Pueblo -- Caroline Parra has been hired part-time to serve as cheerleading coach for the ThunderWolves cheerleaders at Colorado State University - Pueblo. Parra will manage and instruct a co-ed team of 20 cheerleaders, which currently includes 12 females and 8 males. The Thunder Wolves Cheerleaders will perform at CSU-Pueblo games and events as well as make community appearances.

Parra is a 1997 graduate CSU-Pueblo, where she earned a double major in Sociology and Mass Communications. Prior to attending CSU-Pueblo, Parra attended The University of Northern Colorado, where she was a collegiate cheerleader for two years and has assisted the community by instructing cheerleading classes, clinics and try-out workshops. In 2000, Parra earned a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix.

Parra is employed at St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center and is a member of many community organizations including the Cesar Chavez Academy Board of Directors, CSU -Pueblo President's Community Advisory Council, Latino Chamber of Pueblo Marketing/PR Committee Chair, and the Pueblo Chicano Democratic Caucus.

Colorado State University - Pueblo is a regional, comprehensive university emphasizing professional, career-oriented, and applied programs. Displaying excellence in teaching, celebrating diversity, and engaging in service and outreach, CSU-Pueblo is distinguished by access, opportunity, and the overall quality of services provided to its students.