Counseling Center Contact
Department Offices: 949-451-5319
Student Services Center, 2nd Floor, Room SSC 210
Elizabeth Cipres, EdD | Dean, Guidance and Counseling
Graciela Monter | Senior Administrative Assistant, Guidance and Counseling
Mina Nawabi | Administrative Assistant, Guidance and Counseling
Articulation
Tiffany Tran | Articulation Officer, Guidance and Counseling
Katia Salinas | Articulation Specialist, Guidance and Counseling
Counselors: Specialty/Focus
Judith Benavidez | UCI/IVC Engineering Academy/ Counselor Liaison for School of Integrated Design, Engineering and Automation (IDEA), Guidance and Counseling
Jasimine Dieu | Probation/ Counselor Liaison for School of Library Sciences, Guidance and Counseling
Dalal Farsakh | International Student Counselor, Guidance and Counseling
Mark Franco | Summer Bridge; Dream Scholars/ Counselor Liaison for School of Life Sciences and Technologies, Guidance and Counseling
Eric Garcia | Veterans Counselor/ Promise Program Counselor, Guidance and Counseling
Yolonda Gouldsmith | General Counselor/ Counselor Liaison for Physical Sciences and Technologies, Guidance and Counseling
Jennifer Hall | Teacher Preparation Pipeline, Guidance and Counseling
Angel Hernandez | General Counselor/ Basic Skills Coordinator, Guidance and Counseling
John Licitra | General Counselor/ Counselor Liaison for School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Guidance and Counseling
Julie Martinez | Re-Entry Counselor, Guidance and Counseling
Robert Melendez | Department Chair/ Counselor Liaison for School of Humanities, Guidance and Counseling
Michelle Minkler | Honors/ Liaison for School of the Arts, Guidance and Counseling
Tuan Nguyen | Transfer Center Coordinator and Counselor/ Counselor Liaison for School of Math and Computer Sciences, Guidance and Counseling
Erin Pollard | PRIDE (LGBTQA+)Scholars Counselor, Guidance and Counseling
Amanda Romero | Career Center Coordinator and Career Education Counselor/ Counselor Liaison for School of Business Sciences, Guidance and Counseling
Joe Rubino | Student Athlete Coordinator, Guidance and Counseling
Sylvia Sanchez | English as a Second Language (ESL)/ Adult English as a Second Language (ESL) Counselor, Guidance and Counseling
Chanthy Thompson | Elevate AAPI Counselor, Guidance and Counseling
Jasimine Dieu | Probation/ Counselor Liaison for School of Library Sciences, Guidance and Counseling
Melanie Titterud | GAP 4+1 Counselor, Guidance and Counseling
Tiffany Tran | Articulation Officer/ Counselor Liaison for School of Language and Learning Resources, Guidance and Counseling
Kathyrn Urell | Promise Program Counselor, Guidance and Counseling
Marianne Wolfe | General Counselor, Guidance and Counseling