TRIO Programs Staff

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Hometown: North Logan, UT
Study Areas: BA, Anthropology and History
Languages Other Than English: Sarcasm
Hobbies/Interests: I love movies, music, hiking, and eating pizza.
Interesting Fact: I got a concussion while swimming.

Hometown: Midvale, UT
Study Areas: BS Justice Studies, Gender Studies
Languages Other Than English: Espanol
About TRIO: My favorite thing about TRIO is working with first-generation students
Hobbies/Interests: reading, cats, coffee shops, and playing cozy video games
Interesting Fact: My middle name is spelled incorrectly on my birth certificate

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA 
Study Areas: BA, Geography, Spanish and MS Teaching and Learning
Languages Other Than English: Espaňol
About TRIO: I love the Annex and working with an array of students.
Hobbies/Interests: movies, Lakers & Liverpool FC fan, futbol, basketball, cartography and hiking
Interesting Fact: I write poetry and I've been to over half of the 50 states.

Hometown: Bountiful, Utah 
Areas of Study: Masters of Educational Leadership and Policy: Student Affairs. Bachelors of Sociology with a minor in Economics and certificate in Diversity. 
Languages other than English: None/Sass 
Hobbies/Interests: Dancing, video games, and social justice. 
Interesting Fact: I graduated with my bachelors and am getting my masters right here at the U! 

Hometown: New Wilmington, PA
Study Areas: English and Education
Languages other than English: Some Spanish
Hobbies/Interests: I enjoy hiking, reading, running, exploring the outdoors and watching movies with family.
Interesting Fact: I once almost got a liver transplant.

Hometown: Austin, Texas (Yeehaw!)
Study Areas: I am civil and environmental engineering major with a planned minor in physics and education
Languages other than English: Let’s just say I am semi fluent in Spanish!
Hobbies/Interests: I have always had a love for soccer and that continues to this day! I love poetry and playing video games with mis amigos as well as collecting vinyl records! (if you ever think of a cool vinyl let me know, I’d love to talk about it!)
Interesting Fact: I received multiple division 1 offers for soccer however chose Utah for education instead!

Hometown: Midvale, Utah
Study Areas: Chemistry!
Languages Other Than English: Limited American Sign Language
Hobbies/Interests: I love making jewelry, watching Doctor Who, and playing with my dogs
Interesting Fact: My favorite element of the Periodic Table is Aragon

Hometown: Sandy, Utah
Study Areas: Political Science, Philosophy, International Relations, Spanish
Languages other than English: Spanish
Hobbies/Interests: Reading fantasy novels, going to museums, and watching Netflix
Interesting Fact: My dream job is President of the United States of America

Hometown: Boise Idaho
Study Areas: Statistics and Probability
Languages Other Than English: 1 community college class in Mandarin Chinese; a childhood grwoing up hearing Taishanese and Cantonese.
Hobbies/Interests: Pinball, jigsaw puzzles, star gazing, and cooking.
Interesting Fact: I have been to Hong Kong three times. I could have been born there: my mom (who is not Chinese) visited when she was pregnant, but I was born 4 months later.

Hometown: the original Las Vegas in New Mexico 
Study Areas: Social Work (BSW), Graduate Candidate: Guidance & Counseling, Education Department
Languages Other Than English: Understands "un poquito Espaňol"
About TRIO: Seeing the huge smile on my students face upon achieving their goal 
Hobbies/Interests: Spending time with my Lord and loved ones, arts/crafts, being outdoors (especially the mountains, waterfalls), Danielle Steel books, movies, horseback riding, going for long walks, going for wood, having gatherings and entertaining guests, writing love letters, cooking and baking especially for loved ones, remembering special occasions, learning about my family history, lending a helping hand, making people laugh, I am a Bears, Lakers, Pirates, NMHU Cowboys, RHS Cardinals, Utah Utes and Utah Rugby fan. I enjoy golf with my son and music with my daughter.
Interesting Facts: I have two adult children, 4 siblings: twin brothers, younger brother and younger sister. My parents and brothers are Marines, the youngest retired. I had 2 pet alligators when younger. I would like to visit each state with my children, buy my own home, take my mom to the Holy Lands, take my pops to visit my aunties, restore a '57 Chevy pickup like my pops had, sponsor a scholarship in my children's name. I was the recipient of the Perlman Award

Hometown: Kearns, UT
Study Areas: Health Society and Policy, Business, and Sociology
Languages Other Than English: Espaňol
About TRIO: Being involved with TRIO has allowed me to support students from intersectional identities. I enjoy welcoming individuals into the TRIO office and sharing my experience with them.
Hobbies/Interests: Listening to podcasts (True Crime & Scary Stories), watching movies, and exploring different coffee drinks.
Interesting Facts: I own two black cats (Simba & Luna), a leopard gecko (Ollie), and I am a cancer survivor

Hi! I am Liza, the math tutor in the TRIO Office. I am currently pursuing a bachelor's in mathematics here at the  U. I am originally from Utah County, where I spent my entire life. I do unfortunately only speak English, but I have wanted to learn Spanish as a second language. I am pretty low-key, I just like reading, playing games, and baking, but I also love to serve and help others. I am super excited to be a part of the TRIO team!

Hometown: Salt Lake City (from the west side with love), UT
Study Areas:  Ethnic Studies
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish, Spanglish.
About TRIO: I have been part of TRIO since the 10th grade. If it weren’t for TRIO, I wouldn’t be here writing this biography. I represented TRIO UB at the UOFU at the ASPIRE Conference in May of 2020. I've been a recipient of the ASPIRE Scholarship twice. #TRIOWORKS
Hobbies/Interests: I like to work on my 93’ Mazda Miata, travel, dance and listen to a broad range of music.
Interesting Fact: I would rather be in California, and I am missing half my right lung due to a benign tumor, and I was left with a 21cm scar on my right side. :)

Hometown:  I was born in Oregon, but moved to Salt Lake City when I was three years old, so I consider myself a Utahan through and through

Study Areas: Spanish, Latin American Studies

Languages other than English:  I started learning Spanish when I was in Kindergarten and have been fluent now for quite some time.

Hobbies/Interests: I love Jesus, reading, drawing, painting, playing video games, spending time with family and friends and most importantly making sure my cats get the proper attention! 

Interesting Fact:  I absolutely love Latin American cultures, as well as learning about other cultures from around the world. I hope to learn even more while working with TRiO

Hometown: West Jordan, UT
Languages other than English: Ubbi Dubbi and minimal Turkish
Study Areas: BA and MA in English; current PhD student for Education Leadership and Policy
Hobbies/Interest: Baking, Cooking, traveling, reading, and crocheting (secretly a 90 year old lady)
Interesting Fact: I once got stranded on an inflatable rowboat in Wales

Hometown: Evergreen, Colorado
Languages: English
Study Areas: Biomedical Engineering 
Hobbies/Interest: Rock Climbing, Snowboarding, Cooking and Reading 
Interesting Fact: My favorite animal is an otter. 

Hometown: Ogden, Utah 
Study Areas: M.Ed (Educational Leadership & Policy): BA (Sociology, Anthropology, and Psychology)
Languages Other Than English: Spanish
Hobbies/Interests: reading, painting, running, baking, and thrifting
Interesting Fact: I have an identical twin sister