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What is TRiO?

TRiO Student Support Services provides one-on-one assistance to first generation and income eligible students, and students with disabilities. TRiO seeks to foster and promote a student’s academic, professional and personal growth while they are a part of the program.

TRiO Services

  • Financial Aid Assistance and Resources
  • Tutorial Services – Individual, Group, or Drop-In Tutoring
  • Workshops and cultural events – skills, budgeting, and museum tours, etc.
  • Transfer tours – tours each semester to a four-year institution
  • Services provided free of charge to TRiO Student Support Services participants.

Eligibility

Students must meet one or more of the following criteria:

  1. First-generation: A student whose parents have never earned a bachelor’s degree.
  2. Income Eligible: An individual whose family’s taxable income for the preceding year did not exceed 150% of the poverty level.
  3. A student who has a documented disability.
Required Forms
Additional Forms
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Meet Our TRiO SSS Team

Alexa Winsor

Director of TRiO Student Support Services
(719) 384-6835
alexa.winsor@otero.edu
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I have been a part of TRiO for going on seven years now! As an Otero TRiO alumni, I went on and received a bachelors of Business Administration at UCCS. When I’m not at work I love spending time with my husband and one year old daughter outside, whether it be camping or golfing. I look forward to helping students grow academically and professionally.

Bethany Bender

TRiO Advisor/Success Coach
(719) 384-6815
bethany.bender@otero.edu
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I earned a Bachelors in Environmental Sustainability from UNC in 2015. I am the self-proclaimed hometown hippy after leaving the valley for only eight years. In the next few years I plan on continuing my exploration, while loving my family of fur babies and working my contemporary homestead.

Joseph Eubank

Joseph Eubank

TRiO Advisor/Success Coach
(719) 384-6944
joseph.eubank@otero.edu
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I received an Associate of Arts from Otero College in 2019 and a Bachelors in Geography, Environmental Studies, and Sustainability from UCCS in 2021. I advise and plan events for TRiO, and its one of my favorite things to see positive growth in students every semester. Outside of work, I love to play guitar, take adventures with my wife, and read or watch tons of fantasy shows and books, and play D&D. It would be a dream of mine to produce my own travel show that highlights global food and culture.

Aaliyah Trujillo

Aaliyah Trujillo

TRiO Administrative Outreach Associate
(719) 384-6846
aaliyah.trujillo2@otero.edu
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I’m a middle child of five! I have been the first to attend college and graduate. I am a TRiO SSS alumni. TRiO helped me to branch out and try new things. It’s okay to be scared, just put your best foot forward every day for you! In the future, I hope to continue to travel the world and create new experiences.

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