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TRIO Programs and First-Generation Initiatives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Rachael Weldon-Caron<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Vice President for TRIO Programs and First-Generation Initiatives
RWeldonCaron@tarleton.edu<\/a>
254-968-9369<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Student Support Services (College Program)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Alexis Polizzi<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Director
Polizzi@tarleton.edu<\/a> 
254-968-7670<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Lluvia<\/figure>
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Lluvia Montes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Academic Coordinator
LMontes@tarleton.edu<\/a>
254-968-1733<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Upward Bound (Pre-College Program)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\"Smiling<\/figure>
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Maria (Mimi) Vazquez<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Director, Upward Bound
MVazquez@tarleton.edu<\/a>
254-968-9294<\/a> 
Language: Bilingual<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Viri<\/figure>
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Viri Hernandez<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Director
VHernandez@tarleton.edu<\/a>
254-968-9803<\/a> 
Language: Bilingual<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Professional<\/figure>
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Terrilyn Hackworth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Academic Coordinator
Thackworth@tarleton.edu<\/a>
254-968-9965<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Educational Talent Search (Pre-College Program)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\"Professional<\/figure>
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Christi Barnes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Director, Educational Talent Search
CBarnes@tarleton.edu<\/a>
254-459-5441<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Sandra<\/figure>
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Sandra Flores<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Director
SFlores@tarleton.edu<\/a>
254-459-5387<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sanjuana Olvera<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Academic Coordinator
Olvera@tarleton.edu<\/a>
254-918-7671<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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TRIO Programs and First-Generation Initiatives Rachael Weldon-Caron Assistant Vice President for TRIO Programs and First-Generation InitiativesRWeldonCaron@tarleton.edu254-968-9369 Student Support Services (College Program) Alexis Polizzi Assistant Director Polizzi@tarleton.edu 254-968-7670 Lluvia Montes Academic CoordinatorLMontes@tarleton.edu …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":580,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-912","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/trio\/author\/keegan-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/","display_name":"keegan"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 4 years ago","modified":"Updated 4 weeks ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on September 9, 2022","modified":"Updated on March 23, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on September 9, 2022 4:29 pm","modified":"Updated on March 23, 2026 1:53 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/trio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/trio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/trio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/trio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/trio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=912"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/trio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1465,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/trio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/912\/revisions\/1465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/trio\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/trio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}