Aaron Rodriguez-Correa

Future Alumni Committee Lead 2019/20

Aaron is an active student leader in the final year of his studies at UBC’s School of Kinesiology. As a transfer student, he found new connections and communities within the School, and is grateful for the opportunities that KIN has provided him.

He has served in a work-learn position for KIN’s Student Engagement and Co-op programs, and is now a lead for the newly formed “KUS Future Alumni Committee”. This committee is comprised of students who wish to spread awareness on the importance of student-alumni relations. Aaron sees his new role as an extension of his prior campus leadership work, and looks forward to bringing students and alumni together. For him, the concept of alumni means building community, and wanted to be a part of this new pilot program in order to educate students on the benefits of interacting with the diverse KIN alumni population.

Aaron’s Future Alumni Committee is planning to collaborate with the Young Alumni advisory on a variety of events, including social gatherings, Q&A panels and philanthropic activities with alumni. With first-hand experience on the positive impact that mentorship can have on students, the goal of these events is to provide students with opportunities to learn about what an alumnus is, and how they can tap into a larger KIN community. He hopes to demonstrate the benefits of alumni mentorship, the importance of maintaining links to the extended KIN circle, and to model leadership and philanthropy.

Aaron has a love for content creation, and currently produces his own podcast called “Beneath Vancouver”. He is also passionate about digital marketing and storytelling. Although his career vision has changed multiple times, he is excited about the many different opportunities that are open to him upon graduation.