Staff Highlight: Ms. Cortinas
We are excited to welcome back Ms. Cortinas, our College and Career Readiness Advisor. Her passion for College and Career readiness is undeniable and she is so excited to get started and help as many students as she possibly can!
Education: Bachelor of Human Development and Family Studies from the University of Houston- Main Campus
Background: Ms. Cortinas was born and raised here in Houston, Texas and has been assisting students with college readiness since she graduated college in December of 2019.
Hobbies: Yoga, going to farmers markets, estate sale shopping, thrifting, decorating her apartment, and playing with her dogs.
At Energy: Ms. Cortinas is available to help students from all grade levels as they contemplate and plan for their future after high school. However, her day-to-day tasks involve helping senior students find best fits for college, complete college applications, apply for financial aid, find scholarships, as well as with matriculation tasks such as logging in to college portals, accepting and comparing financial aid packages, etc.
Applying to colleges and financial aid can be very overwhelming and time consuming so her goal is to provide students with the resources and tools that they will need to be successful while still holding students accountable in preparation for the independence and autonomy they will experience after graduation.
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