Carina is a QuestBridge alumnus who received her BA in Anthropology from Grinnell College in 2019. After graduation, she worked in many roles including; as a Behavioral Health Intervention Specialist, Service and Social Innovation Americorps Member, Operations Associate, Assistant Head of School, and Paraeducator before applying to the Institute for Recruitment of Teachers (IRT) program in 2021. After gaining admittance into many programs, Carina attended and attained her MA in Educational Studies from the University of Michigan's Marsal Family School of Education in 2023 and continued to work as a College and Career Services Program Specialist with Girls Group. In her previous role, Carina supported alumni of Girls Group in creating and attaining academic, financial, social-emotional, and community-service oriented goals and pathways and continues this work with UMSI's CDO team as a Career Education Coordinator. Carina provides career coaching through both scheduled and drop-in appointments, and she also helps coordinate the internship program. Carina also supports the other career education services, resources, and events the CDO team offers. While she primarily focuses on supporting BSI and AMDP students, she is always available to all UMSI students for support in career education.

Pronouns

she/her/hers

Areas of interest

Career Education; Alignment and Navigation

Honors & Awards

CEW+ recipient (2023), QuestBridge matched scholar and alumnus, Institute for Recruitment of Teachers (IRT) recipient and alumnus, various scholarship awards through Marsal Family School of Education for Excellence, Community Service, and Merit.

Education

BA in Anthropology (Grinnell College), MA in Educational Studies (University of Michigan Marsal Family School of Education)