Thorpe was born in a small town near Detroit, Michigan, and attended Central Michigan University, earning her bachelor’s degree in 2010 and master’s degree in 2012. After completing her graduate degree in educational leadership, Thorpe moved to Wisconsin to pursue a career in residence life for five years.

After that, she embarked on a complete hike of the Appalachian Trail. She completed her adventure in five months and six days, and then began looking for her next career adventure.

Thorpe soon found her place at Texas A&M, and started her career path in academic advising in March 2018 in the Department of Sociology. In her new role in the College of Geosciences, Thorpe is looking forward to new opportunities to help students.

“The opportunity to work with a smaller number of majors and take on working with graduate students appealed to me,” she said.

Her goal is to help every student succeed and accomplish their goal throughout their academic career based on student-centered approach, she said.

“I see myself as a crucial link between students and their success and well-being,” Thorpe said. “My job is to listen thoroughly to each and every student without judgement and to show them they and their college experience matter to me and to the university.”

Thorpe’s office is located in Eller O&M Building Room 114. For questions regarding academic information, contact advising-ocng@geos.tamu.edu or advising-atmo@goes.tamu.edu.