Meet the Admissions Student Ambassadors

Who are the Visit Ambassadors?

Formerly known as the “CREW in Blue”, Visit Ambassadors serve as the front line for all guests and visitors to campus. These are current Roadrunners on the path to success through student involvement and academics. Come visit campus and meet our ambassadors!

MEET KATELYN (She/Hers)

Major: History

Hometown: Brighton, CO

Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Place to Eat: Starbucks
Favorite Candy: 100 Grand Bar
Favorite Movie: Mulan
Favorite Book: Cinder
Favorite TV Show/s: Loki and other Marvel shows
What/Who Inspires you? Other teachers
Who Would Play You In A Movie? I have no idea
Anywhere in Colorado/Denver You Recommend? National Museum of Science and History
Things Involved With At MSU Denver: Tour Guide
Hobbies Outside Of MSU Denver: Reading and playing DnD

*First time college student

MEET Charlie (He/Him/El)

Major: Aerospace & Aviation Industry Management

Hometown: Denver, CO

Favorite Color: Dark Blue
Favorite Place to Eat: The table out in my garden
Favorite Candy: Palisade Peaches
Favorite Movie: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
Favorite Book: Sophie’s World
Favorite TV Show/s: King of the Hill
What/Who Inspires you? My Parents/ The Idea of Humanity becoming an interplanetary species
Who Would Play You In A Movie? Dwayne Johnson
Anywhere in Colorado/Denver You Recommend? The whole thing/ I love it here
Things Involved With At MSU Denver: SpaceTech Scholars
Hobbies Outside Of MSU Denver: Cycling & gaming & learning

Transfer student; First generation college student

MEET KIRSTIE (She/Hers)

Major: English

Hometown: Parker, CO

Favorite Color: Olive Green
Favorite Place to Eat: Lazy Dog or Fuzzy’s Taco Shop
Favorite Candy: Airhead Xtremes
Favorite Movie: 10 Things I Hate About You 
Favorite Book: “Hit” series by Delilah S. Dawson 
Favorite TV Show/s: One Tree Hill & New Girl 
What/Who Inspires you? My mom and her resilience throughout her life.
Who Would Play You In A Movie? Amanda Seyfried or Margot Robbie
Anywhere in Colorado/Denver You Recommend? Denver Museum of Nature Science & Andy’s Frozen Custard 
Things Involved With At MSU Denver: Visit Ambassadors
Hobbies Outside Of MSU Denver: Hiking, Writing, Hanging out with my dog

Transfer Student

MEET KATE (She/Hers)

Major: Brewery Operations

Hometown: Hillsdale, MI

Favorite Color: Pink and Blue
Favorite Place to Eat: Golden Saigon
Favorite Candy: Hershey’s Symphony Bar
Favorite Movie: Shrek 2
Favorite Book: Anne of Green Gables
Favorite TV Show/s: Bridgerton
What/Who Inspires you? Acts of kindness
Who Would Play You In A Movie? The villain
Anywhere in Colorado/Denver You Recommend? Golden Saigon
Things Involved With At MSU Denver: Hospitality club
Hobbies Outside Of MSU Denver: Video games, reading, yoga

First time college student

MEET DAVID R (He/Him)

Major: History

Hometown: Denver, CO

Favorite Color: Bright yellow
Favorite Place to Eat: Ship Tavern in the Brown Palace
Favorite Candy: Israeli chocolate
Favorite Movie: Yellow Submarine
Favorite Book: Tales of the Frontier
Favorite TV Show/s: Gravity Falls, Mysteries at the Museum
What/Who Inspires you? My Family, The Beatles, Golda Meir, My professors
Who Would Play You In A Movie? Myself
Anywhere in Colorado/Denver You Recommend? The Brown Palace and the entire town of Glenwood Springs
Things Involved With At MSU Denver: History Club, Chabad of Auraria, History Department Work-Study
Hobbies Outside Of MSU Denver: Exploring parks and hiking, walking around the city, listening to records and reading Marvel comics and history stories

First time college student

MEET JAILENE (She/Hers)

Major: Biology

Hometown: Long Beach, CA

Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Place to Eat: Noodles & Company
Favorite Candy: Nerds Ropes
Favorite Movie:
Favorite Book: Anything James Patterson
Favorite TV Show/s: Greys Anatomy
What/Who Inspires you? Being the first one to go to college, my family
Who Would Play You In A Movie?
Anywhere in Colorado/Denver You Recommend? Red Rocks
Things Involved With At MSU Denver: TRiO, MSU champions
Hobbies Outside Of MSU Denver: Anything outdoors

First-generation college student

MEET DAVID B (He/Him)

Major: History

Hometown: Thorton, CO

Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Place to Eat: Pizza Hut
Favorite Candy: Mike & Ike
Favorite Movie: Halloween
Favorite Book: The Shining
Favorite TV Show/s: Law & Order
What/Who Inspires you? Jackie Chan
Who Would Play You In A Movie? No Idea
Anywhere in Colorado/Denver You Recommend? Colorado Springs
Things Involved With At MSU Denver: Events
Hobbies Outside Of MSU Denver: Basketball

Transfer Student

MEET FRIDA (She/Her/Hers)

Major: Biology

Hometown: Chihuahua, México

Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Place to Eat: CDs Wings
Favorite Candy: Chocolate
Favorite Movie:
Favorite Book: Cien Años de Soledad
Favorite TV Show/s: The Walking Dead
What/Who Inspires you? My parents
Who Would Play You In A Movie?
Anywhere in Colorado/Denver You Recommend? Garden of the Gods
Things Involved With At MSU Denver: Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority Inc.
Hobbies Outside Of MSU Denver: reading and hiking

