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Patricia Gonzalez serves as the Dean of Scholar Support at the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, where responsibilities include providing academic, transition, career development, and financial advising to over 100 scholarship recipients. With a strong background in educational advising, Patricia has held various roles, including Senior Educational Adviser and Educational Adviser at Northern Virginia Community College, where management of community partnership initiatives supported educational access for 50,000 students. Previous positions include coordination of professional development and community service initiatives as part of the Women’s Leadership Institute at SUNY Geneseo and school counseling roles in multiple educational settings. Patricia holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Syracuse University, an M.S.Ed. in Counselor Education from SUNY College at Brockport, and has completed doctoral coursework in Higher Education Administration at the State University of New York at Buffalo.