Patricia Xirau-Probert

Patricia Probert leads the College of Dentistry's student affairs programs, provides support for college recruitment and retention efforts, including a residential Summer Learning Program for pre-dental students, and provides individual counseling to students. Prior to joining the college in March 2005, Xirau-Probert worked with the Catholic Refugee Resettlement center helping Bosnians, Vietnamese, Haitian, and Cuban refugees adapt to life in the United States. In 1996, she began working as a mental health counselor at the Alachua County Crisis Center. In this role, she supervised graduate psychology students, taught community education courses, and provided counseling to individuals, couples, and families.