Meet Our Team
Garrett Newsom
Achieving the next best thing was exhausting. Academics were good, social life was good, but Garrett was missing something. While in college, God opened his eyes to what real life was about. After college, he worked in Moscow then returned to Texas to run a kitchen and bath business. He met his wife, Laura after college and they joined staff with Cru to see young men and women engage with the life changing person of Jesus Christ. Their family of five enjoys outdoor adventures with friends. You can usually entice him to join you on a trail run or a wading into the water with a fly rod.
Cooper Dixon
Cooper is a TexasEx, graduating with a degree in Chemical Engineering in 2019. Seeing God work in and around him on the 40 acres, he wanted to continue being a part of what God is doing on campus. He is fueled by seeing the restorative gospel of Christ apply to students' lives on the college campus. Cooper has been accused of having too many hobbies on multiple occasions. Some of these are playing disc golf, yard games, and racquet sports, brewing coffee, playing board games, watching the Horns in any and every sport, and exploring with his wife, Ana.
Ana Dixon
Ana recently graduated with her Master’s in Social Work from The University of Texas. She is passionate about helping people heal from the brokenness of this world and see the love Jesus has for them. She has been working with Cru for 4 years now and was involved with Texas Cru as a student. This is where she began her own personal relationship with God and met her husband, Cooper Dixon! In her free time, she loves to explore the outdoors, travel to different National Parks, hike, bike, and enjoy a good cup of coffee - especially when made by her coffee loving husband.
Ana Carrasco
Ana is a Texas State alum and she is married to Andres. This campus movement greatly impacted her life as a college student. She loves to walk alongside college students through their questions, growing with God, and reaching others. She loves to make people feel known, experiment in baking, finding time to a walk a trail or get in the water.
Tori Lawson
Tori and her husband, Caleb love to learn new hobbies and hang out with people. She is a huge everything Wisconsin fan (packers, bucks, badgers, brewers, cheese curds) and Caleb loves all things Louisiana (pelicans, saints, tigers, boudin, gumbo). If you’re reading this— I hope they get to meet you!