Jaclyn Rodriguez

She/Her/Hers Director: Office of First Generation Student Success and Opportunity Scholars, University of Memphis

Jacki Rodriguez is the Director of the Office of First Generation Student Success at the University of Memphis. She has over 12 years experience in higher education. Throughout her tenure at the UofM, she has advocated and built resources to support and engage with first-generation and DACA and undocumented students. As Director of Opportunity Scholars, a DACA and undocumented scholarship and leadership program, she has partnered with Equal Chance for Education to build a highly successful program that awards over $25,000 to cover out-of-state fees to every DACA or undocumented student in the program.

Email Address	jpsavell@memphis.edu
State	Tennessee
Webpage	http://www.equalchanceforeducation.org,%20www.memphis.edu/opportunity
Main area of practice	Academic Advising/Support College Access Financial Aid/Funding Legal Services/Immigration Student Services/Co-Curricular
Specializes in These Areas	Latinx First-Generation Socioeconomic Status Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI)
Examples of current or past work	Past work 1 (application) Past work 2 (application)
Aspirations for this online directory	To build a network of support and research with others working in the same field
I'm open to...	Networking, Mentoring, Consulting for a fee

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