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My name is Emily Walker and this is my first year as the èßäÊÓƵ counselor for Portland Evening & Summer Scholars, although you might recognize me because I've worked the last four summers at Summer Scholars. Prior to that, I spent the last three èßäÊÓƵ years working as a èßäÊÓƵ counselor at Parkrose High School. Over the last ten years, I have worked or interned at over ten èßäÊÓƵs across the Portland area doing practically every job you can imagine in a èßäÊÓƵ.

 

I'm a proud Benson High School graduate, and was even a Summer Scholars student between my junior and senior year. I attended Mt. Hood Community College, The University of British Columbia, Lewis & Clark College and I'm the first in my family to graduate from college. I decided to become a èßäÊÓƵ counselor because frankly, I had very few èßäÊÓƵ staff in my life that I felt cared about me as a student, my social-emotional wellbeing, or what barriers I was facing when I was younger. I want to help make sure no student I come into contact with now has the same experience I did. I also became a èßäÊÓƵ counselor because I realized it was the best job you can have within a èßäÊÓƵ to help improve equity, and advocate for the academic success of all èßäÊÓƵ.