The First Generation Student Network is designed to be a network of people (students, faculty, and staff) who are willing to serve as resources and allies for first-generation students. First-generation students may contact you as a person in this network for advice, assistance, mentoring or other needs (perhaps just to talk and share experiences). By  agreeing to be part of this network, people consent to having their names and emails listed as well as agree to be contacted by students.

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Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students in Network

Lauren Accola	She/Her/Hers	lauren.accola@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Office of Disability Services	Program Associate
Monica Adya	She/Her/Hers	Monica.adya@marquette.edu	Ally	Management (Information Systems), College of Business
Erik Albinson	He/Him/HIs	erik.albinson@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Office of Student Educational Services	Director
Demetria Anderson	She/Her/Hers	demetria.anderson@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Office of Student Development	Director of Campus Activities and Student Involvement
Matteo Arena	he/him/his	matteo.arena@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Finance - College of Business Administration	Chair and Associate Professor of Finance
Andrew Babb-Fowler (Drew)		andrew.babb-fowler@marquette.edu	Ally	Upward Bound Pre-College Educational Opportunity Program  (EOP)	Pre-College Academic Counselor
Lindsay Barbeau	she, her, hers	lindsay.barbeau@marquette.edu	Ally	Undergraduate Admissions	Senior Admissions Counselor
Dawn Barrett		dawn.barrett@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Student Educational Services	Associate Director
Jack Bartelt	he/him/his	jonathan.bartelt@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Disability Services	Director; Office of Disability Services
Molly Bausch	she, her	molly.bausch@marquette.edu	Ally	University Advancement	Director of Development | Parent & Family Leadership Philanthropy
Dr. Pilar Bellver		pilar.bellver@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Arts & Sciences	Associate Professor
Jacqueline Black	she/her/hers	jacqueline.black@marquette.edu	Ally	Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion	Associate Director for Hispanic Initiatives
Tom Branigan			Ally	Strategic Communications / College of Communication	Instructor of Practice
Amber Young-Brice	she, her, hers	amber.young-brice@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	College of Nursing
Liz Browning	she, her, hers	elizabeth.browning@marquette.edu	Ally	Office of International Education	Adjunct Assistant Professor, ESL
Barbara Burja		barbara.burja@marquette.edu	Ally	College of Health Sciences | Office of the Dean	Undergraduate Records Coordinator
Michelle Burton	Ms.	michelle.burton@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Haggerty Museum of Art	Registrar and Collection Manager
Courtney Buvid	She/Her/Hers	courtney.buvid@marquette.edu	Ally	Theatre Department within College of Communication	Theatre Operations Coordinator
Karisse Callender	she/her/hers	karisse.callender@marquette.edu	Ally	Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology	Assistant Professor
Lilly Campbell	she/her/hers	lillian.campbell@marquette.edu	Ally	English, Arts and Sciences	Assistant Professor
Sheena Carey	she/her	sheena.carey@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Communication Studies, Diederich College of Communication	Internship Director/Lecturer
Dani Castillo	she/her/hers	daniela.castillo@marquette.edu	Ally	College of Engineering	Office Associate
Margaret Cinto		margaret.cinto@marquette.edu	Ally	Educational Opportunity Program	Coordinator, Upward Bound Math Science
Karen R. Collins	she, her, hers	karen.r.collins@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	EOP McNair Scholars Program	McNair Program Coordinator
Deborah Contreras-Tadych	she/her/hers	debbie.contreras-tadych@marquette.edu	Ally	Counseling Center	Psychologist and Coordinator for Underrepresented Students
Jennifer Cook	She/her/hers	jennifer.cook@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology	Assistant Professor
Joya Crear	She, Her and Hers	joya.crear@marquette.edu	Ally	Student Affairs	Assistant Vice President
Kristina Davila	She, Her, Hers	kristina.davila@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Office of Residence Life	Residence Hall Director
