Teresa Young Pinheiro serves as Associate Director of Bridges to a Brighter Future at Furman. Her previous roles focused on the undergraduate transfer student experience for admissions and enrollment at Augusta University and post-secondary education access and success for immigrant and first-generation students and their families in Central Florida. She has held roles in non-profit and education organizations in rural Appalachian Virginia, Columbus, Ohio, Indianapolis, Indiana, and Argentina (Resistencia, Chaco).

Teresa earned a BA in Communication Studies and Spanish from Denison University, a MPA from Augusta University, and a Certificate in Transfer Leadership & Practice from University of North Georgia.

Honors and Awards

• Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Fellowship (Argentina, 2011)

Education

• Post-Master's Certificate, University of North Georgia, Transfer Leadership and Practice
• M.P.A., Augusta University, Public Administration
• B.A., Denison University, Communication Studies and Spanish