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Meet The Staff

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Counseling Department Chair:

Amber Alatorre, M.A., Pronouns:  she/her/siya

Counseling/Personal Growth Assistant Chair:

Georgina Masoni Garcia, M.S., Other languages spoken: Spanish, Pronouns:  she/her/hers/ella

Full-time Faculty Counselors & Personal Growth Professors:

Abdimalik Buul, Ed.D.

*On Leave—Special assignment with the

CCC Chancellor's Office

Ahmed (Rasheed) Aden, M.S.

HUBU Counselor/Coordinator, Personal Growth Professor

Other languages spoken:  Somali

Andre Jones, M.A.

City Scholars Counselor/Coordinator, 

Personal Growth Professor

Andre Sanz, M.A.

Personal Growth Professor

Pronouns:  he/him/his

Crystal Rodriguez, M.S, PPSC

Promise & East Village Middle College High School Counselor

Personal Growth Professor

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Eddie Franco, M.Ed.

Latinx Student Success Counselor/Coordinator, Undocumented Resource Center, Personal Growth Professor

Other languages spoken: Spanish

Pronouns: he/him/his

Elsa (Cristina) Carrillo, Ed.D

Guided Pathways Co-Coordinator

Personal Growth Professor

Other languages spoken:  Spanish

Pronouns:  she/her/hers/ella

Erin Charlens, Ed.D.

Transfer Center Coordinator/Counselor

Personal Growth Professor

Jacqueline Willet, M.S.

Veterans Counselor

Pronouns: she/her/h

Jose (Luis) Perez, Ed.D.

Puente Counselor/Coordinator, 

Personal Growth Professor

Other languages spoken:  Spanish

Kalon Bell, M.A.

Umoja Counselor/Coordinator, Personal Growth Professor

Pronouns: he/him/his

 

 

Kirk Webley, M.S.

Marc Hollman, M.A.

Athletics Counselor

Martin Moss, M.A.

Retired/Pro-Rata, Athletics Counselor

Nesha Savage, Ed.D

Black Student Success Counselor/Coordinator

Nora Hinsley, M.S.

ICAN Counselor/Coordinator

Other languages spoken:  Khmer

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Perla Vizcarra, M.A

Other languages spoken: Spanish

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Ray Wong, M.S.

Retired/Pro-Rata Counselor

Rudy Zamora, M.A.

Honors, Personal Growth Professor

Sandy Sada, M.A.

Personal Growth Professor

Other languages spoken: Arabic, Aramaic (Chaldean)

 

Part-time Faculty Counselors & Personal Growth Instructors:

Angel Ramirez, M.A.

General Counseling, City Scholars

Pronouns: he/him/his 

Angela Hernandez, M.S.

General Counseling

Other languages spoken: Spanish

 

 

Angelina Rodriguez, M.A.

General Counseling, Personal Growth Professor

Caryn Pass, M.A. (*On leave - Fall 2025)

Personal Growth

Derrick Young, M.A.

General Counseling, A2MEND

Jacqueline Gomez, M.Ed.

General Counseling

Other languages spoke: Spanish

Pronouns: she/her/hers/ella

James Olmos, M.A.

General Counseling, Personal Growth Professor

Kelly Giang, M.S.

General Counseling, ICAN Learning Community, Personal Growth Professor

Other languages spoken: Cantonese

Pronouns: she/her/h

 Mario Hernandez Figueroa, M.A.

General Counseling, Veterans

Other languages spoken: Spanish

Pronouns: he/him/el

Mohamed Musse, M.A.

General Counseling

Other languages spoken: Somali

Pronouns:  he/him

Raquel Peshkepia Veluz, M.S.

General Counseling

Pronouns: she/her/hers

 Salvador (Sal) Flor, M.S.

General Counseling, Transfer Center

Saman Yaghmaee, Ed.D

General Counseling, Human Services/Social Work 

Other languages spoken: Farsi 

Shelly Barajas-Leyva, M.A.

General Counseling

Other languages spoken: Spanish

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Tamara Alvarez, M.S.W.

General Counseling

Other languages spoken: Spanish

Pronouns: she/her/hers/ella

 

Classified Professionals:

John Gradilla, M.S.

General Counseling

Pronouns:  he/him/his

Nisreen Rofaeel, B.A.

General Counseling

Other languages spoken: Arabic and Aramaic

Ricardo Javier Contreras, M.B.A.

General Counseling

Other languages spoken:  Spanish

Patricia Pugnier, A.S.

Evaluations & General Counseling 

Xochitl Bravo, B.A.

General Counseling

Pronouns:  she/her/hers