Dr. Marla Delgado-Guerrero	she/her/hers	marla.delgadoguerrero@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Counseling Center & Department of Counseling Psychology/Counselor Education	Counselor/Diversity Coordinator & Adjunct Professor
Claire Dinkelman	she/her/hers	claire.dinkelman@marquette.edu	Ally	Raynor-Memorial Libraries	Research & Instruction Librarian
Sarah DiStefano	she, her, hers	sarah.distefano@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Law School	Student Affairs Specialist
Agnieszka Domagala		Agnieszka.domagala@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Dental School	Clinical Associate Professor Director, Emergency Dentistry Director, Special Care Dentistry
Evelyn Donate-Bartfield			Was a first generation student	Developmental Sciences, Dental School	Chair Developmental Sciences School of Dentistry
Renee Dowdy	She/Her/Hers	renee.dowdy@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Office of Residence Life	Assistant Director
Clara Dwyer	she/her/hers	clara.dwyer@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Office of Engagement and Inclusion	Assistant Director
Leah Flack		leah.flack@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	English, Arts and Sciences	Chair
Jennifer Kiefer Fenton, Ph.D.			Was a first generation student	Philosophy; Public Service, College of Arts and Sciences	Adjunct Assistant Professor (Philosophy; MA Public Service)
Caty Frehe	she/her/hers	caty.frehe@marquette.edu	Graduate Student Ally	Office of Assessment/College of Education	Graduate Assistant for the Office of Assessment
Terrie Garcia, PhD, RN	she/her/hers	juanita.garcia@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	College of Nursing	Project BEYOND-2 Coordinator
Dr. Ana C. Garner	she/her	ana.garner@marquette.edu	Ally	Journalism and Media Studies, Diederich College of Communication	Professor and Chair, Department of Journalism and Media Studies
Tracy Gerth-Antoniewicz	she, her, hers	tracy.gerth-antoniewicz@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Office of Residence Life	Assistant Director for Residence Life Education
Nathan Gilkerson	he/him/his pronouns	nathan.gilkerson@marquette.edu	Ally	Strategic Communication, Communication	Assistant Professor
Sergio González	He/him/his	sergio.gonzalez@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	History and Languages, Literatures & Cultures	Assistant Professor of Latinx Studies
Jessica Grusnick		jessica.grusnick@marquette.edu	Ally	Physician Assistant Studies	Clinical Assistant Professor
Courtney Hanson	she/her/hers	courtney.hanson@marquette.edu	Ally	Career Services	Director
Sara Harvey	she/her	sara.harvey@marquette.edu	Ally	University Advancement	Senior Philanthropic Advisor
Heather Hathaway			Ally	College of Arts and Sciences	Acting Dean
Eric Hetland	he, him, his	eric.hetland@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Residence Life	Residence Hall Director
Heather Hlavka	She/Her/Hers	Heather.Hlavka@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Social and Cultural Sciences, A&S	Associate Professor
Simon Howard	he, him, his	simon.howard@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Psychology, Arts and Sciences	Assistant Professor of Psychology
Diana Jaramillo	She, her, hers	diana.jaramillo@marquette.edu	First generation graduate student
Jody Jessup-Anger	she/her/hers	jody.jessup-anger@marquette.edu	Ally	Educational Policy and Leadership (Student Affairs in Higher Education program)	Associate Professor
Amber Johnson	She, Her, Hers	ambernicole.johnson@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	College of Nursing	Mentor Advisor Specialist for Project BEYOND-2
Amanda Keeler		amanda.keeler@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Digital Media in the College of Communication	Professor of Digital Media
Conor Kelly		conor.kelly@marquette.edu	Ally	Theology - College of Arts and Sciences	Assistant Professor
Benedict Kemp	he/him/his	benedict.kemp@marquette.edu	Ally	Office of Student Educational Services	Associate Director
Dr. Kirchhoff, Ph.D.	she/her	claire.kirchhoff@marquette.edu	Ally	Biomedical Sciences, CHS	Clinical Assistant Professor
Laurieann Klockow	she/ her/hers	laurieann.klockow@marquette.edu	Ally	Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences	Clinical Associate Professor
Sara Knutson		sara.knutson@marquette.edu	Ally	Campus Ministry	Assistant Director of Campus Ministry (Retreats, Residence Hall Ministry)
