Jennifer Roxas

ABOUT ME 

What is your name? 

Jenny Roxas

What is your role and organization at Stanford? 

Assistant Director of Career Catalysts at BEAM, Stanford Career Education

What is your educational and professional background? 

Jenny Roxas earned a B.A. in Anthropology, with a Certificate in Applied Cultural Anthropology and a minor in Italian from California State University, Chico, and M.S. in Student Affairs and Higher Education at Indiana State University. She has experience working throughout the U.S. and abroad. Her background includes building a youth employment training program in Oakland, CA for probation, foster, gang-affiliated and undocumented youth and building the foundation for an award-winning art career community at SUNY, Oswego in Central New York. Currently, she is an Assistant Director of Career Catalysts at BEAM, Stanford Career Education where she helps students define and explore what meaningful work is for themselves. She works with a team of three at the intersections of identity and career development focusing on tailoring programs and resources for underrepresented and marginalized student populations.

What year did you start at Stanford?

2018

Which is your immigration generation?

2nd Generation

Where are you (and/or your family) from in the Philippines?

Manila, P.I.

What is your favorite Filipino food?

Shrimp lumpia, sinigang, and turon

What do you do in your free time?

Travel, read, yoga, dance, kayak

One random fact about you.

I used to compete in dance when I was in high school and college.