My name is Karla Savina and I am a third-year Ph.D. student studying finance at The University of Texas at El Paso. Since 2015 I have also been teaching at El Paso Community College where I work with a diverse group of students including international students that cross the border every day from Juarez, Mexico to attend school. I am passionate about inclusion and learning and hope to inspire and encourage other minorities to pursue a pathway that will allow them to grow and develop their human capital to gain the skillset for a successful and empowering professional career.