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Meet the Counseling Department

Citlali Gonzales
Associate Dean of Counseling

Mary Lou Dillard
Director of Counseling

Pathway Counselors

Arts, Communication & Design (ACD)

First Name	Last Name	Location	Email
Bertha	Barraza	San Jacinto Campus	ACDCounseling@msjc.edu
Miranda	Angeles	Menifee Valley Campus	ACDCounseling@msjc.edu
Adriana	Magda	Menifee Valley Campus	ACDCounseling@msjc.edu
Alexis	Calderon-Ferrino	Menifee Valley Campus	ACDCounseling@msjc.edu
Diana	Serrano	Menifee Valley Campus	ACDCounseling@msjc.edu
Liza	Alvia	San Jacinto Campus	ACDCounseling@msjc.edu

Business, Technology & Entrepreneurship (BTE)

First Name	Last Name	Location	Email
Betsy	Ramos de Guzman	San Jacinto Campus	BTECounseling@msjc.edu
Meghan	Basgall	Temecula Valley Campus	BTECounseling@msjc.edu
Sonia	Verduzco	Menifee Valley Campus	BTECounseling@msjc.edu
Frankee	Chavoya	Menifee Valley Campus	BTECounseling@msjc.edu

Health & Wellness (HW)

First Name	Last Name	Location	Email
Hyman	Alvia	San Jacinto Campus	HWCounseling@msjc.edu
Matt	Leyden	Menifee Valley Campus	HWCounseling@msjc.edu
Alma	Alvarez	Menifee Valley Campus	HWCounseling@msjc.edu
David	Alvarado	Temecula Valley Campus	HWCounseling@msjc.edu
Jamie	Olmos	Menifee Valley Campus	HWCounseling@msjc.edu
Leticia	Munoz	Menfiee Valley Campus	HWCounseling@msjc.edu

People, Culture & Public Services (PCPS)

First Name	Last Name	Location	Email
April	Vrtis	Menifee Valley Campus	PCPSCounseling@msjc.edu
Elias	Escamilla	Temecula Valley Campus	PCPSCounseling@msjc.edu
Rosalva	Amezcua	Menifee Valley Campus	PCPSCounseling@msjc.edu
Shartelle	Fears	Menifee Valley Campus	PCPSCounseling@msjc.edu
Danelle	Smith	Menifee Valley Campus	PCPSCounseling@msjc.edu
Kelynn	Johnson	Menifee Valley Campus	PCPSCounseling@msjc.edu
Tony	Real	Menifee Valley Campus	PCPSCounseling@msjc.edu

Science, Math & Engineering (SME)

First Name	Last Name	Location	Email
Cynthia	Garcia	Menifee Valley Campus	SMECounseling@msjc.edu
Cynthia	Vargas	San Jacinto Campus	SMECounseling@msjc.edu
Heather	Pomerenke	Temecula Valley Campus	SMECounseling@msjc.edu
Tatiana	Somers	Menifee Valley Campus	SMECounseling@msjc.edu
Claudia	Gutierrez	San Jacinto Campus	SMECounseling@msjc.edu
Katie	Owashi	Menifee Valley Campus	SMECounseling@msjc.edu

Special Population Counselors

Accommodation Services Center (formerly DSPS)

Dr. Terry Russell
Director of ASC

First Name	Last Name	Location	Email
Daniel	Martinez-Sarabia	Menifee Valley Campus	dsarabia@msjc.edu
Estefany	Solis	Menifee Valley Campus	esolis@msjc.edu
Katherine	Barnes	San Jacinto Campus	kbarnes@msjc.edu

Athletic Support Program

First Name	Last Name	Location	Email
Debra	Gleason	San Jacinto Campus	dgleason@msjc.edu

Lisa Campbell
Director of CalWORKs

First Name	Last Name	Location	Email
Bradley	Stradling	Menifee Valley Campus	bstradling@msjc.edu
Dalonie	Washington	San Jacinto Campus	dwashington@msjc.edu
Derrick	Young	Menifee Valley Campus	dyoung@msjc.edu
Lisa	Harper	Temecual Valley Campus	lharper@msjc.edu

Extended Opportunity Programs & Services (EOPS)

Heather Jones
Director of EOPS

First Name	Last Name	Other Specialties	Email
Pamela	James	Alpha A-F	pjames@msjc.edu
Thai	Phan	Alpha G-L	tphan@msjc.edu
Duc	Nguyen	Alpha M-R	dnguyen@msjc.edu
Lourdes	Maldonado	Alpha S-Z	lmaldonado@msjc.edu
Courtney	Hall	Foster Youth	cohall@msjc.edu
Gerardo	Ortiz-Cardenas	UndocuDREAMers	gortizcardenas@msjc.edu
SynToia	Hunt	CARE	shunt@msjc.edu
Erika	Ramos Vargas		eramosvargas@msjc.edu

K-12 Partnerships

Jenny Hughes
Director of K-12 Partnerships

First Name	Last Name	Location	Email
April	Wardwell	Menifee Valley Campus	awardwell@msjc.edu
Karina	Mejia	San Jacinto Campus	kmejia@msjc.edu

Pamela Wright
Director of Transfer

First Name	Last Name	Location	Email
Escarlet	Wirth	Menifee Valley Campus	ewirth@msjc.edu

Umoja (a Kiswahili word meaning unity)

Vacant
Coordinator of Umoja

First Name	Last Name	Location	Email
Quinlan	Strong	San Jacinto Campus	qstrong@msjc.edu

Veterans Resource Center (VRC)

Terry Russell
Director of VRC

First Name	Last Name	Location	Email
Melissa	Perez	Menifee Valley Campus	mperez@msjc.edu
Yarick	Whitmore	San Jacinto Campus	ywhitmore@msjc.edu

Student Support

Retention Specialist

First Name	Last Name	Location	Email
Angela	Barbera	San Jacinto Campus	abarbera@msjc.edu

Administrative Associate III

First Name	Last Name	Location	Email
Cynthia	Prentice	Menifee Valley Campus	counseling@msjc.edu

Administrative Associate II (Counseling Front Desk Staff)

First Name	Last Name	Location	Email
Carla	Jackson	Menifee Valley Campus	counseling@msjc.edu
Janet	Evans	Temecula Valley Campus	counseling@msjc.edu
Rosa	Jimenez	San Jacinto Campus	counseling@msjc.edu