<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/education/features/gmarquina/index.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><pubDate>06/11/2019 03:59:17 PM</pubDate><title>Staff Spotlight: Advisor Combines Teaching, Counseling Experience to Help Students</title><subtitle/><description>Geneva Marquina has always been interested in helping professions. After working as a middle school teacher, she came to the University of Houston College of Education to pursue a master’s in counseling.&amp;#13;&amp;#10;Now, she works as an academic advisor in the College, advising teaching majors. She offices in Farish Hall and at UH at Sugar Land. &amp;#13;&amp;#10;A native of Vicksburg, Mississippi who joined the College staff in August 2018, Marquina said she is committed to enhancing equity in education.&amp;#13;&amp;#10;</description><author/><author-email/><author-phone/><image><img src="" alt=""/></image><categories/></item>