Global Village Staff

Gizel Garcia

  • Name: Gizel Garcia
  • Pronouns: She/Her
  • Role: Peer Mentor/TA
  • Year: Senior
  • Major: Languages, Literature & Cultures
  • Concentration: French & Spanish
  • Minor: Anthropology
  • Home: Kersey, CO
  • Fun Fact: Has climbed a pyramid

Why I love GV: “I love the diversity, meeting new people, and learning new things about culture and identity.”

Catrina Vininski

  • Name: Catrina Vininski
  • Pronouns: She/Her
  • Role: Peer Mentor/TA
  • Year: Junior
  • Major: English and Communication Studies
  • Concentration: Creative Writing
  • Minor: Film Studies
  • Home: Windsor, Colorado
  • Fun Fact: Shares a birthday with Frank Sinatra

Why I love GV: “GV has already been an inclusive comforting space for me. I’m excited to continue to share this community with others and build connections through cultural identity.”

Olga Llanos

  • Name: Olga Llanos
  • Pronouns: She/Her
  • Role: Community Coordinator
  • Year: Senior
  • Major: Psychology
  • Minor: Spanish
  • Home: Denver, CO & Lima, Peru
  • Fun Fact: Likes to paddle board

Why I love GV: “The community provides me with connections to people of different cultures and different perspectives.”

  • Name: Brenna Turer
  • Pronouns: She/Her
  • Role: Coordinator
  • Education: M.A. in Higher Education and Student Affairs; B.A. in English w/ Teaching Certification Concentration
  • Home: Ramsey, NJ
  • Fun Fact: Has lived in 7 different states within the past 10 years

Why I love GV: “Every year, we have such wonderful new students in the community, each with their own unique story and experiences.”