Lisa Garza

Experience

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  Texas State Technical College Harlingen

  Jun 2017 - Apr 2017

  • Promoted leadership programs, organized and coordinated student events and activities.• Designed marketing materials for all extracurricular activities.• Handled incoming calls and other communications while helping organize and maintain the office area. • Provided support, encouragement and leadership to 12 female students participating in the program.• Promoted student involvement in program activities and events.• Supervised weekend service events

  • Student Activities Specialist

    May 2015 - Apr 2017

  • Migrant Academic Achievement Residential Summer Program - Residential Advisor

    Jun 2017 - Jan 2017
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  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

  Sept 2017 - Jan 2020

  • Coordinated service fairs, National Make a Difference Day, Martin Luther King Day, and Service Saturdays.• Partnered with 25+ agencies to promote service opportunities for Students. • Tracked Engagement Zone software utilization and identified agency needs for volunteers.• Facilitated activities for the Engaged, Resilient and Emerging Leadership Conferences. • Provided support for cultural events which include Cultural Chats and Films for UTRGV students. • Created monthly curriculum pertaining to academic success, personal growth and student involvement.• Coordinated monthly events including mentor meetings, socials, trainings and recruitment.• Provided one on one support and guidance for mentors on mentor responsibilities and gave feedback on their performance. • Created interactive handouts and marketing materials for monthly curriculum and departmental events. • Promoted student involvement events and coordinated student involvement events and activities.• Planned civic engagement workshops and helped register 1000+ students to vote.• Handled incoming calls and other communications while helping organize and maintain the office area.

  • Leadership and Mentoring Community Service Lead

    Aug 2019 - Jan 2020

  • Engaging Peers in College Lead Mentor

    Jun 2018 - Aug 2019

  • Student Involvement Assistant

    Sept 2017 - Jun 2018
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  Texas State Technical College Harlingen

  Jun 2019 - Jul 2019

  Migrant Academic Achievement Residential Summer Program - Activity Coordinator

  • Developed student activities that enhanced social life, leadership training, risk management, and other relevant areas of college. • Coordinated student activities that focus on social development and team building.• Provided supervision of 56 students during evening activities and transportation arrangements. • Supervised Residential Advisors that would oversee student activity groups.

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  Texas State Technical College

  Jan 2020 - now

  • Coordinates community partnerships to aid students with food insecurity, housing, transportation and other basic needs services.• Utilizes data to determine TSTC student barriers to graduation and actively pursues and maintains key partnerships with community agencies to provide those services.• Supervises TSTC’s support services provided under Perkins grant.• Responsible for the Advocacy & Resource Center budget preparation process, implementation, monitoring, supervision of expenditures, and purchases in compliance with procurement policies.• Evaluate and monitor program needs, identify unmet needs and revise services as needed. Show less • Coordinates, refers, and tracks students who are at risk of dropping out of school who are referred to the Advocacy & Resource Center.• Provides front line services to students including but not limited to a food pantry, clothing closet, a lactation room, transportation resources, etc.• Collaborates with outside entities to promote awareness of TSTC student’s needs. • Coordinates community partnerships to aid students with food insecurity, housing, transportation, and other basic needs services.• Collaborates with faculty and staff to respond to provide needed resources for students.• Communicates with the community advisory committee to provide services for students facing barriers outside of the classroom.• Coordinates TSTC’s support services provided under Perkins.• Helps facilitate timely and responsive emergency aid for students.• Supervises Child Care program and referrals. Serves as Liaison for the on-campus childcare centers. • Coordinates community and health services referrals in order to promote retention.• Evaluates and monitors program needs, identifies unmet needs and revises services as needed. • Utilizes data to inform event schedules and programs. Show less • Provide information to prospective students regarding Texas State Technical College’s technical programs including the application process, financial aid programs, eligibility requirements, registration and military programs and benefits.• Manage a defined set of applicants for specific majors and track progress through the enrollment process. This includes managing communication tracks and effectively communicating through the beginning of the term for which the individual applied.• Perform general admission/financial aid related tasks including tracking and follow-up to secure missing documents to ensure status is accurate including quality control of such documents.• Provide academic and technical guidance (using both holistic and intrusive advising techniques) for existing students based on thorough analysis of cognitive and non-cognitive factors. Assist applicants with academic advising, course registration, and degree planning through teaching them how to utilize available technology.• Review test scores and transcripts for Texas Success Initiative (TSI) compliance to determine developmental course placement.• Assist applicants with identifying college resources that will be able to assist them in being successful by implementing the Culture of Caring. Show less • Prepared and edited correspondence and reports of highly confidential and technical nature.• Operated personal computer, with the ability to apply different word processing, database, spreadsheet, and graphic programs.• Assisted in the planning, preparation and production of materials for the division/department meetings.• Prepared purchasing and/or travel requisitions and assists in the preparation of the division/department budget and/or annual operating plans.• Maintained accounting and administrative records/clerical responsibilities. Daily clericalresponsibilities included, but were not limited to answering phones, distributing messages, maintaining strong customer service, assisting visitors and preparing routine documents.• Interacted with the students/families, faculty and staff of the department clients’ and assisted when needed. Show less

  • Advocacy & Resouce Center Coordinator

    Oct 2022 - now

  • Advocacy & Resource Coach

    Aug 2021 - now

  • Enrollment Coach

    Apr 2021 - Aug 2021

  • Senior Staff Assistant

    Jan 2020 - Apr 2021