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Meet the Team

The University of Utah Prison Education Project (UPEP) is a volunteer based project. Eighty volunteers have given over 5,600 hours to the project. Volunteers work both inside and outside the prison, devoting their time to teaching, tutoring, organizing fundraisers, reading applications, lecturing, and advocacy work among many other projects. We are grateful to each and everyone one of the people that make up the UPEP team. Meet some of them below:

Leadership


 

Andy Eisen, PhD

Director

Andy.Eisen@utah.edu

Daycy Gomez

Educational Coordiator

Daycy.Gamez@utah.edu

 

 

INTERNS


Joe Lopez

University of Utah

Terry Kim

University of Utah

 Sadie Ortiz

University of Utah

Lauren Smith

University of Utah

Talea Steele

University of Utah

 

Interested in becoming an intern for the Utah Prison Education Program?

Please contact Andy.eisen@utah.edu for more information.

 

Justice fellows


 Gabriela Caldera

Brenda Payan 

 

Volunteers


Kylie Beach

Graduate Student, University of Utah

Mia Brown

Undergraduate Student, University of Utah

Stephanie Choi

Graduate Student, University of Utah

Ashlee Cook

Undergraduate Student, Westminster College

Courtney Dean

Community Member

Emalee Desarae

Undergraduate Student, University of Utah

Daycy de Gamez

Undergraduate Student, BYU

Lindsey Drager

Faculty, University of Utah

Brooke England

Undergraduate Student, BYU

Matt Glasgow

Graduate Student, University of Utah

Richard Greene

Faculty, Weber State

Chris Hodson

Faculty, BYU

Hallie Jay Pope

Faculty, University of Utah

Aritotle Johns

Graduate Student, University of Utah

Ningli Loken

Undergraduate Student, University of Utah

Jena Mathews-González

Law Student, University of Utah

Elliot Morris

 

Community Member

Samuel Macomber

Attorney

Katie Owings

Graduate Student, University of Utah

Maddy Rolfson

Undergraduate Student, BYU

Rachel Robinson-Greene

Faculty, Utah State University

Patricia Robello

Alumni, University of Utah

Pamela Rojas-Cartolin

Undergraduate Student, University of Utah

Eden Reynolds

Undergraduate Student, BYU

Stella Santa Ana

Undergraduate Student, University of Utah

Cameron Schwab

Community Member

Kyra Solis

Graduate Student, University of Utah

Katharine Walter

Faculty, University of Utah 

 

Last Updated: 7/6/23