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Jesse Hendrix

Jesse (he/him) joined College Possible Texas (formerly College Forward) in November of 2021 after serving as the Director of College Persistence at KIPP Texas Public Schools. In Jesse’s role at KIPP, he led the implementation of the post-secondary success strategic…

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Richard Tagle

Richard Tagle is the Chief Executive Officer at the Andy Roddick Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation, he served as Senior Program Officer for the United States Conference of Mayors, Chief of Staff at Public Education Network, Chief Executive Officer…

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Hannah Barclay

Hannah oversees College Possible programming at Austin Community College. She obtained a bachelor's degree in psychology from The University of Texas at Austin (Hook 'em!) and went on to get an M.F.A. in writing and publishing from Emerson College. As…

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Colleen Bell

Colleen possesses 20 years of experience leading nonprofits and businesses focused on education, music, entertainment, and sports. She was previously a Director of Operations for School of Rock’s international after school music franchise, a roller derby founder and the President…

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Czar Dulatre

Czar is the AmeriCorps Recruitment and Operations Manager. As a first-generation college student, Czar is passionate about College Possible’s mission. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology at St. Edward’s University. Czar previously served two AmeriCorps terms as a College…

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Rana Emerson

With more than 25 years working in education and non-profits, Rana Emerson joined the College Possible Texas team in October, 2022 after working at the George Gervin Academy Charter School in San Antonio as the Compliance Officer. At Gervin she…

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Sarah Fielder

Sarah has been an Advising Specialist on the Virtual Access Team since October. She graduated from Missouri State with a BS in Dance and BA in Global Studies. She spent 4 years in Austin, TX, and is now based in…

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Zachary Gutierrez

Zack has been an Advising Specialist on the Virtual Access Team since October. He is from Austin, Texas and currently resides in the area. He graduated from Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi with a Bachelor's degree in Political Science…

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Iram J. Leon

Iram Leon comes to College Possible Texas after realizing that much of his life’s forward progress comes from being the first person in his family to graduate from college. Immigrating from Mexico to a small town in west Texas, it…

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Melody Lipford

Melody has been an Advising Specialist on the Virtual Access Team since October. She is originally from Virginia and relocated to Lubbock, Texas in July. She hopes to be a permanent College Advisor. After undergrad, Melody served as an AmeriCorps…

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