Jozie Pinkowski

Coordinator Youth Ministry

I am so excited to be joining the staff at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish as the Coordinator of Youth Ministry, and at St. Thomas Aquinas School as part of the fifth-grade educational team! I graduated from Michigan State University in 2021 with a Bachelor’s in Elementary Education and Social Studies focus, and finished my fifth year student teaching internship in April 2022.

During my junior and senior years at Michigan State University, I dedicated my time to playing Bass 1 in the Spartan Marching Band and MSU Drumline. During those years as a Catholic Spartan, I was also the music intern between St. Thomas Aquinas and St. John’s Catholic Church and Student Center, as well as a lunch aid at STA. In June of 2020, I entered the Church through RCIA, right here in East Lansing!

I consider the Catholic community here in East Lansing to be an extended family, and I am overjoyed to be coming back!