About Shannon Saavedra:

Shannon was born and raised in Albuquerque, NM and is a proud Sandia High School graduate. Her father worked at UNM for 30 years, which allowed Shannon to get to know UNM and become a Lobo well before entering as a freshman after high school. As an undergraduate student she had the opportunity to work as a student employee with the College of Pharmacy, which allowed her to gain experience in advisement at UNM. In 2006 she started as a full time academic advisor in the University College Advisement Center (UCAC). While working as an advisor in UCAC she worked with a large variety and population of students.

After completing her master’s degree in 2010 she became the academic advisor trainer for all undergraduate advisors at UNM. In this position she develops and maintains synchronous and asynchronous new advisor training and professional development . She has been actively involved in her professional association by planning NACADA Region 10 conferences.

Shannon has a Bachelor’s of Business Administration in Human Resources and a Masers of Arts in Organizational Learning and Instructional Technology. Outside of work Shannon is an active volunteer with Girl Scouts which allows her to work with Albuquerque youth and in helping them develop a foundation for becoming a strong women.