Stacy Ko		stacy.ko@marquette.edu	Ally	Speech Pathology	Clinical Assistant Professor
Heather Kohls	she	heather.kohls@marquette.edu	Ally	Economics	Associate Professor
Katie Koncki		katie.koncki@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	School of Dentistry	Practice Transitions Coordinator
Tom Koester	He	thomas.koester@mu.edu	Ally	Campus Ministry	Assistant Director of Music
Brianna Kratz	she, her, hers	brianna.kratz@marquette.edu	First generation graduate student	College of Education, Student Affairs in Higher Education	Graduate Assistant for Events and Facilities in the Law School
Noel Kruse	her, she	noel.kruse@marquette.edu	First generation graduate student
Andrew Kunz	he/him/his	andrew.kunz@marquette.edu	Ally	Physics/College of Arts and Sciences	Professor/Associate Dean
Lisa Rose Lamson	She/Her/Hers	lisa.lamson@marquette.edu	First generation graduate student	History Department	Graduate Student Organization President; Schmitt Leadership Fellow
Van Anh Le		vananh.le@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Dental school	Adjunct Professor
Sukanya Lodh		sukanya.lodh@marquette.edu>	Ally	Biology department, College of Arts and Sciences	Visiting Assistant Professor
Saul Lopez	He/His/Him	saul.lopez@marquette.edu	First generation graduate student	Dept. of Diversity and Inclusion	Graduate Assistant
Milliam Lor		milliam.lor@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Office of International Education (study abroad)	Education Abroad Advisor
Jennifer Maney	She, her, hers	jennifer.maney@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Center for Teaching and Learning	Interim Director
Judy Maloney	she/her/hers	judith.maloney@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences	Clinical Associate Professor
Jordan Mason	she/her/hers	jordan.l.mason@marquette.edu	First generation graduate student	College of Education	Graduate Assistant for SAHE Recruitment
Amber May	She her hers	amber.may@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	School of Dentistry	Director of Diversity and Inclusion
Tina McNamara	she, her	tina.mcnamara@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	College of Education	Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Advising & Student Services
Cathy Melesky Dante	she, her, hers	catherine.meleskydante@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Campus Ministry	Hall Minister
Terence Miller		Terence.miller@marquette.edu	Ally	Office of International Education	Director
Maria Mostek	She/Her(s)	maria.mostek@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Career Services	Career Counselor
Kim Norden			Ally	Psychology department, Arts and Sciences	Adjunct Assistant Professor
Rebecca Nowacek	she/her/hers	rebecca.nowacek@marquette.edu	Ally	English / Writing Center Arts & Sciences	Associate Professor, Department of English Director, Ott Memorial Writing Center
Caroline Oas	she, her, hers	caroline.oas@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	ESLP - Office of International Education	Adjunct Assistant Professor
Charonda Oliphant	She/Her/Hers	charonda.oliphant@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Career Services Center	Career Counselor
Terence T Ow		terence.ow@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Business, information technology and systems	Associate Professor
Taylor Pamperin	she/her/hers	taylorrose.pamperin@marquette.edu	Ally	College of Nursing	Graduate Program Advisor
Felisa Parris		Felisa.Parris@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	EOP	Associate Director
Sasha Parsons-Waters	she, her, hers	sasha.parsons@marquette.edu	Ally	Office of Research & Innovation	WIN Coordinator
Laura Philbin	She/Her/Hers	laura.philbin@marquette.edu	Ally	College of Business Administration	Assistant Director, Business Career Center
Lisa Ploszaj		lisa.ploszaj@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Human Resources	Human Resources Generalist
Naomi Pollek	she/her/hers/herself	naomi.pollek@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Career Services Center	Assistant Director, Employer Relations
Catherine Puckering		catherine.puckering@marquette.edu	Ally	Communication Studies, Diederich College of Communication	Adjunct Instructor
John Pustejovsky			Was a first generation student	Languages Literatures and Cultures / Klingler Arts and Sciences	Associate Professor of German
Julie Radford	she/her/hers	julie.radford@marquette.edu	Ally	College of Nursing	Undergraduate Program Advisor
