UCSC's
17th Annual
Multicultural Career Conference
Alumni Participants
The following alumni will
be attending the conference. Their profiles can be viewed by the
Career fields below: (this
list is subject to additions and deletions)
Career Fields:
Arts
and Media
Business and Management
Health
Higher
Education: Teaching/Administration
Law
Public/Social Services
Science
Technology:
including Liberal Arts Majors
Teaching:
K - 12/Administration
Arts
and Media
Adilah Barnes, Cowell
College, BA, Theater Arts, Black Drama, 1972
Adilah is an award-winning stage actor who's solo show,
"I Am That I Am: Woman, Black has toured nationally in 35 states,
Europe and the Caribbean. Her television credits include the premiere this
February 15th of the HBO movie, "Iron Jawed Angels in which
she portrays historical figure, Ida B. Wells. She also currently
appears in a national VISA commercial. She is co-founder of the
Los Angeles Women's Theater Festival which will host the UCSC Alumni's
LA Chapter's scholarship fundraiser this March. She also teaches
acting and writing and recently completed her first book, "On
My Own Terms: One Actor's Journey". She also hosts her
internet talk show, "Adilah", on Blake Radio.com.
She has also served on the elected body of the Alumni Council since
1998 and is one of the founders of Black Escargot, an alumni affinity
group.
Helen Sam, Kresge College, BA,
Sociology, 1998
Helen is the Production Coordinator for the Independent Television
Service(ITVS). ITVS funds film projects and programs for public
television and PBS. As Production Coordinator, Helen is part of
a production team that works closely with independent filmmakers
to complete their programs for broadcast, festivals, and distribution.
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Business
and Management
Nabil
Ahmad, College Eight, BA Business
Management Economics and Politics, 2002
Nabil is a Financial Analyst with CitiGroup in San Jose.
Carolina Camarena, Merrill College,
BA Psychology, 1996
Carolina works in marketing communications for the City of
San Jose.
Josue Cano,
College Nine, BA Sociology, 2002
Josue is a self employed health professional in the personal
training field. Josue is also doing market relations for a start
up television show.
Leo Ching, Oakes
College, BA Economics, 1997
Leo is a Forecasting Manager for NETGEAR.
Kevin
Chow, Crown
College, BA Business management Economics, 2000
Kevin has been working in Hewlett Packard
for over three years, and was one of the key players in the Compaq
acquisition.
Donald Kwong,
Cowell College, BA Economics, 1991
Donald manages a First-Time Homebuyers Financing Program
for the City of Santa Clara. He also has experience in public budgeting,
risk management, and contracts and purchasing.
Evelyn
Luluquisen, Oakes College, BA Environmental
Studies, 1985
Evelyn is a Human Resources
Manager at UC Berkeley. She started in the field of human resources
as a job developer in a program that assisted immigrants and refugees.
She worked her way up in the University of California system and
has been here for almost 14 years.
Laura
Luster, Stevenson College, BA African-American
Studies, 1971
Laura is Program Manager for Luster National,
Inc. She has experience working in Not-for-Profits, Business, Engineering/Construction,
Workforce & Community Development, and Higher Education.
She received a Ph.D. in Education from Stanford
University in 1992.
Karen Menjivar, Merrill College, BA Business Management
Economics, 2001
Karen is a Financial Analyst with Chevron Texaco.
Don Mesa,
Oakes College, BA Economics, 1995
Don Mesa started out with a non-profit community
agency, setting up a promotional goods business to provide disadvantaged
youth with jobs. He moved to Japan to work in the game industry,
dealing with licensing, sales and distribution, then to marketing.
He is currently looking after the James Bond franchise at Electronic
Arts.
Dom Siababa,
Merrill College, BA Sociology, 1975
Dom is a Manager with Pacific Gas and Electric Company. He has had
a number of different jobs within PG&E starting as an individual
contributor and working hiss way through the company to his present
position.
Dalia Terleckaite,
MA Economics, 2002
Dalia works in Marketing with Integnology.
She received a B.A. in International Economics from
Vilnius University.
John Valmores, Oakes
College, BA History, 1995
John is an independent consultant who spent 8 years working
as a stockbroker for some of the biggest firms on Wall Street. He
was also instrumental, as a charter member, in establishing and
online financial services company. He spent the last two years working
for an investment bank before starting his own enterprise in the
commercial real estate business.
