Passionate educator and career coach, dedicated to enhancing student career success and development, committed to assisting students, alumni, and the community in preparing for and securing personally meaningful work- and achieving the best career and personal work and environment "fit" and alignment. As a maximizer and an arranger, if something is good, I strive to polish, perfect, and make it shine bright! Another strength I regularly utilize is focusing on relationship building- my top strengths being an includer and a communicator. I leverage these strengths to forge strong relationships and collaborations to meet people where they are. Equally skilled in project management, I can envision the big picture and successfully bring a project to fruition. I really enjoy building, developing, and revamping programs or departments that need strategic direction or alignment with institutional goals, having built several successful educational departments and programs over 20 years with no budget and minimal resources. I enjoy building and polishing as it activates my Maximizer, Developer, and Arranger strengths. My research interests include constructive and cooperative learning, student engagement and retention, the construct of mattering and impact on higher education service delivery, and student mattering. Specialties: Career development and planning, Academic skills development for first time In college; at-risk and underserved populations, student engagement and retention, mattering and belonging, and living-learning communities.