Contact Melissa

Melissa Mesinas ’12 – Outreach Coordinator

Melissa is a senior from Lynwood, California, majoring in psychology and Hispanic studies. She studied abroad in Seville, Spain last spring and was able to explore other European cities, including Barcelona, London, Paris, Lisbon, Rome, Florence, and Venice. As a student leader, she has served as founder of First-Generation at Scripps, Co-President for Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish Honor Society), Faculty-Staff Relations chair for Scripps Associated Students, member of A-Team, member of Café con Leche, and student representative for the Board of Trustees. Melissa also works with the Scripps College Academy as an intern and mentors middle and high school students. During her free time, she enjoys spending time with her friends, catching up on her favorite shows, and eating Thai, Indian, and Mexican food (not all at the same time)!

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Kaitie Marshall ’14 – Tour Guide & Overnight Hostess Coordinator

Kaitie is a sophomore from Seattle, Washington, majoring in politics and international relations. After being a tour guide last year, she is thrilled to take her work with the Office of Admission to the next level. In addition to the Admissions Ambassador Team, she is involved with Challah for Hunger and the local mentorship program Uncommon Good. In her spare time, Kaitie can be found in a yoga or kickboxing class at the Tiernan Field House, at Yogurtland in the Claremont Village, or curled up in her room with a good book.

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Rose Cooper-Finger ’14 – On-Campus Events Coordinator

Rose is a sophomore from Seattle, Washington, majoring in linguistics and foreign languages. She is a tour guide and overnight hostess for the Admissions Ambassador Team, a Peer Mentor for the New Student Program, and is a Spanish, French and German tutor for the Scripps College Tutoring Program. She has played piano in the joint music department, and in her spare time, Rose loves to read, hike, find great restaurants and explore the greater-Los Angeles area with her friends.

Contact Ariel

Ariel Bloomer ’12 – Admission Intern

Ariel is a senior from Portland, Oregon, majoring in creative writing: fiction (a self-designed major) with minors in European Studies and Religious Studies. This past spring, Ariel studied European Culture & History in Copenhagen, Denmark, where she lived with a host-family, and received the honor of an Intercultural Leadership Award from the Danish Institute of Study Abroad. This past summer, after returning from her European exploration, she decided to see more of her own country and drove 12,000 miles through 34 states, visiting 8 national parks and 6 UNESCO World Heritage sites. During her time at Scripps, she has worked for the Tiernan Field House as a Customer Service Associate; for the Malott Commons Office, a major hub of event-planning on campus, as a Programming intern, where she mingled with and introduced speakers like Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love); and as a summer intern for the Office of Admission. Ariel has also been a part of Cultivating Dreams, a student-run non-profit which oversees an organic garden inside the California Institute for Women, a southern California women’s prison. She is a staff writer for voice, the Scripps student newspaper, and is the coordinator and editor for the Off-Campus Study Student Blog. A self-proclaimed nerd, she enjoys Lord of the Rings marathons and screenings of shows like Firefly and Doctor Who with the Get Your Nerd On student club. One of Ariel’s favorite classes has been Arts & Culture Review Writing with Kimberly Drake, which included a unit on travel writing and a blind chocolate taste test. For thesis, Ariel plans to write a young adult historical fiction novel.