Subject: Catherine Cortez Masto and Southern Nevada College Students Hold College Affordability Roundtable
From: Cortez Masto Press <[email-masked]>
To: Cortez Masto Press <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 12:42:14 -0700

*​**For Immediate Release*
April 26, 2016

Contact: [email-masked]

*Catherine Cortez Masto and Southern Nevada College Students Hold College
Affordability Roundtable*

*Cortez Masto and students from colleges in southern Nevada discussed
problem of skyrocketing tuition costs and student debt crisis*

Las Vegas, NV – Today, former Nevada Attorney General and U.S. Senate
candidate Catherine Cortez Masto joined students from colleges in southern
Nevada for a roundtable on issues facing students, specifically college
affordability and student debt. This roundtable follows the launch of the
“Students for Cortez Masto” Steering Committee which includes a group of
Nevada college students who will work with Cortez Masto on policy solutions
for issues facing college students and graduates.

“Every Nevada student deserves the opportunity to pursue education after
high school and it is unacceptable that the skyrocketing cost of college is
preventing that,” *said Cortez Masto*. “As Nevada's next Senator, I will
fight for commonsense measures to increase college access and
affordability, like increasing grant and scholarship opportunities, and
allowing students to refinance their student loans. This stands in clear
contrast with one of my opponents, Congressman Heck, who has voted to
increase student loan interest rates and voted for reckless Republican
budgets that cut Pell Grants. Instead of fighting for measures that would
help Nevada students and strengthen our state’s workforce and economy,
Congressman Heck and Sharron Angle would put the Koch Brothers and their
Party's bosses in Washington ahead of Nevada students.”

*After the roundtable, Cortez Masto's campaign released over 50 new
students from southern Nevada who have joined her campaign's "Students for
Cortez Masto" steering committee:*

   -

   Michaela Tomchek, UNLV Wilderness - President
   -

   Belen De La Torre, UNLV Students United for Reproductive Justice - Vice
   President
   -

   Taylor Cunningham, UNLV CSUN - Student Body Vice President
   -

   Demi Falcon, UNLV CSUN - Executive Director
   -

   Andrew Cardenas, UNLV CSUN - Associate Director of Academic Affairs
   -

   Rachel Hershkovitz, UNLV CSUN - Assistant Director of Academic Affairs
   -

   Fabian Donate , UNLV CSUN Senator - Division of Health Sciencies
   -

   Laurenc Kodra, UNLV Association of Pre-Health Professionals - Member
   -

   Adam Almosawy
   -

   Alayne Dizon, UNLV- Gamma Phi Beta
   -

   Avery Dizon, UNLV- Gamma Phi Beta
   -

   Halle Holdaway , UNLV Student
   -

   Luke Ramous, UNLV Student
   -

   Patrick Linihan, UNLV Student
   -

   Dylan Avisado, UNLV Student
   -

   Alex Reyes, UNLV Student
   -

   Berkley Bragg, UNLV Student
   -

   Casey Seibert , UNLV Student
   -

   Sean Carbone, UNLV Student
   -

   Brad Solomon, UNLV Student
   -

   Brittany Nickels, UNLV Sigma Kappa
   -

   Bianca Ayala, UNLV - Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
   -

   Abraham  Moya, CSN Student
   -

   Alejandra Romero, CSN Student Activist
   -

   Sidney Maximillian Romero, CSN Student Activist
   -

   Carlos Fernandez, UNLV-CSUN
   -

   Brittney Monreal, UNLV Student Activist
   -

   Janet Quintero, UNLV Student Activist
   -

   Emily Sandoval, UNLV Student Activist
   -

   Samantha Burtch, UNLV Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance - Co
   President
   -

   Kiersten Madrid, UNLV Student
   -

   Krystal Madrid , UNLV Student
   -

   Mariana Sarmiento, UNLV Student Activist
   -

   Travis Nelson Kalina, UNLV Student
   -

   Bianca DelReal, UNLV Students United for Reproductive Justice - Media
   Manager
   -

   Raquel Cruz-Juarez, Student
   -

   Alison Deng, Student
   -

   Sarah Shumsker, UNLV Students United for Reproductive Justice - Media
   Manager
   -

   Alexander Velto, UNLV Law Student
   -

   Edith Gonzalez Duarte, UNLV Ph.D. Student
   -

   Laura Llamas, CSN Student Activist
   -

   Nitzan Barlev, UNLV Student
   -

   Alida Van Breda, UNLV Student
   -

   Hazen Mayo, UNLV Student
   -

   Jonathan Solares, UNLV Student
   -

   Miranda Barrie, UNLV Student
   -

   Isaiah Sandoval, CSN Student
   -

   Grant Nordine, UNLV Student
   -

   Adriana Guizar-Vasquez, UNLV Student
   -

   Borna Majlesi, UNLV Student
   -

   Emily Warren, UNLV Student
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   Ainsley Escobar, UNLV Student
   -

   Jackie Escobar, UNLV Student
   -

   Vincent Nava, UNLV Student Activist
   -

   Wilisha Daniels, UNLV Ph.D. Student

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