Fall 2025
Section 0738 of COUN7
Identity and Cultural Diversity -- : Aug 18 - Dec 10 2025
This section is part of the SRJC Petaluma Puente Learning Community. The course is linked to ENGL C1000 (section #2438) Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:00am-10:00am and ENGL 50 (section #1458), Mondays and Wednesday's from 11:00am-12:00pm. Students are automatically enrolled in all sections. Please contact Roberto Alvarado at ralvarado@santarosa.edu for more information about joining the Petaluma Puente Learning Community.
Section 2725 of COUN53
Strategies for College Success -- : Sep 08 - Dec 12 2025
This section is a late start hybrid class and will meet Mondays in-person on the Petaluma campus, with additional work assigned weekly in Canvas.
Summer 2025
Section 8008 of COUN53
Strategies for College Success -- : Jun 23 - Aug 10 2025
This course will be taught 100% asynchronously online with no required Zoom component. Please email the instructor with questions.
Spring 2025
Section 6390 of COUN80
Understanding the Transfer Process -- : Jan 27 - Apr 28 2025
This section is a Late Start class and is part of the Puente Learning Community and is linked to ENGL 5, M/W 12pm-2pm. Students are automatically enrolled in both sections. This class will be IN-PERSON.
Bachelors of Arts in Social Welfare with an Emphasis in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley
Masters in Social Work with a Concentration in Children, Youth, and Families from San Jose State University
I am the Puente Counselor at the Petaluma Campus. I was born and raised in Lake County. I graduated from Kelseyville High School in 1994. I attended UC Berkeley and received my Bachelor's degree in Social Welfare with an emphasis in Sociology in 1999. I went back to school in 2010 to get a Masters degree in Social Work from San Jose State University while I was working full time. I am/was a first generation, low-income college student. Being the first in my family to go on to college and coming from a low income background I know what it is like to encounter obstacles and challenges in higher education. I made a lot of mistakes throughout my educational journey which fuels my desire to help students.
Santa Rosa Junior College, Counselor / Puente Coordinator / Instructor, 2014-Present
Diablo Valley College, Adjunct Counselor / Instructor, 2014
Napa Valley College, Adjunct Instructor / Students Services Specialist, 2003-2014
COP Lead: Transformative Syllabus and Humanizing Yourself
2019 Multicultural Educator of the Year
Outstanding Research Project, San Jose State MSW Program 2013