Profile: Leena Shrestha

How does Leena find balance in life? Visit her in the UASC and ask not only about academics but how she balances her family, professional and personal life.

Leena Shrestha is an Academic Advisor and a Community College Liaisonin the Undergraduate Advising and Support Center. Leena enjoys working with students one on one since it allows her to get to know them on a personal level and learn from them everyday. Mutual learning takes place during each advising session and she finds it rewarding.Prior to joining Portland State in 2008, she was an advisor at both Portland Community College and North Lake College in Texas. She has a Master's degree in International Education from the School for International Training in Vermont.Leena lives with her husband and her daughter in Beaverton. She loves to go for a long walks and read books during her free time.