{"id":142948,"date":"2022-09-28T11:37:44","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T17:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=142948"},"modified":"2022-09-28T11:37:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T17:37:45","slug":"meet-a-mountain-lion-angello-soto-admissions-counselor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=142948","title":{"rendered":"Meet a Mountain Lion: Angello Soto, Admissions Counselor"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\"\"
Angello Soto is an Admissions Counselor at UCCS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

“Meet a Mountain Lion” is a series of stories introducing members of the UCCS community to campus. Meet Angello Soto, an Admissions Counselor at UCCS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Tell us about your background, and what brought you to UCCS.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I was born and raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado and attended St. Mary’s High School, so the love for my hometown runs deep. I had initially attended college near the Chicago area, but due to health reasons, returned home. From there I knew I wanted to earn my degree, so I was fortunate enough to discover a wonderful institution in my own backyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. What do you do at UCCS?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I am fortunate enough to work at UCCS in the Office of Admissions as an Admissions Counselor. I am responsible for recruiting and assisting students through the admissions process. What I enjoy about my role is helping students discover the different opportunities UCCS has to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. What do you love about UCCS?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The best aspect of UCCS that I enjoyed as a student and now as professional staff is the support that I have received throughout my time here. Whenever I needed something, I felt comfortable enough to turn to professors, classmates, and colleagues. Although many colleges promote support, UCCS embodies what it means to be a part of a community that has your back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. What are you working on right now?       <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I am fortunate enough to be a graduate student, pursuing my Master’s in Leadership with an emphasis in Student Affairs in Higher Education. I am also planning recruitment efforts for the El Paso County area for this upcoming fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. What energizes you at your job?      <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The people that I work with energize me because of the support and confidence they instill in me and my abilities. I also love working with students and their families who are excited about starting their college journey at UCCS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. What’s an accomplishment you’re proud of?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I am proud to say that I graduated college debt-free, by working all four years during my undergrad. This was not an easy accomplishment, and I also owe the congratulations to my family, who supported my efforts and encouraged me along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. What’s a goal you have for the future?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A goal that I have for the future is to become the best student affairs professional that I can be, serving students in the community I grew up in and showing them that anything is possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. What do you do with your free time?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I enjoy watching sports (Go Nuggets and Broncos) and spending time with family and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. What’s the best compliment you’ve ever received?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The best compliment I have received was that I will go above and beyond for others and that I am someone people look up to. I try and remember those words to inspire me to be better than I was yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Do you know a Mountain Lion that UCCS should meet? We want to hear all about them!<\/a> Invite them to share their story, and we’ll tell it to the UCCS community.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meet Angello Soto, an Admissions Counselor at UCCS, as part of the “Meet a Mountain Lion” series. (More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":142964,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,49,9],"tags":[65,331,443,332],"class_list":["post-142948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-campus-announcements","category-personnel","tag-admissions-and-records","tag-campus-announcements","tag-meet-a-mountain-lion","tag-more-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Communique-Featured-Image-1400-x-1052-px-double-size-21.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-BbC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142948"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142963,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142948\/revisions\/142963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/142964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}