Lisa Trevino Torres earned her English B.A., at the University of Texas San Antonio and her M.A. at Our Lady of the Lake University. Lisa Trevino teaches developmental writing, college level composition and Literaturecourses at Palo Alto College. She was  a member of the Ascender team for the last three years. Previously, Ms. Trevino served as Academic Program Coordinator for the Academic Support Center and the Academic Testing Center at Northeast Lakeview College. Ms. Trevino was responsible for the hiring of employees, managed the budget, and implemented training for the faculty. She also served as Academic liaison between the faculty and staff on campus and the tutors and staff of the Academic Testing Center to determine the needs of the students to promote student success. Ms. Trevino has also been a lecturer at the UTSA Writing Program where she taught college-level writing sections I & II.