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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.

Meet Our TRiO SSS Team

Alexa Winsor

Alexa Winsor

Director of TRiO Student Support Services
(719) 384-6835
alexa.winsor@otero.edu
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Bethany Bender

Bethany Bender

TRiO Advisor/Success Coach
(719) 384-6815
bethany.bender@otero.edu
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Joseph Eubank

Joseph Eubank

TRiO Advisor/Success Coach
(719) 384-6944
joseph.eubank@otero.edu
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Aaliyah Trujillo

Aaliyah Trujillo

TRiO Administrative Outreach Associate
(719) 384-6846
aaliyah.trujillo2@otero.edu
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