Rommel Aguilar

Title: Assistant Director
(he/him/él)

Groups: I AM FIRST STAFF, Professional Faculty & Staff

“Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.”
– César Chávez
Contact Rommel at 703-993-2700 or e-mail: firstgen@gmu.edu with the text “Attn: Rommel” in the subject line.

Nakia Waters

Title: Assistant Director (she/her/hers)

Groups: I AM FIRST STAFF, Professional Faculty & Staff

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. IT DOES.”

– William James

Contact Nakia at 703-993-2700 or e-mail: firstgen@gmu.edu with the text “Attn: Nakia” in the subject line.

Lex Lewis-Semien

Title: (she/her/hers)
Assistant Director
Student Transition Empowerment Program (STEP)

“When the world tells you to shrink, expand.”
~Elaine Welteroth

Dr. Amber Holton-Thomas

Title: (she/her/hers) Director First-Gen+ Center

“The purpose of education, finally, is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for themselves, to make their own decisions…To ask questions of the universe, and then learn to live with those questions, is the way a person achieves their own identity.”

James Baldwin

Contact Dr. Amber at 703-993-2700 or e-mail: firstgen@gmu.edu with the text “Attn: Dr. Amber” in the subject line.