Peer Coaches

Well-being Ambassadors

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Find inspiration to flourish in your connections and education.

Well-being Ambassadors will help you build resilience and strengths by using the 8 Dimensions of Well-being model as a framework for generating goals.

Start your journey with a 30-minute one-on-one conversation with a Well-being Ambassador.


Request a Peer Listening Appointment Become a Well-being Ambassador


Counseling vs. One-on-one Conversations
CounselingOne-on-one Conversations
Counseling is a service that supports college students by providing effective treatment for mental health concerns.One-on-one Conversations with a Well-being Ambassador is a service that supports college students by enhancing holistic well-being, health, and success through empowering conversations about strengths and goals.
Counseling center staff are licensed mental health professionals.Well-being ambassadors are graduate and undergraduate students who have participated in semester-long training as well-being ambassadors.
Counseling staff collect information about you and your concerns and work with you to decide how to best address them. Counseling staff will come alongside you on your journey toward resolving or managing these concerns.Ambassadors believe you are the expert in what you need, and help you identify and trust your distinctive voice so that you can make decisions that are most appropriate for your preferred outcomes.

Meet the Ambassadors

  1. Avatar for Taina Davis
    Work Study/Student Worker RA Residence Directors University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Phone
    Work 402-472-8097 On-campus 2-8097
    Email
    tdavis36@huskers.unl.edu
  2. Avatar for Matthew Whisenhunt
    O/S On Call Worker Nebraska Unions University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    ARH 116 (Mobile)
    Lincoln, NE 68588-0602
    Phone
    Work 402-472-1011 On-campus 2-1011
    Email
    rwhisenhunt3@unl.edu
  3. Avatar for Sofia Sicilia Ayala
    Work/Study Student 2 Campus Recreation University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Phone
    Work 402-472-3467 On-campus 2-3467
    Email
    ssiciliaayala2@huskers.unl.edu
  4. Avatar for Sophia Bretz
    Student Worker Finance University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Phone
    Work 402-472-3443 On-campus 2-3443
    Email
    sbretz3@huskers.unl.edu
  5. Avatar for Harley Boutard
    UCARE Student Worker Graduate Studies University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Phone
    Work 402-472-6023 On-campus 2-6023
    Email
    hboutard2@huskers.unl.edu
  6. Avatar for Parker Thornton
    Student Worker 1 Campus Recreation University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Phone
    Work 402-472-3467 On-campus 2-3467
    Email
    pthornton3@huskers.unl.edu
  7. Avatar for Gomati Karampudi
    Work Study/Student Worker NU Starbucks University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Phone
    Work 402-472-2454 On-campus 2-2454
    Email
    gkarampudi2@huskers.unl.edu
  8. Avatar for Brianna Johnson
    Student Worker Agricultural Economics University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Phone
    Work 402-472-2235 On-campus 2-2235
    Email
    bjohnson276@huskers.unl.edu
  9. Avatar for Dalin Chea
    Student Worker College of A&S Business Cooperative University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Phone
    Work 402-472-2070 On-campus 2-2070
    Email
    dchea2@huskers.unl.edu
  10. Avatar for Kiddee Satiraprapakul
    Student Worker 1 Campus Recreation University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Phone
    Work 402-472-3467 On-campus 2-3467
    Email
    ksatiraprapakul2@huskers.unl.edu