Karla Pesantez

Karla Pesantez, M.A. currently serves as the Assistant Director of Career Advising and Assistant Director of Student Experience at St. John's University Career Services, where responsibilities include designing career programs, managing office operations, and supervising a team of student workers. Karla has extensive experience in recruitment as a Talent Acquisition Lead for Stott and May and as a Sales Recruiter at Salt, with demonstrated success in building candidate pipelines and meeting placement quotas. Previous roles include Career Services Advisor at SAE Institute North America, Assistant Director of Employer Development at Pace University, and Adjunct Professor at Pace University - Lubin School of Business. Karla holds a Master’s Degree in General Psychology from Adelphi University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from St. John's University.