Ciera Schlie serves as United Way of Southeast Missouri’s Marketing VISTA. Ciera’s role is to promote UWSEMO and our Funded Partners to help the community gain a better understanding of the United Way network and the impact we have in Southeast Missouri. She began working full-time in her position in August 2021 on grant-funded through AmeriCorps, a federal program that supports community service. Ciera is an alumna of Winfield High School in Winfield, Missouri, and a graduate of St. Charles Community College. She is also a 2020 graduate of Southeast Missouri University where she majored in Communication Studies and minored in Anthropology. In 2022, she began pursuing a Master's of Science in Digital Marketing from Lindenwood University. Ciera acquired a good understanding of the needs of nonprofits while serving as Outreach Intern and later as Director of Marketing and Promotions at the National Stars and Stripes Museum in Bloomfield, Missouri. She also spent five years working as a Security Officer and First Responder with United Way corporate investor, Century Casino Cape Girardeau, while pursuing her undergraduate degree. Ciera and her husband, Drew, were married in May of 2021. They have two furbabies – a cat and a dog – and look forward to building their lives together in Cape Girardeau.