{"id":887,"date":"2026-02-09T17:43:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/?page_id=887"},"modified":"2026-02-09T17:44:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:44:36","slug":"kayla-gonzalez-20","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/kayla-gonzalez-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Kayla Gonzalez &#8217;20"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_Gonzalez_Fa22-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-584\" style=\"width:512px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_Gonzalez_Fa22-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_Gonzalez_Fa22-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_Gonzalez_Fa22.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">English Major<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduating from Vassar in the spring of 2020, my life took a very unexpected turn and I ended up working at my local Target. After a few months, I was promoted to manager and learned so much about myself, my community, my skills, and what I want out of a career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I left Target, I returned to Vassar to start a career in higher education. I now work in the Career Development Office, where I get to counsel students daily and cheer them on as they figure out and pursue their goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m still figuring out where exactly in the field of education I want to settle down, but for now, I love being back on campus and being a resource for students, especially my first-gen, low-income Transitions community. Outside of work, I\u2019ve discovered how much I love weightlifting and yoga! Overall, I feel like I\u2019m becoming a mini adult with hobbies and goals, and that\u2019s both scary and very cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English Major After graduating from Vassar in the spring of 2020, my life took a very unexpected turn and I ended up working at my local Target. After a few months, I was promoted to manager and learned so much about myself, my community, my skills, and what I want out of a career. When [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1947,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-887","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1947"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=887"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":891,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/887\/revisions\/891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}