{"id":41598,"date":"2019-02-05T12:16:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T17:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?page_id=41598"},"modified":"2025-08-26T16:24:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T20:24:27","slug":"staff-faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/about\/offices-services\/college-access-student-success\/staff-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the CASS Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Learn more about the BU Wheelock faculty and staff who make up our College Access &amp; Student Success team.<\/p>\n\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-basic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-basic has-title post-68869 profile type-profile status-publish hentry sed-affiliation-staff\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/miriam-alfaro-ortez\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-basic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-basic\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2016\/06\/Mirian-Alfaro-Ortez_09_-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Miriam Alfaro Ortez\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-basic\">Miriam Alfaro Ortez<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-basic\">Senior Education Advisor, GEAR UP<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-basic has-title post-81040 profile type-profile status-publish hentry research-interest-science-education research-interest-stem-education sed-affiliation-staff\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/michelle-bartolo-cruz\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-basic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-basic\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2025-10-17-at-8.10.55\u202fAM-300x300.png\" alt=\"Headshot of Michelle Bartolo-Cruz\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-basic\">Michelle Bartolo-Cruz<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-basic\">Program Manager<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-basic has-title post-23058 profile type-profile status-publish hentry sed-affiliation-staff\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/michael-dennehy\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-basic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-basic\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2016\/08\/Dennehy-Michael-Cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Michael Dennehy\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-basic\">Michael Dennehy<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-basic\">Executive Director, College Access &#038; Student Success<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-basic has-title post-68953 profile type-profile status-publish hentry sed-affiliation-staff\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/arielle-derival\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-basic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-basic\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/07\/IMG_3184-Arielle-Derival-Joseph-300x300.png\" alt=\"Photo of Arielle Derival-Joseph\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-basic\">Arielle Derival<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-basic\">Director, GEAR UP<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-basic has-title post-72345 profile type-profile status-publish hentry research-interest-early-childhood sed-affiliation-staff\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/tchorzky-eugene\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-basic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-basic\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/08\/Tchorzky_Eugene_805-_85-Retouched_Recropped-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Eugene Tchorzky\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-basic\">Tchorzky Eugene<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-basic\">Academic Resource Counselor<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-basic has-title post-30341 profile type-profile status-publish hentry sed-affiliation-staff\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/chad-garner\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-basic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-basic\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2017\/09\/15-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-basic\">Chad Garner<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-basic\">Administrative Coordinator<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-basic has-title post-24473 profile type-profile status-publish hentry sed-affiliation-staff\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/reggie-jean\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-basic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-basic\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2016\/08\/Jean-Reggie-Cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Reggie Jean\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-basic\">Reggie Jean<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-basic\">Director, Upward Bound &#038; 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