Meet the Team

UA Little Rock Orientation Leaders are your student guides to campus. They help new students connect to campus, find their community, register for courses, find tutors and more. Orientation Leaders are trained to make your experience easy and fun.

Learn more about what our leaders do and how you can get involved.

Meet the 2023 New Student Orientation Team

Leah Ford

  • Director
  • lmford2@ualr.edu

Allie Taylor

  • Assistant Director
  • altaylor4@ualr.edu

Derica Miller

  • Customer Service Specialist
  • ddmiller3@ualr.edu

Aryam Martinez 

  • aemartinez3@ualr.edu
  • Major: Biology

Brayan Arias

  • bparias@ualr.edu
  • Major: Construction Engineering

Dixie Martindale

  • dlmartindale@ualr.edu
  • Major: Nursing

Donnecia Brown

  • dlbrown7@ualr.edu
  • Major: Psychology

Elijah Riley

  • eriley@ualr.edu
  • Major: Nursing

Ghory McNutt

  • gmmcnutt@ualr.edu
  • Major: General Studies

Grace Shelton

  • ggshelton@ualr.edu
  • Major: Biology

Jalynn Robinson

  • jrobinson1@ualr.edu
  • Major: Mathematics/Statistics

Joyce Childers

  • jachilders@ualr.edu
  • Major: Biology & Chemistry

Kate Marsh

  • klmarsh@ualr.edu
  • Major: Chemistry

Kevin Pacheco Escobar

  • kpachecoesc@ualr.edu
  • Major: Mechanical Engineering and Technology

Lawren Worthy

  • ldworthy@ualr.edu
  • Major: Nursing

Olivia Petrides

  • ompetrides@ualr.edu
  • Major: Marketing

Olivia Throgmorton

  • othrogmorton@ualr.edu
  • Major: Nursing

Rana Olwan

  • raolwan@ualr.edu
  • Major: Computer Science

Samantha Barrera

  • sbarrera@ualr.edu
  • Major: Mass Communications

Sierra Owens

  • slowens2@ualr.edu
  • Major: Nursing

Tyrese McGhee

  • tlmcghee@ualr.edu
  • Major: Political Science