Joél Orozco Almeida (He/Him/Él) is originally from Yépomera Chihuahua, Mexico, and moved to the United States when he was 15. He obtained a bachelor’s in behavioral science from the Metropolitan State University of Denver and a master’s in education administration in Student Affairs from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Currently, he is a Ph.D. student in the Higher Educational Leadership program at CSU. Joél has spent the past decade working in multiple roles, directly supporting historically disenfranchised student populations on college campuses, including students of color and immigrant communities. Joél enjoys trying different cultural foods, and his main hobbies include Latin dancing, playing pickleball, mountain hiking, and traveling.