Staff

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Leadership

John E. Fernández

Faculty Director, UAC

Chelsea Longin
longin@mit.edu

Managing Director and Associate Dean, UAC

Sadé Abraham
sabra712@mit.edu

Associate Dean & Director, Office of Academic Community, Empowerment, & Success

Elizabeth Young
ecy@mit.edu

Associate Dean & Director, First Year Advising & Programming

UAC Staff

Hector Arroyo De La Paz
harroyod@mit.edu

Staff Associate II, OACES

Lauren Backus
lbackus@mit.edu

Assistant Dean, OACES

Leslie Bottari
bottari@mit.edu

Assistant Dean, OACES

Sita Deleon Costello
sita@mit.edu

Program Assistant, OACES

Brittney Joy Francisco
brittjoy@mit.edu

Staff Associate, OACES

Stephanie Hamilton
shamil10@mit.edu

Advising Communications Specialist

Laura Harvey
lharvey1@mit.edu

Staff Associate, Advising & New Student Orientation

Jocelyn Heywood
heywood@mit.edu

Assistant Dean, Advising & Academic Performance

Alex Hoyt
jahoyt@mit.edu

Senior Assistant Dean, OACES

Shelly Isaac
sisaac@mit.edu

Senior Administrative Assistant

Haneen Jaara
haneenj@mit.edu

Assistant Dean, Academic Enrichment & Advising Support

Sara Leavitt
sleavitt@mit.edu

Assistant Dean, Proactive Advising Initiatives

Katy Warner Little
kwlittle@mit.edu

Assistant Dean, Advising Assessment & Communication

Jennifer Lopez
jenmlo96@mit.edu

Program Assistant, OACES

Tiffany Low
tmlow@mit.edu

Staff Associate, OACES

Cheryl Mottley
mottley@mit.edu

Administrative Assistant II, OACES

Valerie Nihei
vnihei@mit.edu

Staff Associate, Advising & New Student Programming

Krissy Robinson
KJLR@mit.edu

Assistant Dean, OACES

Michael Santoro-Santos
msan@mit.edu

Assistant Dean, Advising & New Student Programming

Jordan Sell
jasell@mit.edu

Staff Associate, Advising & Academic Performance

Florangel Suero
angelsp@mit.edu

Staff Associate, OACES

Kurt-Michael Bobis Songcog
ksongcog@mit.edu

Staff Associate, OACES

Abigail Winn
awinn617@mit.edu

Staff Associate, Faculty Engagement, Tutoring, & Advising

Winni Hoyt

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