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Health
Jasmine Berke,
Merrill College, BA Politics, 1978
As a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine Jasmine
heals patients with Acupuncture treatments and Herbal medicine.
She treats a wide variety of health problems including, colds, flus,
asthma, menstrual problems, PMS, headaches, all kinds of pain, digestive
disorders, fatigue, infertility, pregnancy, neurological disorders,
hormonal imbalances, many difficult to treat chronic health problems
and supports people with cancer and hepatitis. She works with babies,
children, adults and seniors. She loves her work and finds it very
rewarding to make people feel better in their body, mind, and spirit.
Jasmine received her degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from
Five Branches Institute in 1992.
Jerome Booker, Stevenson College, BS Molecular, Cellular
& Developmental Biology, 1997
Jerome is currently a fourth year medical student at UC San Francisco.
While at UC Santa Cruz, Jerome attended MMEP summer internship at
Yale school of Medicine. After graduating he worked for UCSF at
NASA/AMES Research Center doing osteoporosis research. He then worked
for DNAX Research Center in their protein chemistry lab. Then Jerome
worked for Stanford Medical School helping to start-up a new genetics
lab, which is researching the gene responsible for hand deformities.
During this time he took the MCAT' twice and applied for medical
school. In 2000, he was accepted to UCSF medical school. While at
UCSF, Jerome was diagnosed with a learning disability, and has overcome
the obstacles it presented.
Adriana Horigan,
College Eight, BS Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology,
2001
Adriana is a research scientist for Applied Biosystems. She
also received her E.M.T. certification from San Francisco State
University.
Dale Villasenor, Oakes College, BS
Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, 1995
Dale is a Dentist with Contra Costa Dental. He received a
Doctorate of Dental Surgery from Columbia University School of Dental
& Oral Surgery.
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Higher
Education: Teaching/Administration
eeman agrama, Merrill College, BA Psychology, 1996
eeman is Coordinator of Residential Education at UC Santa
Cruz's College Ten. As Coordinator for Residential Education,
eeman has been part of the pioneering staff team which opened College
Ten in the Fall of 2002 and works closely with the staff and student
community to develop College Ten's theme of "Social Justice
and Community." eeman received an MS in Student Affairs
and Counseling from USC in 1999.
Jose Antonio Astorga, Oakes College, BA American Studies, 1995
Jose is in a Ph.D. program in Education at UC Berkeley. He
received a MA in International & Multicultural Education at
the University of San Francisco, 1997.
Ken Batch-Elder,
Stevenson
College, BA History and World Religions, 2003
Nidhi
Chanani, College
Nine, BA Literature, 2002
Nidhi is Assistant
College Programs Coordinator for UC Santa Cruz's College Nine.
Lisa Fonseca,
College Eight, BA Psychology, 2002
Lisa is Graduate Information Program
Coordinator for UC Santa Cruz's Educational Opportunity Programs
office.
Susanna Galvez,
Merrill College, BA Sociology, 1999
Susanna is currently a graduate student working on a Master's
of Education in College Student Affairs
at Azusa Pacific University.
Juan Garcia,
Merrill College, BA in Anthropology and Psychology, 1972
Juan is a Professor at CSU Fresno. He received a Ph.D. in
Anthropology from Stanford University in 1984. After receiving his
advanced degree in anthropology and becoming a Licensed Marriage
and Family Therapist he became a Counselor Educator. He's also President
of Xipe Totec Hispanic Institute of Transcultural Psychotherapy,
Inc.
Mostafa
Ghous, Merrill College, BS Information
Systems Management, 2001
Mostafa is Director of MESA at Solano Community College.
Nancy Kim, Merrill
College, BA American Studies, 1994
Nancy is Director of
UC Santa Cruz's Asian American Pacific Islander Resource Center.
She received an MA in Asian American Studies from UCLA in 1999 and
has taught college level Asian American Studies courses. .
Mischa Plunkett, Oakes College,
BA Psychology and Sociology, 2003
Mischa is Women's Athletic
Administrator in UCSC's Athletics Department.
Terran Tanikawa-Brown, Oakes College,
BA Mathematics, 1999
Terran is currently a Ph.D.
candidate in Quantitative Research Methodology in the Graduate School
of Education at UC Santa Barbara. He is also an Urban Education
Research Fellow with the Los Angeles Unified School District.
