Melissa Crookston provides her professional background in student affairs in higher education as the Office of Community Outreach's Engagement Coordinator. She is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg with a Bachelor's degree in history and minors in both education and psychology. Crookston's combined exposure as a Graduate Area Coordinator, orientation Peer Leader, and advising work study culminates her passion for educational equity. Within her role in the office, Crookston assists in the creation of marketing tools and strategies to promote students' post-secondary goals.