Briana Dunson

Case Manager, Rising Star

How long have you been at Brookhaven Campus?

I’ve been here at Brookhaven since September of 2021. So going on two years.

What do you enjoy about your job at Brookhaven?

I love working with the faculty. The customer service part of it. I love working with students and the staff. I get to see and meet new people every day and that’s what I enjoy most. We had the chancellor come the other day, so that was a good thing and he thanked us for all that we did. He said he knew that Brookhaven’s Information Central is very hard working. That was [a] positive [experience] and it stuck with me because it’s good to know that we’re doing a good job.

Donna Armbruester

Student Success Coach

How long have you been at Brookhaven Campus?

I have been at Brookhaven campus since June of 2018, so I’m going on five years.

What do you enjoy about your job at Brookhaven?

There are so many things I enjoy about working here. The thing I love about my job is seeing students be successful. They let me know when they found a new job or when they graduated from college.

Dallas College provides so many services to assist with student success. I also enjoy interacting with everyone – students, staff, faculty. This past Halloween we invited the Headstart kids to come through our office and get goodies. We dressed up, one of us was a dinosaur, which the students loved. It was a lot of fun to see their happy faces. After that, one of my students came in with a costume, and it was great to have her continue energizing the office.

Dallas College is a community and I love the interaction I experience every day. You know, when you feel appreciated – it feels really good, and knowing what you’ve done for that student has impacted them so much. That is a really good feeling.

Laura Ahumada

Senior Student Success Coach

How long have you been at Brookhaven Campus?

I’ve been working at Brookhaven Campus for seven and a half years.

What do you enjoy about your job at Brookhaven Campus?

It’s two things that are paired that are back-to-back. One of them, of course, is assisting our students here with this job. You help them from the moment they’re coming in out of high school. They don’t know what to do or anything and you see their transition all the way until they’re ready to transfer to a university and that’s amazing. I’ve had students who have sent me emails or messages, pictures of their graduations at the university. And it’s always a great feeling.

The other thing is working with my team, we have a great connection here, all of us. It’s like another family. So that is one thing that I really enjoy, even through stressful times. It’s a great feeling knowing we have such a great team here.

Dameyan Sargent

Informational Desk Representative

How long have you been at Brookhaven Campus?

I transitioned here three years ago from El Centro. Eleven years in the system, three years at Brookhaven Campus.

What do you enjoy about your job at Brookhaven?

No two days are ever the same here. Never a dull moment in Dallas College. There’s something always going on. Fridays are usually our slowest day where nothing’s going on but Monday through Thursday, we always have something going on.

Whether it’s internal events or external, we have a lot of external clients – companies, Fortune 500 companies that reserve our main conference room.

We’re making things happen. We have to make sure we accommodate everyone for the events that are held here. But I enjoy the networking and the fact that I have an impact on things to help better Dallas College as a whole.