Roshanda Pinson
Roshanda has six years of experience with college access programs and has worked in state colleges and universities providing academic and personal support to first generation and limited income students as a Counselor/Advisor, and then Program Manager of the Student Support Services (SSS) Program. Roshanda also had oversight of the SSS Peer Coach program where she led the recruitment, training, and leadership development of top program participants.
Most recently, Roshanda served as a School Social Worker and McKinney-Vento liaison for Hillsborough County Public Schools, Florida. In this role, she connected students and families experiencing homelessness with school and community resources, operated an onsite food pantry and weekend backpack program to address food insecurity, and the identification and removal of barriers to school attendance. Roshanda is a Wisconsin native currently residing in Tampa, Florida. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism & Media Communication and a Master’s degree in Administrative Leadership with a concentration in Higher Education Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Central Florida.