What I do
I work with Enrollment Counselors and Latinx Student Services Coordinators to make sure they have the tools and information to assist students. I am responsible for getting staff out into schools and the community to promote the college and campus tours.
Biography
Jaime was born to seasonal migrant farmworker parents in a small village called Santa Fe in Nayarit, Mexico. His family followed the different harvests throughout Washington moving between: Grandview, Prosser, Whitstran, Sunnyside, Tonasket and Loomis. He lived the life of a migrant seasonal farmworker until 1988, when his family decided to settle in the small northern town of Bonners Ferry, Idaho next to the Canadian border.
At the age of 15, Jaime dropped out of school and moved out of his parents’ house to become a seasonal migrant farmworker along with his older siblings. He experienced what it truly meant to be out on his own while picking apples, working in potato warehouses and also working in Christmas tree nurseries during the winter months. After being out high school his entire freshman year, Jaime returned to high school for his sophomore year. As a result of missing freshman year, Jaime had to participate in several after school academic programs to make up for all the credits he missed.
In 1999, Jaime became the first in his family to graduate from high school. Later that summer he was awarded the College Assistance Migrant Program scholarship and became the first to attend a post-secondary institution at the University of Idaho. Jaime was active in student organizations. He served as president of Organización de Estudiantes Latino Americanos for two years and later co-founded Sigma Lambda Beta, the first Latino-based fraternity in the state of Idaho. In 2004 he graduated with degrees in Criminal Justice and Sociology.
Jaime was previously Director for the Washington State University College Assistance Migrant Program and Dare to Dream Summer Academies. It was rewarding to work for a program that impacted his life and the life of his family. While at WSU, Jaime was Chair for the Chicana/o Latina/o Staff & Faculty Association. In addition, Jaime served in several recruitment and outreach boards that focused on the recruitment of first generation students throughout Washington state while at the same time recruiting and conducting outreach to first generation parents himself.
In his free time, the most important thing he likes to do is socialize and hang out with family and friends. He loves to cook and enjoys the outdoors, or taking road trips to enjoy the scenery outside the city.
Education
- B.A. – University of Idaho
Service Area:
- Recruitment Team