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Alamo Colleges District

Alamo Colleges District

Bexar County
Downtown San Antonio
Est. 1945

Serving the Bexar County community through its programs and services that help students succeed in acquiring the knowledge and skills needed in today's world. Today, five colleges fulfill this promise with a vast array of courses and 2-year degrees.
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Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Bexar County
Est. 2007

Northeast Lakeview College provides access to quality academic programs and career and technical courses that prepare students for future success in in-demand careers.
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Northwest Vista College

Northwest Vista College

Northwest San Antonio
Est. 1995

Creating opportunities for success by offering quality academic, technical and life-long learning experiences to its diverse communities in a collaborative, student-centered, data-informed and shared leadership environment.
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Palo Alto College

Palo Alto College

South San Antonio
Est. 1985

Palo Alto College is committed to building a college-going culture in our community through a new community effort, Educate South. This exciting new initiative focuses on beginning educational awareness at the earliest years.
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St. Philip's College

St. Philip's College

East and Southwest
San Antonio
Est. 1898

A comprehensive public community college whose mission is to empower our diverse student population through educational achievement and career readiness.
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San Antonio College

San Antonio College

Midtown
Est. 1925

San Antonio College has been named the top community college in the nation by the Aspen Institute, and is ranked among the Top 10 colleges for Hispanics by Hispanic Outlook Magazine.
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Northwest Vista College

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Faculty-Student Mentors Program

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Associate of Applied Science Programs – Career and Technical Education

Our Programs Include: Associate of Applied Science – Career and Technical Education, Associate of Arts, Associate of Science Degrees. a variety of Certificates, and more.

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Dr. Sophia Pina

Pina, Dr. Sophia

Title: Professor

Department: Physical & Natural Sciences

Email: sguardiola@alamo.edu

About Dr. Sophia Pina

Institute: Health & BioSciences

Education:

PhD | Our Lady of the Lake University

Preference:

Students with interest in health related careers.

Experience:

Over 20 years experience working at UT Health San Antonio in research, teaching and administration.

Bio:

I am a native of San Antonio and attended Providence High School and Our Lady of the Lake University. I earned my PhD in Microbiology and loved it. I served as the Assistant Dean at the Graduate School at UT Health and the Associate Dean for Students Affairs at UIW School of Osteopathic Medicine. I am now doing what I love most and that is, helping to educate students with an interest to help others through science and medicine.

Outside of working at NVC, I enjoy spending time with my family. I have been married over 30 years, and have 3 kids and 1 grandbaby. My kids are 27, 25 and 21. I am a volunteer at my church and also enjoy traveling and baking.