Paola Puerta Dominguez

Paola currently serves as the Program Director for Career Communities: International Students, and Student Employees. She oversees both career interest communities, manages campus partner advisory boards, connects students with exploration and networking opportunities through alumni mentorship and engagement, and provides tailored programming and advising services.

In Paola's previous role with Career Exploration and Success, she served as a Career Advisor for International Students. Paola provided career counseling and advisement to both undergraduate/graduate students and served as the primary contact for issues pertaining to graduate students. She also served as a liaison and worked closely with Rutgers Global to better serve the growing international student population at Rutgers.

Prior to joining Career Exploration and Success, Paola served as a Residence Life Senior Program Coordinator at Rutgers, where she worked with the graduate/international student population by planning and executing programming initiatives. Before joining Rutgers in 2014, Paola worked at Pace University as a Career Counselor.

Paola earned her bachelor's degree in Psychology from Rutgers University-New Brunswick and a master's degree in Higher Education Administration with a concentration in Academic and Developmental Analysis from Teachers College, Columbia University. Paola is also a non-matriculated student at Rutgers, where I have taken courses in Race Ethnicity and Inequality, Urban Education, Multicultural Issues, and Immigration Law.