Milena Velez

Milena has been involved in the world of enrollment management since 2005, most recently serving as the Director of Admissions at Newberry College in South Carolina before moving on to work with enrollmentFUEL full-time in 2021. Originally from Bulgaria, she has a passion for international students and adult learner populations, as well as putting together strategic enrollment initiatives and communication strategies that meet the needs of diverse and ever-changing student populations. Milena believes in the mission of higher education to better the lives of students and their communities, and is confident in the industry's ability to achieve it through collaboration, compassion, and continuity of best practices.

A writer at heart, Milena completed her B.A. at Oberlin College, her MBA at Lake Erie College, and her Master of Arts in Rhetoric and Writing from The University of Findlay. She currently resides right outside of Columbia, South Carolina, with her husband, their daughter, and a dog that would sell them all for a jar of peanut butter. When not on a Zoom call, you might catch her speed-reading multiple books at the same time, adventuring with her daughter, writing fantasy folklore stories, or solving a puzzle with a cup of hot herbal tea.