2025-2026 AAHHE Graduate Student Fellows 

Yanira Amadeo
Family Science and Human Development
Montclair State University 

Kelly Andrade
Higher Education
Rutgers University 

Tabatha Cruz
Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (Higher Education track)
University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 

Eleanor "Ellie" Estrada
Communications
University of Utah

Francheska Jimenez
Higher & Postsecondary Education
Teachers College, Columbia University

Xiomara Medina
Counselor Education
Bowie State University

Geidy Mendez
Political Science
University of California-Irvine 

Monique Posadas
School of Educational Studies
Claremont Graduate University 

Armando A. Rijo
Executive Ph.D. Program in Urban Higher Education | College of Education and Human Development
Jackson State University 

Jeremy Rodríguez Vargas
Chemistry Department, Graduate Chemistry Program
University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras 

Omar Sánchez
Kinesiology: Adapted Physical Education
The Ohio State University 

Jessica Stamp
Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies
Howard University