Staff Directory
- Title:
- Assistant Director Student Support Operations
- Email:
- Phone:
- (520)621-4016
Michelle Varela joined C.A.T.S. Academics Fall 2015 as a Assistant Learning Specialist. In Spring 2017 she started working full-time as Learning Specialist, and eventually became the Assistant Director Student Support Operations. Michelle’s role includes student-facing responsibility as an Academic Counselor, she is responsible for helping a caseload of student-athletes learn a variety of strategies that will help them be successful, along with monitoring their NCAA eligibility. She oversees the Support Staff program with the help of the other Coordinators and Office Assistant. She supervises a caseload of Assistant Learning Specialists and professional staff. She is also responsible for coordinating different annual events and manages the building operations for the Ginny L Clements Academic Center.
She is originally from Denver, Colorado, and came to the University of Arizona to pursue her education, she has been in Tucson since 2011. Michelle earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Special Education and Rehabilitation in May 2015. She graduated with her Master of Arts in Higher Education in May 2017. She is married to her husband Eric and they have a 1 year old son and two dogs.
