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Admissions Team

Admissions and recruitment staff contact information
Name Title Phone Email
Kristine Velasquez Director of Admissions & Recruitment 915-747-7778 kavelasquez@utep.edu
Amanda M. Leach Assistant Director of Admissions & Recruitment 915-747-0465 amleach@utep.edu
Eric Chavez Assistant Director, Mining Engineering 915-747-5363 eachavez12@utep.edu
Rachel Serrano Assistant Director, Mining Engineering 915-747-8133 rserrano5@utep.edu
Jocelyn Ochoterena Manager 915-747-7311 jrochoterena@utep.edu

Admissions Counselors

Out of Region

Admissions counselor assignments for students outside the El Paso region
High School Name Phone # Email
High school located in Central, East, and North Texas Fabian Stansbury 915-747-8669 fstansbury@utep.edu
High school located outside of Texas within the United States Gabriel Vidales 915-747-6389 gavidales@utep.edu
High School located in another country; student is not a US Citizen or Permanent Resident Office of International Programs 915-747-5664 global@utep.edu
High school located in South Texas, Rio Grande Valley Sarah Gracia 915-747-6488 smgracia@utep.edu
High School located in another country; student US Citizen or Permanent Resident Valeria Avitia Sosa 915-747-6686 veavitiasosa@utep.edu

Transfer and El Paso Community College (EPCC)

EPCC admissions counselor assignments by last name
EPCC Campus Last Name Name Phone # Email
A-F Last Names Larry Tena 915-747-6344 ljtena2@utep.edu
G-N Last Names Brandon Stearns 915-747-0562 brstearns2@utep.edu
O-Z Last Names Thabia Al Fatlawi 915-747-7094 taalfatlawi@utep.edu

Second Bachelors and Military Students

Admissions counselor contact information
Name Title Phone # Email
Jorge Cardenas Admissions Counselor II 915-747-5634 jhcardenas@utep.edu

Connect With Us

The University of Texas at El Paso
Office of Admissions and Recruitment
102 Academic Services Building
500 W University
El Paso, Texas 79968

E: futureminer@utep.edu
P: (915) 747-5890
F: (915) 747-8893