My role is a Human Resources Specialist within the Employee Relations office within HROE. Think of me as the workplace diplomat, peacekeeper, and advocate rolled into one. I help keep the peace, solve mysteries behind workplace conflicts, and make sure everyone feels heard, respected, and valued at work. Whether it’s navigating tricky conversations, decoding policy puzzles, or building bridges between employees of every kind and their leadership, I’m the person behind the scenes helping to ensure that Texas A&M is the employer of choice for faculty and staff.
I am not just an employee at Texas A&M, I also grew up in the College Station area and attended Texas A&M for my undergraduate studies. Texas A&M is not just a university to me, it’s a home and Aggies are family. I chose to work at Texas A&M because it is such a privilege to serve the community, the students, faculty and staff who have made this place not only my home, but a home for so many others to live and work.
I was hired in August of 2022 as a Compensation Analyst within the Classification and Compensation office in HROE. I switched roles to an Employee Relations Specialist in May of this year, 2025.
The career mobility that I’ve experienced at A&M came about from learning more about the university’s human resources needs and from phenomenal support from several HROE leaders. After I was hired, I spent the next few years forging strong relationships across campuses, both inside and outside of HROE. This gave me great insight into HR opportunities outside of a compensation scope that I thought I would be a good candidate to tackle. Many of these opportunities were in the employee relations space, so when I got an opportunity to switch roles, I took it. This would not have been possible without the support of my supervisor at the time, my new supervisor and our divisional leadership. When I expressed interest in trying something new, my superiors at all levels immediately set me up for success. A strong desire to have a positive impact on other areas and great leadership support truly fueled my career mobility.
When this change became a possibility, I had an honest and candid conversation with my current manager at the time about my interest in the switch. My supervisor’s message to me was clear, that he would be sad to see me go to another team, but that he would be so happy to see me take advantage of a new opportunity. Conversations with my future manager centered around the best way to transition from my old role to my new one. My new manager did such a phenomenal job to ensure a smooth transition and to put me in a place that would lead to success in my new role. I had conversations with both managers about what a good transition plan would be as I left one position for another, not only to ensure my success in my new role, but to ensure that my successor would be successful in my old one.
I aspire to grow into a total HR leader who not only drives strategic impact, but also fosters a workplace where people feel valued, supported, and empowered to thrive. I aspire to become an HR leader in the long term, but I aspire to be competent in everything I do leading up to this hopeful future. I intend to focus on and master the role that I’m doing now, to become competent in what lies before me currently. I intend to lead one day, but for now, I intend to make sure that I am doing the best job possible and that I am making the most of it and will succeed with this new opportunity.
The career mobility I’ve experienced here at Texas A&M has benefited me immensely by opening doors for new opportunities, skill development and by just making me a more competent and confident individual. Career mobility here has really enabled me to align my work with personal goals and my values. It has led to feelings of greater job satisfaction for me and I feel great optimism about my long-term professional growth.
I learned a lot about my personal core values, motivators, strengths and skills during my transition. I had to think long and hard before making the change, I had to make sure that this new role wasn’t just right for me, but that it was going to be a role that I would succeed at both now in the interim and in the future once I settled in. I also learned a lot about how I as an individual can contribute to a healthy transition. I learned the importance of maintaining good work relationships with both the team you’re leaving and the new team you’re joining. I learned the importance of balancing the needs of your old team, how to best support them while they get back up to speed both before and after the transition and the importance of joining the new team at a pace that works best for them. Ultimately, I learned how to leave a team the correct way, and how to join a team while minimizing disruptions to operations.
I want to share that I believe that when people feel competent and capable in their work, they experience deep job satisfaction and often exceed expectations. It’s natural to seek new challenges, not to leave something behind, but to grow, solve new problems and build confidence in a new area. Supporting those transitions helps us retain top talent at Texas A&M and place people where they’re most likely to thrive. It keeps the talent here with us, it builds loyalty, purpose and confidence and that can trickle down throughout an organization in amazing ways that we’d never expect.
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