Michelle Vargas

Michelle Vargas currently serves as an Admissions Counselor at Plaza College and as a Community Coordinator at Beyond Academy, where responsibilities include fostering an inclusive community in New York through engaging events and workshops. Prior experience encompasses roles such as Operations Support at Relay Graduate School of Education, Associate in Paid Social at MediaCom, and a Basta Fellow at projectBASTA, focused on career preparation for first-generation college students. Additional internships at #WeAllGrow Latina and Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson provided valuable experience in social media and fundraising. Michelle holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a concentration in Criminology, alongside minors in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Spanish from SUNY New Paltz.