{"id":641,"date":"2025-04-18T08:28:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T12:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=641"},"modified":"2025-07-14T10:12:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T14:12:40","slug":"melissa-paz","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/profile\/melissa-paz\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Paz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Originally from Miami, I am a first-generation American with a passion for spaces that embrace a multicultural, human-centered approach to student health. My professional and personal focus lies at the intersection of self-care and community-care. I facilitate workshops and develop programs to support and enhance student mental health at BU, on topics like stress, peer support, and mindfulness. I love working with students as they navigate the many transitions of university life and collaborating with colleagues across disciplines to cultivate an empathetic, compassionate, and uplifting campus environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Personal Hobbies<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>Outside of BU you can find me doing theater, catching up with family and friends, and getting as much time in nature as I possibly can!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Education &amp; Training<\/strong><br \/>\nMA, Boston College<br \/>\nBS, University of Central Florida<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Interests<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>Mindfulness Institute for Emerging Adults Training 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Training Languages: Spanish<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHS Committees<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>SHS Prevention Committee, SHS Professional Development Committee<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Campus Involvement<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TerrierF1RSTS Advocate, BU Newbury Center<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Terriers Connect Training<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":16413,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/641"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16413"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":643,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/641\/revisions\/643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}