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Michelle McKelvey, Ed.D

Senior Director, Thrive Center
520.621.0709
mfig@arizona.edu
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W. Patrick Bryan

Associate Director, Mentoring & New Start
520.621.5584
wbryan@arizona.edu
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Alexei Marquez, Ph.D.

Assistant Director, Education & Initiatives
Financial Wellness
520.626.8689
alexeimarquez@arizona.edu
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Fred Huang

Senior Coordinator, Education & Initiatives
Financial Wellness
520.626.9548
fhuang@arizona.edu
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Miranda Sampsel

Miranda Sampsel

Senior Coordinator, Mentoring Programs
520.621.9226
msampse1@arizona.edu
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Jacob Shirley

Jacob Shirley

Senior Coordinator, New Start Summer Program
520.621.9565
jshirley@arizona.edu
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Brian Palomo

Brian Palomo

Senior Coordinator, Mentoring Programs
520.621.9609
bpalomo@arizona.edu
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Tam Li-Vidal

Tam Li-Vidal

Senior Lead, Student Success Projects
520.626.6554
tlividal@arizona.edu
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Rachel

Rachel Juarez

Coordinator, Mentoring & New Start
520.626.5710
rachelmjuarez@arizona.edu
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Crystal

Crystal Raygoza

Coordinator, Student Cohorts
520.621.8554
crystalraygoza@arizona.edu
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Blanca Hershey Alcantara

Blanca Alcantara-Hershey

Coordinator, AGAVE
520.626.1005
balcantara@arizona.edu
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celeste

Celeste Vega Torres

Graduate Assistant, Mentoring
celestevega@arizona.edu
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Jessica Martinez

Jessica Martinez

Coordinator, AGAVE
520.621.7707
jess12@arizona.edu
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anahy

Anahy Fernandez

Graduate Assistant, Financial Wellness
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Derwin Begay

Derwin Begay

Coordinator, Student Cohorts
520.626.3500
dbegay1@arizona.edu
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stella

Stella Blumer

Peer Mentor
stellablumer@arizona.edu
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Stella

Stella Blumer

Peer Mentor, 1st Year
stellablumer@arizona.edu
Pronouns:
she | they
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Yoneri

Yoneri Bueno-Diaz

Graduate Intern, AGAVE
ybuenodiaz@arizona.edu
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Luis

Luis Cruz

Peer Mentor, 1st Year
Student Assistant, Thrive
cruzhernandez778@arizona.edu
Pronouns:
he | him
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luis

Luis Cruz

Peer Mentor
cruzhernandez778@arizona.edu
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nicole

Nicole Franklin

Social Media Assistant
nfranklin@arizona.edu
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ben

Ben Hernandez

Digital Content Assistant
bth2@arizona.edu
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Anthony

Anthony Hickok

Peer Mentor
ahickok@arizona.edu
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Anthony

Anthony Hickok

Peer Mentor, 2nd Year+
ahickok@arizona.edu
Pronouns:
he | him
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Desteni

Desteni James

Peer Mentor, LGBTQ CRC
destenijames@arizona.edu
Pronouns:
she | they
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kyra

Kyra Long

Peer Mentor
kyrallong@arizona.edu
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Kyra

Kyra Long

Peer Mentor, NASA CRC
kyrallong@arizona.edu
Pronouns:
she | her
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Geo

Geovani Martinez

Peer Educator, Financial Wellness
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Sebastian

Sebastian Moscoso

Peer Mentor
sebastianmoscoso@arizona.edu
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Sebastian

Sebastian Moscoso

Peer Mentor, 1st Year
sebastianmoscoso@arizona.edu
Pronouns:
he | him
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roman

Roman Orozco

Peer Mentor
romanaorozco0406@arizona.edu
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Roman

Roman Orozco

Peer Mentor, DCC
romanaorozco0406@arizona.edu
Pronouns:
he | him
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adriona

Adriona Palmer

Peer Mentor
adrionapalmer@arizona.edu
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Adriona

Adriona Palmer

Peer Mentor, 2nd Year+
adrionapalmer@arizona.edu
Pronouns:
she | her
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vianey

Vianey Ruedas

Peer Mentor
vianeyr@arizona.edu
Pronouns:
she | her
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Key Sanchez wearing glasses and a blue shirt in front of a wall with green leaves

Key Sanchez

Administrative Associate, Office Operations
520-621-1066
keysanchez@arizona.edu
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analuisa

Analuisa Santos

Peer Mentor
als9@arizona.edu
Pronouns:
she | her
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Adam

Adam Tellez

Research Assistant, Mentoring
atellez2@arizona.edu
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Chi

Chi Thieu

Peer Mentor
chithieu@arizona.edu
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Chi

Chi Thieu

Peer Mentor, 1st Year
chithieu@arizona.edu
Pronouns:
she | her
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jocelyn_valtierra

Jocelyn Valtierra

Student Assistant
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Zio

Zio Vargas

Peer Mentor, 1st Year
zvargasrodriguez@arizona.edu
Pronouns:
she | her
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zio

Zio Vargas

Peer Mentor
zvargasrodriguez@arizona.edu
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Pascual

Pascual Vasquez

Peer Educator, Financial Wellness
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Victor

Victor Vigbedorh

Peer Mentor, 2nd Year+
vvigbedorhii@arizona.edu
Pronouns:
he | him
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Victor

Victor Vigbedorh

Peer Mentor
vvigbedorhii@arizona.edu
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briana

Briana Xay-Ananh

Peer Mentor
brianaxayananh@arizona.edu
Pronouns:
she | her
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taiya

Taiya Teixeira

Student Assistant
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