As a professional working in the higher education realm for over 10 years and as a graduate of the Higher Education and Student Affairs program at the University of South Carolina, I am committed to fostering student development in college through programming and innovation!


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About Me

Stephanie Suarez serves as our Associate Director of Persistence. Stephanie earned her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education with a minor in Mass Communication at Florida International University (FIU) in 2012 and her Master of Education in Higher Education and Student Affairs from the University of South Carolina in 2014. She has spent the last ten years working in the higher education realm fostering student development in college through various events and extracurricular programs designed to help students gain leadership skills, expand their interpersonal skills, and assist them with their overall retention and success in college.


Stephanie believes in helping students grow as individuals by creating events and programs that target skills students need to succeed both inside and outside of the classroom and encouraging them to go outside of their comfort zone to engage in the world around them. She spends her free time learning how to ice skate, reading fiction, and traveling whenever she gets the chance.

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