{"id":25833,"date":"2025-07-21T14:09:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T14:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=25833"},"modified":"2025-08-29T14:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T14:00:19","slug":"brian-cortez","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/facultystaff\/brian-cortez\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Perez Cortez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Why I chose Admissions<\/strong><br>I got into Admissions because, as a first-generation student, I didn&#8217;t have many resources or support as I was navigating the college search. This led me to want to provide all other students with the type of support that I didn&#8217;t always have. I feel grateful that I get to help students discover their potential, as well as be a resource for students and families throughout the (challenging) college search process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Community Involvement<\/strong><br>Prior to joining Macalester, I served as an Admission Counselor at Hamline University shortly after graduating from there. Before working in Admissions, I was heavily involved in the New Student Mentor program during my time as a student there, where I led orientation programming and helped provide support for first-years during their first semester as they transitioned to college!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Favorite time at Mac<\/strong><br>My favorite time at Mac is, without a doubt, the spring. I love seeing campus regain its colorfulness as the trees and flowers (and students) come back to life after winter!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Love about the Twin Cities<\/strong><br>I love that the Twin Cities provide a space for everyone. The artist, sports fanatic, musician, and foodie all have a home here! The diversity of activities and of our community present plenty of opportunities to learn and explore. I&#8217;ve lived here my whole life and I&#8217;m still constantly finding new things to do!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"author":389,"featured_media":26063,"template":"","class_list":["post-25833","profile","type-profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/25833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/389"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/25833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26075,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/25833\/revisions\/26075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}