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Kristen Nemain

Communications Assistant to Vice Chancellor of ​Communications and Marketing

Austin Community College

Industrial Engineering Student,


Founder and Board President,


Founder and Organization President,

ACC District Student Body Vice President


Central Region Vice President,

Austin Community College

Student Researchers in the Chemical Industries

The Scholarship Society at ACC

ACC Student Government Association

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, Alpha Gamma Pi Chapter

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About Me

I’m a student, researcher, creative, and author relentlessly pursuing ideas. I’m a systemic thinker who can’t stop seeing all the ways everything ​around me can be improved. You can call it focusing on the negative. I call it idealistic faith in the human capacity for progress. A trauma survivor ​proud of thriving, I advocate for others and share my story so other people know they aren’t alone. I travel the country and take mediocre ​photographs, and I’ve been saying I’m going to start doing yoga for the past 20 years. I think it might be a core part of my personality at this point. ​I’m back in school for a post-COVID career change. In my past life I gained 18 years of experience in events, music, promotion, and production, ​including living on the road for two years working events across the country. In my current iteration, I obsess over the ingredients and ​manufacturing process of cosmetics, skin care, and personal hygiene products. I’m still about that RV Life, though. My husband of 14 childfree ​years is pretty awesome. We’re business partners, nonprofit co-founders, classmates, and we speak each other's ADHD languages fluently. When ​I’m not in organization meetings or doing physics homework, I’m snuggled up with my cats crocheting and watching true crime. I abandoned all ​social media in 2022 and never looked back.

For more of my story, read my feature with ACC here!

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Legacy of Leaders 2024 Keynote Speaker, April 2024

Student Representative on College Affordability Panel

addressing the Gates Foundation, July 2024

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Student Researchers in

the Chemical Industries

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SRCI began with a thyroid disease ​diagnosis and continued as a passion ​project during COVID lockdown that grew ​into something bigger than myself. Here’s ​my story and why I am driven to build the ​most comprehensive database I can. If ​you’re a student who wants volunteer ​hours, research experience, and leadership ​and recognition opportunity, check out our ​website to learn how to get involved.

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