Megan Diaz was an Outreach Specialist for the Ascender program at Austin Community College, which is an academic transfer-mentor program for first-year students at ACC. As an Outreach Specialist, Megan oversees campaigns to promote the Ascender program, including web content, social media, and events and multimedia presentations. She also handles communications with individual students enrolled or interested in the program, and advocates for the core Ascender mission of cultivating student confidence and supporting underprivileged students across racial, gender, and cultural lines. Megan earned both her Bachelor of Arts and her Master of Arts in Communication Arts from the University of the Incarnate Word.