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Meet the Counseling Department

Citlali Gonzales
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
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
Cynthia	Garcia	Menifee Valley 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
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
Tony	Real	Menifee Valley Campus	PCPSCounseling@msjc.edu

Science, Math & Engineering (SME)

First Name	Last Name	Location	Email
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

Extended Opportunity Programs & Services (EOPS)

Lisa Campbell
Director of EOPS

First Name	Last Name	Location	Email
Pamela	James		pjames@msjc.edu
Duc	Nguyen		dnguyen@msjc.edu
Thai	Phan		tphan@msjc.edu
Gerardo	Ortiz-Cardenas		gortizcardenas@msjc.edu

K-12 Partnerships

Jenny Hughes
Director of K-12 Partnerships

First Name	Last Name	Location	Email
April	Wardwell	Menifee Valley Campus	K12studentinfo@msjc.edu
Karina	Mejia	San Jacinto Campus	K12studentinfo@msjc.edu

Native American Student Success & Support Program (NASSSP)

Cuauhtli Ramos
Director of NASSSP

First Name	Last Name	Location	Email
Liliana	Castro	District-Wide	licastro@msjc.edu

Pamela Wright
Director of Transfer

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

Umoja (a Kiswahili word meaning unity)

Joyce Johnson
VP of Umoja

First Name	Last Name	Location	Email
Kelynn	Johnson	District-Wide	kejohnson@msjc.edu
Derrick	Young	District-Wide	dyoung@msjc.edu
Isiah	Emaguna	San Jacinto Campus	Iemaguna@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
Cynthia	Prentice	Menifee Valley Campus

Administrative Associate II (Counseling Front Desk Staff)

First Name	Last Name	Location
Janet	Evans	Menifee Valley Campus