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Law
Aldo Mercado, Stevenson
College, BA Literature and Legal Studies, 2000
Aldo is currently a law student at University of San Francisco
School of Law.
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Public/Social
Services
Orson
Aguilar, College Eight, BA Psychology,
1996
Orson
is Associate Director of the Greenlining Institute, a multi-ethnic
public policy and advocacy institute. He received a MA in Public
Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin in 1999.
Mangwi Atia,
Merrill
College, BS Global Economics, 2002
Mangwi is Teen
Mentor Coordinator for Berkeley's YMCA. .
Zebunissa Bradley, Merrill College, BA Psychology, 2002
Zebunissa recently received her Masters in Social Work from
University of Michigan in 2003. Her course of study concentrated
on Interpersonal Practice with Children.
Yvette Galindo, Merrill College, BA Community Studies, 1986
Yvette is Human Resources Director with the Center for Employment
Training. She received a MA in Urban Planning at UC Los Angeles,
1989.
Mark Granado, College Eight, BA Psychology and Education
2000
Mark works for the City of Los Angeles in the Office of the
City Administrative Officer and provides budgetary and policy analysis
for the City's Information Technology Agency.
John R. Gutierrez, College Five (Porter), BA Community
Studies, 1973
John is a Case Manager, Consumer Service Coordinator at North
Los Angeles County Regional Center. He received a MSW in Social
Work at University of Southern California, 1975.
Andres Jimenez,
Merrill College, BA Politics, Latin American & Latino Studies,
1975
Andres is Director of UCOP California Policy Research. He
received his Ph.D. in Politics from UC Berkeley. He is also a national
leader in public policy studies, a program innovator, director of
U.S. Mexico exchange programs and co-coordinator of UC Santa Cruz's
Latino Alumni Network.
Dorris N. Lam, College Eight, BA Economics and Environmental
Studies, 2000
Dorris is a Regulatory Analyst with the California Public
Utilities Commission.
Xiu Li, Porter College, BA Sociology, 1999
Xiu is a Field Representative with HERE Local 2 and works
to guard the rights and interests of workers.
Clifford Yee,
Oakes
College, BA Psychology, 2002
Clifford is Program Coordinator for UC
Santa Cruz's Asian American Pacific Islander Resource Center.
Patricia Zendejas Villasenor, Oakes College, BA Latin American
and Latino Studies, 1995
Patricia is currently Director of Community Partnerships
with the Children's Book Press. For the past 10 years she has worked
in the non-profit field in various positions including a paralegal
working with migrant farm workers and a social worker in a New York
City elementary school.
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Science
Samuel Barillas,
Crown College, BS Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology,
2001
Samuel is a Molecular Biologist with IND/UC San Francisco.
John
Nishio, Porter
College, BA Biology, 1978
John is Director, Biocompatible
Plant Research Institute at CSU Chico and Adjunct Professor. He
was a professor of plant cell biology at the University of Wyoming
for 13 years before moving to Chico in 2002. He received a Ph.D.
in Plant Molecular & Physiological Biology at UC Berkeley. Research
interests are in plant stress physiology, agriculture, and proteomics.
He has recently reactivated his deep interest in science education
for teachers and k-12 students. He is teaching a life sciences course
for the master's in science teaching program at CSU Chico this spring.
His experiences include working as a janitor, farm laborer, secretary,
fire fighter, national park ranger naturalist, environmental educator,
and actor. He completed all the coursework for an MA degree in Environmental
Education at California State University, San Francisco.
Patricia Sacayon,
Oakes
College, BS Molecular, Cellular & Dev. Biology and BA Latin
American and Latino Studies, 1998
Patricia
is currently a a graduate student in the Molecular Biology department
at the University of Utah.
Isha Seales, Merrill College, BS Molecular, Cellular & Developmental
Biology, 2002
Isha is a Staff Research
Associate II with UC San Francisco. She recently published a first
author review entitled Mouse Models for Infiltrative Gliomas for
a reference book that documents important advances in Neuro-Oncology
and describes advances in genomic and molecular techniques and their
medical and therapeutic implications.
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Technology:
including Liberal
Arts Majors
Yupeng Gao,
Crown College, BS Information Systems Management, 2000
Yupeng is a System Administrator with Applied Materials.