Ericka Reed		ericka.reed@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Educational Opportunity Program (EOP)	Office Coordinator
Dr. Jen Reid	She/Her/Hers	jennifer.reid@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Student Affairs	Director of Assessment. Communications and Student Government
Scott Reid			Was a first generation student	Chemistry/A&S	Wehr Professor of Chemistry
Karen Rinehart	she/her	karen.rinehart@marquette.edu	Ally	Business Career Center	Director
Zuleyka Rios	she/her/hers	zuleyka.rios@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Admissions	Assistant Director of Multicultural Recruitment
Stephanie Rivera Berruz, Ph.D.			Ally	Philosophy. Arts and Sciences
Mikal Roberson	He/Him/His	mikal.roberson@marquette.edu	First generation graduate student	Law School Student Organizations	President of First Generation Professionals (law student organization)
Steven Robertson		steven.robertson@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Educational Opportunity Program	Associate Director
Maira Rodriguez	She/her/hers	maira.rodriguez@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Office of Undergraduate Admissions	Admission Counselor
Cristina Rodriguez (Tina)	she, her, us	cristina.rodriguez@marquette.edu	Ally	Student Educational Services	Administrative Assistant
Melanie Roepke	She	melanie.roepke@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	College of Business	Office Assoc in Center for Real Estate and Center for Supply Chain
Yuli Ruiz Márquez	She, her, hers	yuliana.ruizmarquez@marquette.edu	First generation graduate student		Burke Scholar and Pre-Law Scholar
Jordan Sadi	he/him/his	jordan.sadi@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	College of Nursing	Academic Advisor
Iveliz M Sanchez Cruz		iveliz.sanchez@marquette.edu
Reagan Saxe	She/Her/Hers	reagan.saxe@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Radiology - Marquette School of Dentistry
Kathryn Schumacher (Katie)	she, her, hers	kathryn.schumacher@marquette.edu	Ally	Office of Undergraduate Admissions	Assistant Director of National Recruitment
Parisa Shirazi	she/her/hers	parisa.shirazi@marquette.edu	Ally	Center for Peacemaking	Program Associate
Ron Smith		ronald.smith@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Department of Journalism and Media Studies, College of Communication	Instructor of Practice Editor/Project Director, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Sara Smith	She/Her/Hers	sara.e.smith@marquette.edu	Ally	Student Affairs, Wellness and Prevention Programs	Director, Alcohol and Drug Prevention and Educations Programs
Hannah Smyth Lubar	she/her/hers		Graduate Student Ally	College of Education & College of Business Administration	Graduate Assistant
Kelsey Stockton	she/her/hers	kelsey.stockton@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Office of Residence Life	Assistant Director for University Apartments & Off-campus Student Services
JohnRae Stowers	She/Her/Hers	johnrae.stowers@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Student Educational Services	Assistant Director | Student Educational Services and Director | Freshman Frontier Program
Liza Strakhov	she/her/hers	yelizaveta.strakhov@marquette.edu	Ally	English Department, College of Arts and Sciences	Assistant Professor
Amber Strother	she/her/hers	amber.strother@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	English and INGS -- Arts and Sciences	Visiting Assistant Professor
John Su		john.su@marquette.edu	Ally	Office of the Provost	Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Kaylee Tait	She/her/hers	kaylee.tait@marquette.edu	Graduate Student Ally	College of Education- Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
Rosita Tormala-Nita		rosita.tormala@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Office of Research & Sponsored Programs	Grants Assistant
Alyssa Truong, PA-C, MMS		alyssa.truong@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Physician Assistant Studies, College of Health Sciences
Dr. Ericka Tucker		ericka.tucker@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences	Assistant Professor
Yarlian Vazquez	She/Her/Hers	yarlian.vazquez@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Financial Aid	Financial Aid Counselor
Courtney Vosmaer	she, her, hers	courtney.vosmaer@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Office of Student Development	CARE Team Case Manager
Shaila Wadhwani	She her hers	shaila.wadhwani@marquette.edu	First generation graduate student	Philosophy department	Graduate student, instructor
