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Mona Halcomb: Banking on Her Future

After years and decades of being told she was in the wrong place, Mona Halcomb, ’23, Ed.D. Educational Leadership, is just getting started.

June 9, 2023
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Dani Small: The Barrier Breaker

First-gen alumna Dani Small, ’23, Master of Social Work, wants to bring the values she defined through both her undergrad and grad experiences at UW Tacoma into the corporate world.

June 9, 2023
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Eileen Jimenez: Persona Educada

Eileen Jimenez, ’23, Ed.D. Educational Leadership, embodies the spirits of her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and proudly aspires to be, like them, a persona educada.

June 8, 2023
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Debbie Hales: A Sisterhood of Support

Support from the circle of students in the Muckleshoot Cohort Ed.D. program is a key element that got Debbie Hales, ’23, Ed.D. Educational Leadership, through the rigors of her doctoral studies.

June 8, 2023
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Evan Campbell: Taking Instinct into Account

Evan Campbell, ’23, B.A. Business Administration/Accounting, seems to have an instinctive facility for keeping track of business.

June 7, 2023
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Julie Venezio: The Making of an Advisor

Julie Venezio, ’23, B.A. Psychology, credits career and academic advisors for her success as a student and as inspirations for her future career plans.

June 7, 2023
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Jennifer Vasilez: Doing Right by the Children

The experience of being surrounded by strong, intelligent Native women is what drew Jennifer Vasilez, ’23, Ed.D. Educational Leadership, to UW Tacoma’s Muckleshoot Cohort.

June 7, 2023
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Joannie Suina: Recentering Native Women’s Voices

One of the Muckleshoot cohort, Joannie Suina, ’23, Ed.D. Educational Leadership, is intent on restoring balance to the world.

June 7, 2023
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Phillip Dontje: For the Love of Math

When not delving into algebraic topology, Army veteran Phillip Dontje, ’23, B.S. Mathematics, is raising his children and preparing for his upcoming Ph.D. studies.

June 7, 2023
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Chastity Bryant: Discovering the Light Within

As she juggled child-rearing, working two jobs and multiple extracurricular activities, Chastity Bryant, ’23, M.S. Accounting, was constantly boosted by love and support from her family and mother.

June 6, 2023
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