Cecilie
Hoffman, Merrill
College, BA Linguistics, 1979
Cecilie is a
self-employed Business Analyst and Project Manager for software
development projects. Having spent over twenty years in Silicon
Valley, she has seen two full cycles of economic boom and bust.
She has worked at four start-up organizations, started her own business
(and shut it down) and worked for both domestic and international
companies. She has been an employee and a consultant. She specializes
in bridging cultural gaps, such as the abyss between Engineering
and Marketing. She received her MA in Linguistics from the University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1981.
Carol Hoshizaki, Crown College, BS Biology, 1981
Carol is a Data Manager with Community Technology Alliance.
She also has a BA in English Literature from UC Los Angeles, 1976.
She has worked in the relational database field for almost 20 years
in the nonprofit, healthcare, medical software, and insurance brokerage
industries. She is currently Data Manager & Taxonomist for www.HelpSCC.org,
a searchable database of community resources for Santa Clara and
Santa Cruz counties.
Roberto Lopez,
Oakes College, BS Computer Engineering, 1999
Roberto is a Application Engineer with Apple Computer Inc.
Fernando Mejia,
College Eight, BS Computer Engineering, 2001
Fernando is a self-employed network administrator. He is
currently pursuing CCNA, CCSP, and CCIE certifications.
Brandon Phillips,
Crown College, BS Economics, 1994
Brandon is a Systems Application Designer with Yipes Enterprise
Services.
Doan Tran,
College Eight, BS Environmental Studies and Economics, 1996
Doan is a Realtor with Referral Realty.
Richard Tran, Cowell College, BS Computer Engineering,
2000
Richard is a Senior Network Engineer with Teleplan, Inc. He is in
charge of all technical aspects of major customers at Teleplan,
including Cisco Systems, NetApps, and Alcatel.
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Teaching:
K-12/Administration
Catalina Berumen,
Oakes College, BA Psychology, 1995
Catalina is a teacher in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District.
Her teaching focus is Equity and Social Justice. She received an
MA in Education
and a Bilingual Teaching Credential from UCSC in 2000.
Enrico Dominguez,
Cowell College, BA Psychology, 1998
Enrico is Outreach Coordinator for the EAO Path Program in the
Pajaro Valley Unified School Disrtict. The EAO Path helps students
develop academic pathways starting in 4th grade, tracks them through
graduation from high school, and onto college.
Sandra
Huerta, Merrill College, BA Politics,
1992
Sandra received her MA in Education
from CSU Northridge in 2003. She is now a school counselor and enjoys
advocating for and counseling a diverse group of people of all ages
in the K-12 educational system.
Cindy
Martinez,
Porter College, BA History and Theater Arts, 1991
Cindy teaches Social
Studies at San Lorenzo Valley High School. She received an Masters
of Teaching from Seattle University in 1997.
Frank Mendez, Oakes College, BA Philosophy, 1995
Frank is a SDC Teacher with Campbell Unified High School
District. He received his MA in Education from CSU San Jose in 2003.
Sylvia
Mendez, Merrill College, BA Literature
and Education, 1979
Sylvia is principal at an elementary school in Pajaro Valley
Unified School District where she worked as a classroom aide over
30 years ago. She
received her MA in Education from San Jose State in 2000.
Rebecca
Ray,
Cowell College, BS in Biology and Chemistry, 1970
Rebecca was the
first woman to be hired as an environmental health specialist for
the City of Berkeley. She is a teacher for all ages in public and
private schools and childcare settings. She also teaches Marine
biology for the Pacific Rim Math Science Upward Bound summer program
at Oakes College.
Maria Reyes, Oakes
College, BA Sociology and Education, 1999
Maria has taught Spanish Bilingual first grade for 5 years.
She received her teaching credential from San Jose State.
Lisa Tanikawa-Brown,
Oakes College, BA Language Studies and Education, 1998
Lisa is a teacher at Ventura Unified
School District. She teaches third grade in a Spanish Two-Way Immersion
program. She is also currently working toward an Administrative
Services Credential and MA in Educational Administration through
CSU Northridge.
Richard
Vasquez, Oakes College, Teaching
Credential, 1973
Richard is the Regional Coordinator
for UC College Prep Online at UC Santa Cruz. He received his BA
in Sociology from UC Santa Barbara.
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