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Current Position: Executive Director and Senior Vice President First Nations Oweesta Corporation Mr. Panamaroff is an enrolled member of the Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak, Alaska and a descendent of the Koniag Alaskan Native Cooperation. Prior to joining OweestaJon had spent his professional career in finance and Native American economic development.  He worked as Northwest Zone Credit … Read more

Current Position: Residential Faculty and Writing Program Administrator, English Department Mesa Community College (Mesa, AZ) Dr. Micheal Callaway entered the TRIO McNair Program at Eastern Washington University in the summer after his sophomore year, in 1998. He completed a second summer of McNair research in 1999 and worked for the program teaching GRE preparation in … Read more

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Chicano Studies, Eastern Washington University During Dr. Martin Meraz García’s junior year at Eastern Washington University, he was introduced to the TRIO Ronald E. McNair Scholar Program. His decision to apply to the program was to have life changing consequences. In his own words: “The program opened the door to a … Read more

Current Position: Acute Care Physical Therapist Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital Rita Davis earned her Master’s in Physical Therapy from Eastern Washington University in 2000.  That year, she also was awarded the Minority Scholarship Award from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). She began work at the Yakima Regional Medial Cardiac Center in 2007, and completed … Read more