
Lisa Lloyd Riggs
Educational Counselor
Shasta Community College
Shasta Community College
Educational Counselor
Helping all students access academic, career and resorces for educational success.
I counsel new and returning students in course, major, career selection and support registering for classes. I also evaluate transcripts, create educational plans and proactively refer students—whether they’re students with disabilities, foster youth, previously incarcerated students, veterans, first-generation college students, etc.—to resources on-campus and in the community. I instruct career choice classes and workshops.
Here's the first step for high school students
The first step is desire. You don't have to know exactly what you want to do when you're in high school, but should definitely have a passion for helping people, or at least for the school environment. When I was in high school, I thought that maybe I wanted to be a teacher, and that maybe I'd get my AA. Getting my bachelor's degree in communications and simultaneously working in internships in the field opened the door for me to find positive work experiences that led me to pursue my master's degree in school counseling.
"There are 300 people applying for the job that you're applying for; what makes you think that YOU would get that job?"