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 MEET THE ASPIRE TEAM
At Aspire we value all our team members. Our staff comes to Aspire with a desire to serve our students and are dedicated to the organization’s mission. They are focused on walking alongside our students from the beginning of their journey to the end. This month we meet Cassy Lujan who joined Aspire in August 2021 as our Volunteer Director.
Name: Cassandra (Cassy) Lujan
Position at Aspire: Volunteer Director
- What is your background? Family growing up. Where are you from? Have you lived in different cities?
I was born and raised in El Paso, TX by my first-generation immigrant grandparents (maternal). My family came from the states of Chihuahua and Zacatecas Mexico with a Nahua (Otomi). At age 14 I moved in with my mother in small-town Bessemer, MI, where I completed high school. By then my older sister and aunt moved to Dallas for better job opportunities, so I moved to Dallas immediately after graduating.
- Growing up, what did you do for fun, hobbies? Do you have any hobbies now?
As a child, I enjoyed arts and crafts. As an adult, I enjoy graphic design, drawing, painting, pottery, embroidery, and crocheting. I also like to play bass and I’m currently trying to learn classic acoustic guitar.
- Did you go to university or college? Field of study?
I’m currently enrolled in Dallas College to pursue a degree in Archaeology/Cultural Anthropology.
- What were you like as a student?
I was in the NJHS through middle school. I think moving to Michigan was a big culture shock for me as a Mexican American teenager from the city, but I was still a good student.
- What was your first job? Other jobs, current or past?
My first job was at a seasonal wreath company called Rose Wreath, for extra money during the holiday season. I also worked at McDonald’s.
FUN FACTS
“If you talked to others the way you talk to yourself, would you have any friends?"
- Your top 3 favorite Podcasts/Books:
American Holocaust by David E. Stannard, The Hot Zone by Richard Preston, and currently collecting/reading The Florentine Codex (all volumes).
- Your top 3 favorite movies or television shows:
Anything and everything Star Wars!
WORKING AT ASPIRE
- What do you like best about working at Aspire?
Knowing we are positively impacting our community.
- What makes you the proudest of our students?
Witnessing the change in their confidence after really pushing themselves through a tough subject.
- What do you hope for our students?
I really hope they understand how big this is! Not only for their families, and communities, but for themselves! They deserve another chance at education, and I’m rooting for them to drastically improve their quality of life.
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Important Dates
• 01-27-2022
Final day of spring
registration
• 02-03-2022 & 02-05-2022
Book pick-up
• 02-07-2022
Start of spring semester
• 03-31-2022
Toast to Literacy Auction
• Fall 2022
Legacy of Literacy Breakfast
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