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Engineering alum strives to make college more accessible for disenfranchised students
Tina Akinyi recently joined GEAR UP Iowa as a GEAR UP coordinator through Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC). Akinyi immigrated from Nairobi in high school and attended Iowa State University to study engineering. Through learning more about postsecondary enrollment and persistence and while reflecting on her own experiences, she decided to shift her career path towards helping students. “If we can have more teachers, social workers, nurses, policymakers, college presidents, entrepreneurs, realtors, journalists, engineers, etcetera, from diverse backgrounds then we can begin to bring about the systemic change that our country desperately needs,” she said.