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If you are interested in a training, please contact GITA at [email protected] with 4–6-week notice. 

Trainings Offered

Additional Trainings

Additional Trainings Offered through Committees Associated with GITA: 

  • Undocupeers (Contact Gregor Mieder, ([email protected]), Immigrant Services, MSU Denver) 

Groups of Past Trainees

  • Staff, The Gathering Place, Denver, Colorado 
  • Staff & Youth Educators, Project PAVE, Denver, Colorado 
  • CAMP Awardees, College Assistance Migrant Program, MSU Denver 
  • Staff, Undocumented Student Services, UC San Diego 
  • Interns & Educators, Phoenix Center of Auraria, Auraria Campus 
  • Teaching Assistants, Undergraduate Studies, MSU Denver. 
  • Learning Assistants, Undergraduate Studies, MSU Denver. 
  • Supplementary Instructors, Undergraduate Studies, MSU Denver. 
  • Staff, Campus Recreation, MSU Denver 
  • Peer Mentors & Staff, C2Hub, MSU Denver  
  • Staff, 1st Gen Initiatives, MSU Denver 
  • Orientation Leaders, Orientation, Transition & Retention, MSU Denver 
  • Staff, Immigrant Services Program, MSU Denver 
  • Members, ΣΛΓ (Auraria Gammas), MSU Denver 

GITA's Trainers

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Soj Sirivanchai

Soj Sirivanchai completed their B.S. in Biology, minoring in Chemistry from The University of Colorado, Denver. They then went on to complete a Master of Science in Microbiology from the University of California, Berkeley. As the first person in their family to attend college, Soj is most passionate about increasing access to higher education for historically underrepresented folks. In their past career as an educator, Soj cultivated key facilitation skills. Since joining MSU Denver in 2017, Soj has trained hundreds of faculty, staff and students in current social justice issues.

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Netty Rodriguez Arauz

Netty Rodriguez Arauz received their MA in Women’s Studies from San Diego State University and their BA in Chicana/o Studies and English Literature from UC Santa Barbara. They moved to Denver in 2008 and joined the MSU Denver Gender Institute for Teaching and Advocacy as Affiliate Faculty soon thereafter. Netty also worked as a Violence Prevention Educator and Coordinator for Project PAVE, a non-profit organization in Denver whose mission is to empower youth to end the cycle of relationship violence. Netty has a particular interest in representations in media and popular culture, with an undeniable love for horror movies!

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Nastasia Santana

Nastasia (they/them) graduated from MSU Denver in Spring 2021 with a B.A. in Gender, Women, and Sexualities Studies with a Minor in Psychology. They joined GITA back in late 2019 as a student GITA Team Member and continued as part of the GITA family post-graduation as a workshop educator for the Public Feminism Lab and trainer/facilitator for GITA's Anti-Oppression and Social Justice trainings. Nastasia joined the team as Department Coordinator in Fall 2024. They're a transplant from the east coast and have dozens of hobbies and creative pursuits they'll enthuse about with anyone who'll listen!

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