A.Jay Wagner	he/him	ajay.wagner@marquette.edu	Was a first generation student	Department of Journalism and Media Studies, College of Communication	Assistant Professor
Kate Ward	she/her/hers	katharine.ward@marquette.edu	Ally	Theology, Arts and Sciences	Assistant Professor
Dillon Waschenbach	he/his	dillon.waschenbach@marquette.edu	First generation graduate student	Master of education: Specialization in Student Affairs and Higher Education	Graduate Assistant-Business Career Center
Eric D. Waters	he/him/his	eric.waters@marquette.edu	Ally	Communication Studies/Strategic Communication - Diederich College of Communication	Assistant Professor
Karlin Webster	she/her/hers	karlin.webster@marquette.edu	Ally	Education Abroad, Office of International Education	Associate Director, Manager of Education Abroad
William Welburn		william.welburn@marquette.edu	Ally	Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion	Vice President for Inclusive Excellence

Students in Network

Dren Aguado		dren.aguado@marquette.edu	First generation college student	freshman
Alex Alarcon	he/him/his	alex.alarcon@marquette.edu	First generation college student	freshman
Jamie Astigarraga	she/her	Jamie.Astigarraga@marquette.edu	First generation college student	junior
Michael Bass	He/Him	michael.bass@marquette.edu	First generation college student	freshman
Viviana Bojorquez	She	viviana.bojorquez@marquette.edu	First generation college student	freshman
Megan Briggs		megan.briggs@marquette.edu	First generation college student	junior
Savannah Charles	She/Hers/Her	savannah.charles@marquette.edu	First generation college student	junior
Ariana Chiapas	She/Her/Hers	ariana.chiapas@marquette.edu	First generation college student	junior
Andrea Garcia	she/her/hers	andrea.garcia@marquette.edu	First generation college student	senior
Javis Garcia		javier.garcia@marquette.edu	First generation college student	junior
Adriana Garza	She/Her	adriana.garza@marquette.edu	First generation college student	freshman
Jessica Gomez	she	jessica.c.gomez@marquette.edu	First generation college student	freshman
Evelia Guerrero	She/her/hers	evelia.guerrero@marquette.edu	First generation college student	sophomore
Diana Jaramillo	She, her, hers	diana.jaramillo@marquette.edu	First generation college student	sophomore
Alejandra Jauregui		alejandra.jauregui@marquette.edu	First generation college student	senior
Sofi Jauregui	She,her	sofia.jauregui@marquette.edu	First generation college student	sophomore
Noel Kruse	her, she	noel.kruse@marquette.edu	First generation college student	freshman
Sara Manjee	she/her/hers	sara.manjee@marquette.edu	First generation college student	junior
Lexus Martin		lexus.martin@marquette.edu	First generation college student	freshman
Kathya Meza	She/Her	kathya.meza@marquette.edu	First generation college student	freshman
Ivan Moreno	He, Him	ivan.e.moreno@marquette.edu	First generation college student	freshman
Elizabeth Murillo	she/her/hers	elizabeth.murillo@marquette.edu	First generation college student	sophomore
Kimberly Murillo	She/Her/Hers	kimberly.murillo@marquette.edu	First generation college student	junior
Renata Mussi	She/her/hers	renata.mussi@marquette.edu	First generation college student	senior
Brianna Ochoa		brianna.ochoa@marquette.edu	First generation college student	freshman
Brianna Paredes		brianna.paredes@marquette.edu	First generation college student	sophomore
Noe Rincon	His, Him, He	noe.rincon@marquette.edu	First generation college student	junior
Yuliana Ruiz Marquez	She, her, hers	yuliana.ruizmarquez@marquette.edu	First generation college student	junior
Favio Saabedra	He, Him, His.	favio.saabedra@marquette.edu	First generation college student	sophomore
Brittney Saenz		brittney.saenz@marquette.edu	First generation college student	senior
Sarai Sanchez	she, her	sarai.sanchez@marquette.edu	First generation college student	freshman
Iveliz M Sanchez Cruz		iveliz.sanchez@marquette.edu	First generation college student	freshman
Juan Sarabia		juan.sarabia@marquette.edu	First generation college student	senior
Andrew Smith	He, Him, His	andrew.m.smith@marquette.edu	First generation college student	freshman
Rebecca Sohn		rebecca.sohn@marquette.edu	Ally
Mary Thao	She/Her/Hers	mary.thao@marquette.edu	First generation college student	junior
Wendy Rociles	She/Her	wendy.rociles@marquette.edu	First generation college student	junior
Sam Zabielski		sam.zabielski@marquette.edu	First generation college student	freshman