Join TRIO Advisor Lani Padilla as she shares her educational and career journey — the challenges she faced, the choices she made, and the lessons she learned.

Learn From Experience. Build Your Own Path.
This workshop will give you a real look at different career pathways and practical strategies to help you stay motivated and focused on your own goals.
Key Topics
- Learning from real experiences: challenges, choices, and lessons
- How career paths aren’t always straight lines (and why that’s okay)
- Practical strategies to keep moving forward when things get tough
- Advice you can apply to your own academic and career planning
Expected Outcomes
By the end of this workshop, you’ll be able to:
- Connect your own goals with the experiences shared by your TRIO Advisor
- Recognize that setbacks and challenges can actually create growth and opportunity
- Apply at least one new strategy or piece of advice to your own college or career planning
Date
October 21, 2025
Time
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location
TRIO Student Support Services & STEM-H Department Room 1414