Meet The Flo Staff

Hi!!! My name is Mak­e­na Ford and I use she/​her pro­nouns. It’s my third year here at Chico State and I’m a child devel­op­ment major hop­ing to work with ele­men­tary lev­el kids in the future as a teacher or coun­selor. In my free time I enjoy watch­ing tv and movies, lis­ten­ing to music, jour­nal­ing and col­lect­ing vinyl records. Fun fact: I have seen every episode of ​“Sat­ur­day Night Live” to date. 

This is my mon­key Chi­mi, short for Chimichanga. He enjoys long walks on the beach, man­go sor­bet, and stand-up com­e­dy. My best friend and I made each oth­er Build-a-Bears in 2018 and ever since then, they have been on road trips, vaca­tions and keep us con­nect­ed togeth­er when we’re apart at college. 

Get to know me more @makenaford on Instagram!

My name is Ellie Cis­neros; I go by she/​her pro­nouns. I was born in San Bernardi­no and will always be a SoCal girl. My major is Liber­al Stud­ies with a minor in Math ED. I plan to become an ele­men­tary school teacher. Some of my favorite things to do are hang­ing out with friends and going shop­ping. I hope I will be able to help stu­dents make Chico State feel like home.

I decid­ed to take my pic­ture with my plan­ner because I am a very detail-ori­ent­ed per­son. I write and sched­ule every day in my planner.

Greet­ings Wild­cats! My name is Julis­sa Pare­des. I use she/​her/​ella pro­nouns. I’m a first-gen­er­a­tion under­grad major­ing in Crim­i­nal Jus­tice and obtain­ing my Para­le­gal Cer­tifi­cate. I’m from Cres­cent City, CA. I’m a proud Cat mom, her name is Shad­ow. I love to trav­el, jour­nal, and lis­ten to pod­casts. I also enjoy going to con­certs and watch­ing sports. I’m grate­ful to be a First-Year Lead­er­ship Oppor­tu­ni­ty Facil­i­ta­tor this year. I’m excit­ed to guide you through your first year at Chico State in find­ing resources on cam­pus and your home away from home. Being a part of FLO pre­vi­ous­ly was the best deci­sion I made. I felt includ­ed and sup­port­ed. In the Brave Space that FLO offers, I’m hope­ful that I will con­nect with beau­ti­ful peo­ple that will join FLO. ❤

I chose my jour­nal because I can reflect on my thoughts and dreams in it. Hav­ing strug­gled with over­think­ing in the past, it’s been help­ful to me. I also choose my Air Pods because I can lis­ten to my favorite music and podcasts.

Hey every­one! My name is Ash­ley and I use she/​her pro­nouns. I am a first-gen­er­a­tion col­lege stu­dent major­ing in Eng­lish Edu­ca­tion and Inter­sec­tion­al Chicanx/​Latin Stud­ies, hop­ing to become a high school teacher. Apart from the First-Year Lead­er­ship Oppor­tu­ni­ty, I am also an Advis­ing Intern in the Aca­d­e­m­ic Advis­ing Pro­grams. I am very hap­py to be a source of guid­ance for you all and would love to help with any ques­tions you may have. In my free time, I love roller skat­ing, writ­ing poems, spend­ing time in nature, and lis­ten­ing to music. A fun fact about me is that I have played roller der­by since I was 11 years old!

I decid­ed to include my roller der­by MVP award in my pic­ture to show my love for the sport! I’m very pas­sion­ate about roller der­by because it has taught me so many valu­able skills and allowed me to meet so many tal­ent­ed skaters! I have been play­ing this game for about 9 years and will con­tin­ue to play until I’m 70!

Howdy, fel­low Wild­cats! I’m Zion I use they/​them/​theirs pro­nouns! I’m a Polit­i­cal Sci­ence major in my sec­ond year, with a focus on U.S Pol­i­tics. Orig­i­nal­ly from Sacra­men­to, Cal­i­for­nia, I am now a proud Chico State Mom💜! I love play­ing Dun­geons and Drag­ons, going on long hikes, and going thrifting!

Being a FLO Facil­i­ta­tor is a blast! I love meet­ing and greet­ing new Wild­cats on cam­pus, and I’m stoked to be a part of your Chico State jour­ney! FLO was a total game-chang­er for me dur­ing my first year, and it’s an hon­or to pass that on to you!

Oh, and speak­ing of pass­ing things on, check out my lit­tle baby goat plushie named Star! They just turned two this June, and I take such good care of them. I tuck them in every night and love hav­ing them in my arms. Goats are my favorite animal!

Hel­lo every­one! My name is Lola Ren­froe and I go by she/​her/​ella pro­nouns. I’m a sec­ond-year stu­dent here at Chico State and I’m proud to say that I’m an Exer­cise Phys­i­ol­o­gy major! I hope to one day be a Pedi­atric Chi­ro­prac­tor. I am from Temec­u­la, Cal­i­for­nia and my favorite things to do back home is play with my dogs and tur­tle, go to Old Town Temec­u­la, and go thrift shop­ping. First Year Lead­er­ship Oppor­tu­ni­ty (FLO) was one of the best deci­sions I made last year as a fresh­man. I am beyond excit­ed to meet you all and make Chico State feel like a home away from home.

For my item I brought a son­ny angel. You all might be won­der­ing why I chose a lit­tle doll to be my item. I chose my son­ny angel because of the mean­ing behind them. They were designed to be a tiny com­pan­ion for peo­ple in their mid-20s deal­ing with the stress­es of adult­hood. When­ev­er I look over on my desk and see them, I can’t help but smile. Over sum­mer I got addict­ed into col­lect­ing them and I hope to col­lect more in the future.