Meet the Staff
Jeremy Evangelista-Ramos (Acting Director of PSP)
Student Services - Counseling Skyline | BLDG 19-207
Email: evangelistaj@smccd.edu
Responsibilities: Oversee the design, implementation, and evaluation of the
Full-Time and Part-Time Promise Scholars Program
Mikayla Balan (Program Services Coordinator)
Pronouns: she/her
Student Services - Counseling Skyline | BLDG 19-207
Email: balanm@smccd.edu
Responsibilities: Outreach, Engagement Requirements, Instructional Faculty Liaison, Workshop Coordination, Buddy Program, Intradistrict Transfer, Alumni Work
Annalise Harlow (Detail Program Services Coordinator)
Student Services - Counseling Skyline | BLDG 19-207
Pronouns: she/her
Email: harlowannalise@smccd.edu
Responsibilities: Recruitment, Matriculation, Residency Re-Class, PSP Incentives, Workshop Coordination
Diego Payan (Retention Specialist)
Student Services - Counseling Skyline | BLDG 19-207
Email: payand@smccd.edu
Responsibilities: Early Alert, Academic Notice, Program Re-Entry, Registration, and Enrollment Support
Gema Garibay (Detail Financial Aid Program Services Coordinator)
Student Services - Financial Aid | BLDG 19
Email: garibayg@smccd.edu
Responsibilities: Assist students with their financial aid applications and documentsKim Davalos (PSP Counselor)
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Student Services - Counseling Skyline | BLDG 19-206
Email: davalosk@smccd.edu
Make a counseling appointment from your mySMCCD Student Portal
Responsibilities: Create and revise Student Education Plans, Explore educational and personal goals, Assist with transfer and graduation requirements, Provide referrals and resources for academic, personal, and financial needs, Teach counseling courses, Lead Promise workshops and events
Dionicio Garcia (PSP Counselor)
Student Services - Counseling Skyline | BLDG 19-206
Email: garciadionicio@smccd.edu
Make a counseling appointment from your mySMCCD Student Portal
Responsibilities: Create and revise Student Education Plans, Explore educational and personal goals, Assist with transfer and graduation requirements, Provide referrals and resources for academic, personal, and financial needs, Teach counseling courses, Lead Promise workshops and events
Kent Gomez (PSP Counselor)
Student Services - Counseling Skyline | BLDG 19
Email: gomezk@smccd.edu
Make a counseling appointment from your mySMCCD Student Portal
Responsibilities: Create and revise Student Education Plans, Explore educational and personal goals, Assist with transfer and graduation requirements, Provide referrals and resources for academic, personal, and financial needs, Teach counseling courses, Lead Promise workshops and events
Rocio Aguilar-Pedroza (PSP/TRiO/EOPS Counselor)
Pronouns: she/her/ella
Student Services - Counseling Skyline | BLDG 19-206
Email: aguilarpedrozar@smccd.edu
Make a counseling appointment from your mySMCCD Student Portal
Responsibilities: Create and revise Student Education Plans, Explore educational and personal goals, Assist with transfer and graduation requirements, Provide referrals and resources for academic, personal, and financial needs, Teach counseling courses, Lead Promise workshops and events
Mandy Lucas (PSP/TRiO/EOPS Counselor)
Pronouns: she/her
Student Services - Counseling Skyline | BLDG 19-206
Email: lucasm@smccd.edu
Make a counseling appointment from your mySMCCD Student Portal
Responsibilities: Create and revise Student Education Plans, Explore educational and personal goals, Assist with transfer and graduation requirements, Provide referrals and resources for academic, personal, and financial needs, Teach counseling courses, Lead Promise workshops and events
Brianna Clay (PSP/TRiO Counselor)
Student Services - Counseling Skyline | BLDG 05-5105
Email: clayb@smccd.edu
Make a counseling appointment from your mySMCCD Student Portal
Responsibilities: Create and revise Student Education Plans, Explore educational and personal goals, Assist with transfer and graduation requirements, Provide referrals and resources for academic, personal, and financial needs, Teach counseling courses, Lead Promise workshops and events
Lucy Jovel (PSP/EOPS Counselor)
Student Services - EOPS|CARE|Calworks Skyline | BLDG 19-205
Email: perezl@smccd.edu
Make a counseling appointment from your mySMCCD Student Portal
Responsibilities: Create and revise Student Education Plans, Explore educational and personal goals, Assist with transfer and graduation requirements, Provide referrals and resources for academic, personal, and financial needs, Teach counseling courses, Lead Promise workshops and events
Melanie Espinueva+Aure (PSP/EOPS Counselor)
Pronouns: she/her(s)/siya
Student Services - EOPS|CARE|Calworks Skyline | BLDG 19-205
Email: espinuevam@smccd.edu
Make a counseling appointment from your mySMCCD Student Portal
Responsibilities: Create and revise Student Education Plans, Explore educational and personal goals, Assist with transfer and graduation requirements, Provide referrals and resources for academic, personal, and financial needs, Teach counseling courses, Lead Promise workshops and events
Andrea Hernandez (PSP Counselor)
Student Services - Counseling Skyline | BLDG 19
Email: hernandezan@smccd.edu
Make a counseling appointment from your mySMCCD Student Portal
Responsibilities: Create and revise Student Education Plans, Explore educational and personal goals, Assist with transfer and graduation requirements, Provide referrals and resources for academic, personal, and financial needs, Teach counseling courses, Lead Promise workshops and events
Manuel Verdin (PSP/TRiO Counselor)
Pronouns: he/him/his/el
Student Services - Counseling Skyline | BLDG 19
Email: verdinm@smccd.edu
Make a counseling appointment from your mySMCCD Student Portal
Responsibilities: Create and revise Student Education Plans, Explore educational and personal goals, Assist with transfer and graduation requirements, Provide referrals and resources for academic, personal, and financial needs, Teach counseling courses, Lead Promise workshops and events
Angelica Peña (PSP Counselor)
Student Services - Counseling Skyline | BLDG 19
Email: penaa@smccd.edu
Make a counseling appointment from your mySMCCD Student Portal
Responsibilities: Create and revise Student Education Plans, Explore educational and personal goals, Assist with transfer and graduation requirements, Provide referrals and resources for academic, personal, and financial needs, Teach counseling courses, Lead Promise workshops and events
Angela Serrano (PSP/Puente Counselor)
Student Services - Counseling Skyline | BLDG 7 / BLDG 4
Email: serranoa@smccd.edu
Make a counseling appointment from your mySMCCD Student Portal
Responsibilities: Create and revise Student Education Plans, Explore educational and personal goals, Assist with transfer and graduation requirements, Provide referrals and resources for academic, personal, and financial needs, Teach counseling courses, Lead Promise workshops and eventsErin Johnson (PSP/Student Athlete Counselor)
Student Services - Counseling Skyline | BLDG 3-146
Email: johnsonerin@smccd.edu
Make a counseling appointment from your mySMCCD Student Portal
Responsibilities: Create and revise Student Education Plans, Explore educational and personal goals, Assist with transfer and graduation requirements, Provide referrals and resources for academic, personal, and financial needs, Teach counseling courses, Lead Promise workshops and events