Student Advocacy and Outreach Activities
Student Advocacy and Outreach Activities (selected)
- Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Program, Victoria Middle School, Special Guest Speaker, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, May 2010.
- College Access Family Extravaganza, Guest Speaker, The University of Texas – Pan American, Edinburg, TX, December 2007.
- Jr American Boer Goat Association, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, July 2006
- Emerald Honors Conference. Traveling advisor to 28 national and international undergraduate and graduate students attending the conference at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, TN, September 17-19, 2004.
- Training, Education, & Agricultural Career Horizons (TEACH) Conference: Assisted in the coordination of the educational conference for 100 high school sophomores to promote higher education and learn about careers in agriculture, food and fiber, Weslaco, TX, February 2004.
- Knowledge, Education and You (KEY) Conference. Oversaw the coordination of the educational conference for 100 junior and senior high school students to learn about opportunities in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX. November 2003.
- Preparing Agriculture Leaders of Tomorrow (PALOT) Conference. Educational conference for 75 freshman and 75 senior high school students to promote higher education and educate students about careers in agriculture, natural resources, life sciences and the food and fiber industry, Weslaco, TX, January 2003.
- Students Training in Agriculture and Related Sciences (STARS) Summer Enrichment Program. Supervised - One (1) camp in 2001 and two (2) camps in 2002 of this enrichment program developed to increase student awareness about the opportunities related to agriculture and related fields. Each camp admitted 50 students.
- Advised and mentored the AgForLife Student Association, Texas A&M University, 2005 – 2009
Student Organization Advising
- Advised and mentored the AgForLife Student Association, Texas A&M University, 2005 – 2009
- Advised and mentored the Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources & Related Sciences student organization, Texas A&M University, 2001 – 2005
- From 2001 to 2005, there were seven (7) students who were national individual contest winners and two consecutive (2002 & 2003) National Chapter of the Year Awards. In comparison, from 1993 to 2001 there was only one (1) student winner.
- Co-founder of the College of Agriculture & Home Economics Student Ambassador program, New Mexico State University, 1992 - 1995
- Responsible for co-advising a varying number of students in the AGLS Program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University. Students in the program varied from ~200 to 350 students. The AGLS Program was designed to retain “hold” students while they became academically proficient to move into an academic major and graduate.
Academic Advising (2000 – 2008)
- Responsible for co-advising a varying number of students in the AGLS Program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University. Students in the program varied from ~200 to 350 students. The AGLS Program was designed to retain “hold” students while they became academically proficient to move into an academic major and graduate.
