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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Access and Opportunity Programs Representatives at Capitol Hill

April 14, 2022

A group shot of employees in front of the U.S. Capitol

TRIO professionals and students from across Idaho gathered on Capitol Hill recently to gain leadership skills and share the successes of Idaho programs with congressional offices.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ programs were represented by Dr. Sari Byerly, Assistant Vice President Access and Opportunity Programs; Amy Christensen, Director TRIO Veterans/President-Elect Idaho Association of TRIO Professionals; Samantha Jimenez Castro, MBA student and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ TRIO Alumni; Dalene Hunter, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ TRIO McNair Scholar and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ TRIO Student Support Services participant; Jo Do, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ TRIO McNair Scholar and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ TRIO Student Support Services participant; Maya Peters-Greño, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ TRIO McNair Scholar; and Leslie Maldonado, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ TRIO McNair Scholar.

Every year, TRIO professionals from across the United States and its territories gather on Capitol Hill to provide updates and advocacy for the TRIO programs. These programs, initially enacted as part of Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty in the 1960’s, are critical federal investments to the states to provide educational access to limited income, first-generation communities, as well as services to veterans, individuals with disabilities, and under-resourced communities.

 


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