Q&A: Women of the UHCL community

To celebrate Women’s History Month, The Signal has launched the #HawkHerStory campaign in an effort to spotlight the stories and perspectives of the various women within the UHCL community. Below is a list of the current Q&A interviews with women within the UHCL community.

If you are interested in participating in The Signal’s #HawkHerStory campaign, contact us at thesignal@uhcl.edu. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: This list will be continuously updated, so be sure to check back as more Q&A’s are added to the list. The year at the end of the entry indicates what year their interview was added.

Students

• Lisa Jatta, member of Pathways to STEM (2021)
• Atalanda Cameron, environmental science major with a biology specialization (2021)
• Stephanie Perez, managing editor of outreach of The Signal (2021)
• Jessica Kunzat, audience engagement editor of The Signal (2021)
• Flor Gonzalez, student associate in the Office of Student Involvement and Leadership (2020)
• Sheridan Allison, student associate in the Office of Orientation and New Student Programs (2020)
• Ximena Flandes, VP  – Committee Coordinator of the Student Government Association (2020)
• Katherine Rodriguez, audience engagement editor of The Signal (2019)
• Alyssa Shotwell, online editor of The Signal (2019)
• Emily Wolfe, executive editor of The Signal (2019)

Faculty

• Heather Kanenberg, program director and associate professor of social work (2021)
• Lisa Jones, department chair for counseling, special education and diversity; and a professor of multicultural education (2021)
• Roberta Raymond, program coordinator of literacy, language arts and literature studies; and assistant professor (2021)
• Sarah Costello, assistant professor of art history (2019)
• Soma Datta, program chair of pre-engineering and assistant professor of software engineering (2019)
• Angela Howard, professor emeritus of history (2019)

Staff

• Laura Wilder, department assistant in finance operations (2021)
• Kathy Kirchner, associate director of the support center (2019)
• Angie Montelongo, director of orientation and new student programs (2019)

Administrators

• Gigi Do, associate vice president of global learning & strategy (2021)
• Evelyn Miralles, associate director of the support center (2021)
• Usha Mathew, associate vice president for finance (2019)
• Iliana Melendez, associate dean of students (2019)

Alumnae

• Angie Avera, psychology major (2021)
• Christy Harper, psychology major  (2021)
• Lily Alonso, art and design major (2021)
• Kenesha Sterling, business administration major (2021)
• Neesha Hosein, communications major (2021)
• Alexandria Zahirniak, art and design major  (2019)