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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

Counseling & Evaluations Department Supervisor:

Josolyn Hill, Ed.D.

 

Full-time Faculty Counselors & Personal Growth Professors:

Ahmed (Rasheed) Aden, M.S.

HUBU Counselor/Coordinator, Personal Growth

Other languages spoken:  Somali

Kalon Bell, M.A.

Umoja Counselor/Coordinator , Personal Growth

Pronouns: he/him/his

Abdimalik Buul, Ed.D.

*On Leave - Special assignment with the

CCC Chancellor's Office

Elsa Cristina Carrillo, Ed.D

Guided Pathways Co-Coordinator

Personal Growth

Other languages spoken:  Spanish

Pronouns:  she/her/hers/ella

Erin Charlens, Ed.D.

Transfer Center Coordinator/Counselor

Personal Growth

Eddie Franco, M.Ed.

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

Other languages spoken: Spanish

Pronouns: he/him/his

Nora Hinsley, M.S.

ICAN Counselor/Coordinator

Other languages spoken:  Khmer

Pronouns:  she/her/hers

Marc Hollman, M.A.

Athletics Counselor

Andre Jones, M.A.

City Scholars Counselor/Coordinator, Personal Growth

 

 Martin Moss, M.A.

Retired/Pro-Rata, Athletics Counselor

Jose Luis Perez, Ed.D.

Puente Counselor/Coordinator, Personal Growth

Other languages spoken:  Spanish

 

 

Crystal Rodriguez, M.S, PPSC

Promise & East Village Middle College High School Counselor

Personal Growth

Pronouns:  she/her/hers

Sandy Sada, M.A.

Personal Growth

Other languages spoken:

Arabic, Aramaic (Chaldean)

Andre Sanz, M.A.

Personal Growth

Carlos Sanz Memorial Scholarship               

Pronouns:  he/him/his

Nesha Savage, Ed.D

Black Student Success Counselor/Coordinator

Perla Vizcarra, M.A

Other languages spoken:  Spanish            

Pronouns:  she/her/hers

Kirk Webley, M.S.

Jacqueline Willet, M.S.

Military/Veterans Counselor

Pronouns:  she/her/hers

Ray Wong, M.S.

Retired/Pro-Rata Counselor

Rudy Zamora, M.A.

Personal GrowthHonors

 

 

Part-time Faculty Counselors & Personal Growth Instructors:

Tamara Alvarez, M.S.W.

General Counseling

Other Languages Spoken:  Spanish

Pronouns:  she/her/ella

Shelly Barajas-Leyva, M.A

General Counseling

Other languages spoken: Spanish

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Ismael Carrillo, M.A.

Personal Growth, EOPS

Other languages spoken: Spanish

Pronouns: he/him/él

Salvador Flor, M.S.

General Counseling, Transfer Center

Kelly Giang, M.S.

General Counseling, ICAN Learning Community, Personal Growth

Other languages spoken: Cantonese

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Jacqueline Gomez, M.Ed.

General Counseling

Other languages spoken: Spanish

Pronouns: she/her/hers/ella

Angela Hernandez, M.S.

General Counseling

Other languages spoken:  Spanish

Mario Hernandez Figueroa, M.A.

General Counseling, Veterans

Other languages spoken:  Spanish

Pronouns:  he/him

Charles (Khahalifa) King, M.A.

Personal Growth

Mohamed Musse, M.A.

General Counseling

Other languages spoken: Somali

Pronouns:  he/him

 James Olmos, M.A.

General Counseling, Personal Growth

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

Personal Growth

Raquel Peshkepia Veluz, M.S.

General Counseling

Pronouns:  she/her/hers

Angel Ramirez, M.A.

General Counseling, City Scholars

Pronouns: he/him/his

Angelina Rodriguez, M.A.

General Counseling, Personal Growth

Jose Suarez Iniguez, M.A.

General Counseling, Undocumented Resource Center, Personal Growth

Other languages spoken:  Spanish

Pronouns: he/him/his

Katherine Vilchez, M.A.

General Counseling

Saman Yaghmaee, Ed.D.

General Counseling, Human Services/Social Work 

Other languages spoken:  Farsi 

Derrick Young, M.A.

General Counseling, A2MEND

 

Classified Professionals:

 Xochitl Bravo

General Counseling

Pronouns:  she/her/hers

Ricardo Javier Contreras, M.B.A.

General Counseling

Other languages spoken:  Spanish

John Gradilla, M.S.

General Counseling

Pronouns:  he/him/his

Patricia Pugnier

Evaluations & General Counseling