Denise Critchelow
Work and Learn Coordinator
Gateway Community and Technical College
Gateway Community and Technical College
Work and Learn Coordinator
I help students achieve their educational goals and become more confident in themselves.
My office has an open door policy-anyone can walk in at any time and recieve help. Students come by my office to share their educational accomplishments and then we celebrate. It doesn't matter whether the accomplishment is big or small, it's worth celebrating. We talk about life, how decisions impact our world, and why it's so important to make good decisions. When I'm not working with students, I'm in the community building partnerships so we can create an environment where people thrive.
Here's the first step for high school students
Start volunteering at a local non-profit to help understand the needs of the community. That is vital!
"No one really said anything outright but some people treated me as if I couldn't make my own way through college. That made me want to work harder to prove them wrong."