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Biography
In
Spring of 2003 I graduated from Colorado State University with
a Masters of Science degree from the School of Education in Student
Affairs in Higher Education. My Masters thesis is entitled, "Chicano(a)
and Mexican-American College Students: Is there a Relationship
between Academic Self-Concept and Academic Achievement?".
In Fall of 2003 I will be starting a Ph.D. program in Educational
Policy and Leadership Studies with a concentration in the Foundation
of Education at the University of Kansas.
McNair
Research
Through the McNair Achievement Program I had the opportunity to
work with Dr. Fred Inaba, an Associate Professor in the Department
of Economics, on a summer research project. We identified and surveyed
Pacific Northwest companies who made regular shipments of freight
to Asia. We specifically targeted companies that had joined and
started Shipping Associations as a result of the Ocean Shipping
Reform Act of 1998-United States that had passed May of 1999. Shipping
Associations are non-profit organizations, which are controlled
by the membership. In theory, Shipping Associations would allow
small and medium shippers to compete effectively and competitively
through the concept of economies of scale with large shippers in
the United States. The Shipping Association membership hopes to
gain contracts and services that are equitable to large shippers
negotiations with carriers in their respective markets.
The project was finished and presented as both an oral and a poster
presentation at the McNair Scholar Summer Research Symposium on
July 28, 2000. Here is the abstract:
An
economic analysis and study of the ocean liner shipping industry
in response to the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998
The
goal of this paper is to see how small, medium and large shippers
react to changes in the ocean liner shipping industry in response
to the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998. It will focus primarily
on the importance of negotiating contracts with carriers and the
choice to use a shippers own leverage or the leverage of a third
party agent. We hypothesize that large shippers will be more
supportive of OSRA at negotiating favorable rates as compared to
small shippers. To explore our hypothesis we collected data from
a wide variety of industries that ship from Pacific Coast ports
to Asia. Finally, the paper discusses desirable shipments
through the eyes of carriers and shippers.
Research
Interests
At Colorado
State University my areas of research are in student development
and policy development when related to students of color at land-grant
institutions. My present research papers include:
- "Latina
Sororities: Instruments of Change and Voice in the Latina(o) Community"
- "A
Feminist Model from a Chicana Feminist Perspective"
- "The
Value of Non-cognitive Variables in the Recruitment and Retention
of Students"
Extra-Curricular
Activities
- Charter
Mother for Gamma Alpha Omega, Sorority Inc.
- Chair of
the ASWSU Asian Pacific American Student Coalition
- Co-creator
of the SHAPING Conference
- Student
Mentor for the College of Business and Economics
- Student
Mentor for the Office of Multicultural Student Services
- Student
Representative for the Presidential Strategic Planning Diversity
Design Team
- Student
Representative for the Presidential Commission on Ethnic Diversity
Issues
- Co-chair
of the Student of Color Network
Recognition
and Awards
- Phi Eta
Sigma National Honor Society
- The President's
Award in Leadership.
- Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. Distinguished Service Award
- Gabriel
Cardenas Award
- Asian Pacific
American Student Leader of the Year Award
- Hispanic
Scholarship Fund/Peirels Scholar
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