2021 Cohort
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Created Fellow Page - 2021
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;Name: Marquita Shantell Valdez
;School (Cohort): Utah Valley University (2021 cohort)
;Majoring in: Criminal Justice
;Country: United States of America
;Email: [[Special:EmailUser/Shantellvaldez]]
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==Bio==
Marquita is a University Innovation Fellow at Utah Valley University in Orem Utah. She is majoring in Criminal Justice with a minor in Entrepreneurship and a concentration in leadership. She is the founder of Breaking Barriers Utah a non profit that helps individuals with diverse backgrounds and diverse struggles. Her focus is in re-entry reform. She is a non-traditional student and a mother of four daughters. She intends to change laws and initiate alternative sentencing. Marquita grew up in Ogden, Utah the only girl of five children. Her life experience gives Marquita a fresh and new perspective on the workings of the Criminal Justice system. Marquita supports and promotes equality and inclusiveness. She finds joy in helping others find a future through higher education, especially those with incarceration or substance abuse backgrounds.
Marquita seeks to change the worlds view on the value of others. She is a energetic and outgoing individual with ambition. Experiences within her own life have taught her resilience and strength, her story changes lives and her passion is contagious.
==Achievements==
Marquita is the President of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars UVU Chapter,
A student Lead in the UVU Center for student advancement and Leadership Non- traditional cohort,
Vice President of the RAICES Club
and the Founder of a non-profit that continues to lead others to higher education.
==Social media profiles==
[[Category:Utah Valley University (2021 cohort)]]
[[Category:Student Contributors]]
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;Name: Marquita Shantell Valdez
;School (Cohort): Utah Valley University (2021 cohort)
;Majoring in: Criminal Justice
;Country: United States of America
;Email: [[Special:EmailUser/Shantellvaldez]]
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==Bio==
Marquita is a University Innovation Fellow at Utah Valley University in Orem Utah. She is majoring in Criminal Justice with a minor in Entrepreneurship and a concentration in leadership. She is the founder of Breaking Barriers Utah a non profit that helps individuals with diverse backgrounds and diverse struggles. Her focus is in re-entry reform. She is a non-traditional student and a mother of four daughters. She intends to change laws and initiate alternative sentencing. Marquita grew up in Ogden, Utah the only girl of five children. Her life experience gives Marquita a fresh and new perspective on the workings of the Criminal Justice system. Marquita supports and promotes equality and inclusiveness. She finds joy in helping others find a future through higher education, especially those with incarceration or substance abuse backgrounds.
Marquita seeks to change the worlds view on the value of others. She is a energetic and outgoing individual with ambition. Experiences within her own life have taught her resilience and strength, her story changes lives and her passion is contagious.
==Achievements==
Marquita is the President of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars UVU Chapter,
A student Lead in the UVU Center for student advancement and Leadership Non- traditional cohort,
Vice President of the RAICES Club
and the Founder of a non-profit that continues to lead others to higher education.
==Social media profiles==
[[Category:Utah Valley University (2021 cohort)]]
[[Category:Student Contributors]]
{{CatTree|Utah Valley University}}