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Nicole Gil Lopez

Community Coordinator, ISR

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Dasha Gold

Peer Educator, Financial Wellness

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Ben Hernandez

Digital Content Assistant

bth2@arizona.edu

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Anthony Hickok

Peer Mentor, 2nd Year+

ahickok@arizona.edu

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Chris Jackson

TRIO Peer Mentor, 1st Year

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Desteni James

Peer Mentor, LGBTQ CRC

destenijames@arizona.edu

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Hana Kim

Student Coordinator, TRIO

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Hushay Kotel Madzingira

Peer Mentor, AASA

hushaymadzingira@arizona.edu

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Aracely Lara

Peer Mentor, 1st Year

aracelylara@arizona.edu

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Julio Leon

Peer Educator, Financial Wellness

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Kyra Long

Peer Mentor, NASA CRC

kyrallong@arizona.edu

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Robert Martin

Transfer Student Guide

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Geovani Martinez

Peer Educator, Financial Wellness

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Sebastian Moscoso

Peer Mentor, 1st Year

sebastianmoscoso@arizona.edu

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Lucia Muñoz

Transfer Student Guide

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Ashley Nava

TRIO Peer Mentor, 2nd Year+

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Katie Nguyen

Peer Mentor, APASA

katienguyen@arizona.edu

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Synthia Niyogushima

TRIO Peer Mentor, 1st Year

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Roman Orozco

Peer Mentor, DCC

romanaorozco0406@arizona.edu

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Adriona Palmer

Peer Mentor, 2nd Year+

adrionapalmer@arizona.edu

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Lexi Perovich

Front Desk Assistant

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Chrys Phan

TRIO Peer Mentor, 2nd Year+

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Brenda Ramirez-Torres

Peer Mentor, 1st Year

bramireztorres@arizona.edu

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Nisha Ranganath

ISR Community Coordinator

nishasranganath@arizona.edu

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Kevin Robles

Transfer Student Guide

kevinrobles1@arizona.edu

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David Santos Camargo

Peer Mentor, 1st Year

dsantoscamargo@arizona.edu

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Adam Tellez

Peer Mentor, 1st Year

atellez2@arizona.edu

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Chi Thieu

Peer Mentor, 1st Year

chithieu@arizona.edu

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Zio Vargas

Peer Mentor, 1st Year

zvargasrodriguez@arizona.edu

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Pascual Vasquez

Peer Educator, Financial Wellness

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Victor Vigbedorh

Peer Mentor, 2nd Year+

vvigbedorhii@arizona.edu

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Sakinah Zaki

Student Assistant, Thrive

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