Representatives 2025-26

Nichole Champion

Counseling, Therapy, and School Psychology department, Professional Mental Health Counseling program

My name is Nichole Champion, and I am a first-year graduate student in the Professional Mental Health Counseling program at Lewis & Clark Graduate School. I recently earned my BA in Psychology from Lewis & Clark College. Originally from Fort Worth, Texas, I moved to Portland in 2018 to embrace a new trajectory and a breath of fresh air.

I am passionate about mental health, wellness, and building community. I am currently working on a project called the Holistic Wellness Initiative (HWI), a youth-focused nonprofit that creates spaces for young people to explore well-being through mindfulness, art, yoga, and nature-based activities. Through this work, I have cultivated skills in leadership, collaboration, and advocacy that I am eager to bring into my role as a Graduate School Student Union Network Representative.

My primary goal as a SUN Representative is to weave holistic wellness into the graduate school experience. Graduate education is both rewarding and demanding, and I believe intentional wellness programming such as stress-regulation workshops, yoga and meditation sessions, creative arts spaces, and peer support groups can help students navigate academic pressures and life stressors.

Grace Geist

Counseling, Therapy, and School Psychology department, School Psychology program

Grace Geist grew up in Kansas City. She attended Kansas State University where she gained a degree in Human Development and Family Sciences. Grace has a deep passion for culture and languages. After graduating, she spent a year living in a small mountain town in Germany near Basel. Upon returning to the states, she worked as a preschool teacher for years before attending Lewis & Clark.

As a School Psychology student, Grace is committed to social justice and equity. She brings this commitment to her practicum placement site at a high school in the Beaverton school district. Grace also works as one of the Student Ambassadors for the Graduate Admissions Office where she connects with prospective students. Within her program, Grace is part of the Social Committee, helping to plan gatherings between all the cohorts to come together.

Grace is part of the Oregon School Psychology Association on the Government and Professional Relations Committee. She will also be presenting research at the National Association of School Psychology conference this upcoming year.

In her free time, she is an avid birder, loves to go hiking and backpacking. Indoors, she enjoys spending time with her cats, practicing yoga, playing Zelda, and doing puzzles while listening to fantasy audiobooks.

Abby Kraai

Counseling, Therapy, and School Psychology department, Marriage, Couple, & Family Therapy program

Abby Kraai (she/ her) is a first year MFCT student, new mom, long-time yoga teacher, former school teacher, writer, partner, sister, daughter, and life-long silly goose. She has been a SE Portland resident since 2014, and is originally from Rochester, New York, where she grew up on a bison farm. While her life is currently focused on graduate school, raising a small child, and trying to maintain some semblance of a social life, her other loves include playing ultimate frisbee, practicing yoga, running, taking her chiweenie, Wanda, to agility classes, and performing improv comedy. She is delighted to get to know her new schoolmates, and to do whatever she can to help them feel seen, supported, and connected!

Jorge Orozco-Roller

Counseling, Therapy, and School Psychology department, Professional Mental Health Counseling—Specialization in Addictions program

Hello! My name is Jorge Orozco-Roller, a second year Professional Mental Health Counseling- Addictions student and Graduate Assistant at the Center for Social Change & Community Involvement here at Lewis & Clark. My job at the Center is to bring meaningful volunteer opportunities to students that enact social change not only here in Portland but across the globe. As your newly elected SUN representative, I hope to add to the richness of our education through experiential learning opportunities that put Lewis & Clark graduate students amongst the communities they wish to serve.

I am a Third Culture Kid and proud Mexican-American with big dreams to give back to marginalized communities here in the PNW. My belief is that seeing and doing need to happen in tandem to effectively prepare us to enter the field of counseling as advocates for our clients. This is not an easy line of work, but by building connections and strengthening our communities I am confident that we can make change happen both in our backyard and at the national level.

In my spare time I enjoy painting, kayaking, reality TV, and bird watching. Feel free to connect with me about anything and everything. I am here for YOU!