Dr. Engrid Roy is a Program Advisor/NISS Coach, supporting clients through diagnostic analysis, playbook development, and implementation steps. She has over 15 years of experience in higher education; most of those years were spent teaching at what is now Perimeter College at Georgia State University. Having taught first-year students for nearly a decade, Dr. Roy is familiar with many of the challenges—academic and non-academic—that today’s students, specifically minoritized and first-generation college students, face. As a lecturer, she embedded an array of non-academic skills into each of her courses to equip students with the confidence and the “know-how” to navigate the college environment. Dr. Roy has also served as a dissertation coach and editor for over a decade, supporting doctoral candidates as they work through barriers to program and dissertation completion.

Dr. Roy holds a doctorate in Adult and Career Education (Valdosta State University), a Master’s in English/Professional Writing (University of Memphis), and a Bachelor’s in sociology (University of Southern Mississippi). Some of her other experience includes single-gender urban education, medical and academic editing, grant writing, and human resources.