First-Time College Student

MEET SAM (She/Her/Hers)

Major: Social Work

Hometown: Mead, CO

Favorite Color: Blue, Purple and Green
Favorite Place to Eat: My Grandma’s house
Favorite Candy: Sour Patch Kids
Favorite Movie: The Princess Bride
Favorite Book: The Secret Life of Bees
Favorite TV Show/s: Jane the Virgin and Psych
What/Who Inspires you? Learning from other women in Social Work
Who Would Play You In A Movie? I think I would prefer to be animated. But my voice actor would be Kristen Bell
Anywhere in Colorado/Denver You Recommend? Garden of the Gods
Things Involved With At MSU Denver: Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority Inc., Social Work Student Advisory Council
Hobbies Outside Of MSU Denver: Reading, crochet, learning how to grow different plants

First-Time College Student

MEET Elle (She/Her/Hers)

Major: English

Hometown: Castle Rock, CO

Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Place to Eat: Taco Bell
Favorite Candy: 
Favorite Movie: Mama Mia
Favorite Book: Magnolia Parks
Favorite TV Show/s: Supernatural
What/Who Inspires you? Music inspires me
Who Would Play You In A Movie? 
Anywhere in Colorado/Denver You Recommend? Any Taco Bell in your area
Things Involved With At MSU Denver:
Hobbies Outside Of MSU Denver: Reading, music and art

MEET Paul (He/Him/His)

Major: Psychology

Hometown: Monument, CO

Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Place to Eat: Rodizio’s
Favorite Candy: Sour Patch Kids
Favorite Movie: The Thing (1982)
Favorite Book: Kenobi
Favorite TV Show/s: Better Call Saul and Impractical Jokers
What/Who Inspires you? Creative storytellers like Sam Lake and Kojima
Who Would Play You In A Movie? Daniel Radcliffe
Anywhere in Colorado/Denver You Recommend? Nocturne
Things Involved With At MSU Denver: 
Hobbies Outside Of MSU Denver: Video Games, Cooking

Transfer Student

MEET Amina (She/Her/Hers)

Major:Double Majoring in Computer Science & Data Science and Machine Learning

Hometown: Denver, CO

Favorite Color: Orange & Pink
Favorite Place to Eat: 
Favorite Candy: Cotton Candy
Favorite Movie: Sweet and Sour, Aristocrats, and Lady and the Tramp
Favorite Book: 
Favorite TV Show/s Marry my husband, It’s okay to not be okay
What/Who Inspires you? My parents!
Who Would Play You In A Movie? 
Anywhere in Colorado/Denver You Recommend? The Mountains
Things Involved With At MSU Denver: Girls who Code
Hobbies Outside Of MSU Denver: Exploring (having adventures), swimming, photography, baking/cooking

Transfer student

MEET Omar (He/Him/His)

Major: Economics & Finance

Hometown: Fort Collins, CO

Favorite Color: Teal
Favorite Place to Eat: Osaka Ramen
Favorite Candy: 
Favorite Movie: 
Favorite Book: The Book of Five Rings
Favorite TV Show/s: Breaking Bad
What/Who Inspires you? My brothers inspire me the most
Who Would Play You In A Movie? 
Anywhere in Colorado/Denver You Recommend? Gunnison National Park
Things Involved With At MSU Denver: MSU Denver Honors
Hobbies Outside Of MSU Denver: Trying new foods & solo adventures

MEET Kat (She/Her)

Major: Communication Studies with Psychology Minor 

Hometown: Orlando, FL

Favorite Color: Orange & Green
Favorite Place to Eat: New York Bagel Deli 
Favorite Candy: Rocky Mountain Chocolate Almond Bears 
Favorite Movie: La La Land
Favorite Book: Anna Karenina
Favorite TV Show/s House Hunters
What/Who Inspires you? People & Nature
Who Would Play You In A Movie? Clumsy female lead in a RomCom
Anywhere in Colorado/Denver You Recommend? Moxie Eatery
Things Involved With At MSU Denver: Phi Theta Kappa, so far!
Hobbies Outside Of MSU Denver: Soccer, Volleyball, Film, Eating, and Hiking

Out-of-state Transfer student

MEET Artrmis (She/Her)

Major: Advanced Robotics

Hometown: Pocatello, ID

Favorite Color: Purple, especially metallic purple.
Favorite Place to Eat: Oh, that’s tricky! My house, if I’m cooking. If I’m going out? I really like iPie in the Tivoli! 
Favorite Candy: Saltwater taffy.
Favorite Movie: Interstellar 
Favorite Book: The Foundation Novels by Isaac Asimov
Favorite TV Show/s: The Flash (The CW show) 
What/Who Inspires you? The collective potential of humanity. We can be so much more, so much better than we currently are.
Who Would Play You In A Movie? A character that is a genuine representation of trans lives and trans joy, without any of the harmful tropes.
Anywhere in Colorado/Denver You Recommend? The Aquarium, 16th Street Mall, and the Auraria Campus (especially MSU Denver *wink, wink*)

Things Involved With At MSU Denver: President of the Digital Media Club, Member of the MSU Denver Leftist Book Club, and Member of the Girls Who Code College Loops MSU Denver Chapter
Hobbies Outside Of MSU Denver: Photography, camping, archery. I also do a lot of advocacy writing and indie journalism for a national media non-profit called Real Progressives.

Readmit, Transfer and First-Generation College student