Office of Campus Advising Coordination Who We Are

Assistant Vice Provost, Undergraduate Advising

As Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate Advising, Stacey provides campus-wide leadership for academic advising, and leads the Office of Campus Advising Coordination. Her areas of focus include the  promotion of continuous improvement in advising, and identification of issues that may impede student progress. 

Stacey worked in Admissions, at Kresge College, and at Cowell College prior to her current role. As an alumna of UC Santa Cruz's graduate program in education, she supports an "Advising as a Teaching and Learning Activity" framework, believing that advising should be an intentional process that includes a curriculum, pedagogy, and student learning outcomes. She values collaboration and communication and welcomes hearing from advisors and others about their ideas for better supporting undergraduate success, retention, and graduation.

Associate Director of Academic Advising

In her role coordinating advising in the colleges Danielle focuses on providing support and leadership for all ten colleges including hiring, training, assessment, and support for streamlining policy and procedure.

Having completed her Masters in College and Career Counseling from San Francisco State University, she has over 12 years of experience in counseling, advising, leadership, and program coordination in higher education. Other UCSC roles have included: Academic Advisor and Academic Preceptor for Cowell College and Lead Career Center Advisor. Her pre-UCSC work includes career counseling and advising for community college and first generation students.

In her 10+ years at UCSC Danielle has found a wonderful community of friends and colleagues and greatly appreciates the opportunity for such collaborative work geared towards student success. Born and raised in Santa Cruz, Danielle currently lives in Aptos with her husband and two sons. She enjoys being outdoors, jogging, attending local events with family and friends, and good humor.

Assistant Director for Programs Advising

As Assistant Director for Program Advising, Verónica provides leadership and coordination to Academic Advisors working in campus program offices. Areas of focus include supporting advisor training and development, participating in the development and monitoring of policies and procedures for Student Services operations, and making recommendations for potential changes. Verónica works with colleagues across the academic advising community to develop campus-wide student success initiatives. She has worked at UCSC as an Academic Advisor and Program Manager for Community Studies; as College Academic Programs Coordinator at Kresge College; and as Council of Provosts Analyst. Prior to her employment at UC Santa Cruz, Verónica held positions that built her skills in program and project management, collaboration, and communication, including work in affordable housing, community development and K-12 education. She holds a Masters in Sociology from UC Santa Cruz.

College Academic Advisor, Cross Colleges

Assistant Director for Strategic Initiatives and Assessment

Winnie arrived at UCSC as the Crown College Lead Academic Preceptor and later took on this role at Merrill College as well. As assistant director for strategic advising initiatives and assessment, Winnie takes a data driven approach to supporting various advising projects related to student retention and timely graduation.

Winnie earned her A.B. in East Asian Studies from Bryn Mawr College, and her masters in education from the University of Pennsylvania. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Winnie has called several cities and countries home, before settling down on the west coast. In her free time, Winnie enjoys traveling, being an aunt, and throwing pottery.

Graduation & Retention Specialist

Erica has worked in Colleges Advising at UCSC for over 5 years. Erica currently serves as a Graduation & Retention Specialist for the Office of Campus Advising Coordination. In this role, Erica works on projects and initiatives aimed to support successful major migration for second year students, student retention, degree completion and timely graduation. As many students do, Erica had a both trying and rewarding undergraduate experience, which is why she enjoys working with and helping students navigate their academic careers to achieve personal success (no matter how small or large). In her free time, Erica enjoys listening to true crime podcasts, watching sports documentaries and walking in her neighborhood with her dog.

Email: ebellis@ucsc.edu

Advising Programs Coordinator

Sean oversees a team of peer advisors and success coaches who work in the colleges and on campus-wide initiatives, events, and outreach projects. He also works on various assignments and initiatives to help support student success and the broader academic advising community.

Sean earned his BA in History and American Multicultural Studies from Sonoma State University, and his MA in American Studies from the University of Kansas. He has worked directly with college students for over a decade in a variety of roles- resident assistant, peer mentor, tutor, instructor, and academic advisor. Prior to his current role, he worked as a college advisor at UCSC’s Porter College. In his free time, Sean likes to hang out with his wife, twin boys, and two basset hounds.

Advising Data and Process Analyst

As the Academic Advising Data and Process Analyst for the Office of Campus Advising Coordination, Tony works with colleges, departments, curriculum analysts, and other units on campus to build reports, databases, and tools so advisors on campus have the information and resources they need to do their jobs more efficiently.

As someone who enjoys leveraging technological solutions to improve efficiencies, Tony spends a lot of his free time building arduino powered robots to automate home tasks.

Coordinator of Undergraduate Honors and Research Opportunities

Don supports the engagement of undergraduate students across campus in a variety of honors programs, including the College Scholars Program, the Koret Scholars Program, and research opportunities here at UCSC.

​Don received a Bachelor of Arts i​​n​​ Botany from ​Duke University and a Master​​ of ​Science in ​Marine Sciences from ​UCSC. ​Don has been a staff member at UCSC for over 20 years. ​His ​​various UCSC roles have included: TA for Physics and Astronomy, Teaching Lab Coordinator for the Ocean Sciences Department, Research Lab Manager for the Institute of Marine Sciences, Program Coordinator for the SCWIBLES program, and most recently serving students ​as the Undergraduate Advisor for the Environmental Sciences Department. Outside of UCSC, Don teaches Human Anatomy and Physiology at Monterey Peninsula College. ​Don enjoys being outdoors, ​swimming, ​playing tennis, and ​teaching yoga.

College Scholars Program Coordinator

My name is Jessica Alejandra Parra Moya and I am a UCSC Alumna, Class of 2019. I came to UCSC as a transfer; first generation; and undocumented atudent, who graduated as a double major in Literature and Feminist Studies with a minor in Legal Studies. I am fully fluent in Spanish (my native language), English, and have intermediate fluency in Brazilian Portuguese. I am proud of the nuances of the intersections that make me who I am.

After graduating, I joined the Rachel Carson College’s Programs Team as their Student Life Assistant (SLA) in October of 2019 until May 27, 2022. The almost three years that I worked as the SLA for Rachel Carson College honed my professional skills and understanding of Higher Education and the ever changing needs and challenges of students; as well as the needs and challenges of staff within a college unit.

During the complete lockdown between early 2020 until late 2021, I decided to go back to school and completed the ABA Accredited Paralegal Program which was a year long online program at CSU East Bay. I graduated from the program in December 2021. It was an opportunity to develop logistic skills that I have always been interested in. It was a fun time as I experienced the virtual school setting.

Now, I am here as the College Scholars Program Coordinator and I plan on leaning into the skills I developed at Rachel Carson College and the ones I attained from the Paralegal Program at CSU East Bay; together with the knowledge and support of the team at CSP as I embark on this new journey in my professional life.

Some things I enjoy doing are learning new languages, learning about places through food, international cinema/television, and walks on the beach.

Grants Implementation Manager

Patricia serves as the Grants Implementation Manager at the Office of Advising Coordination. In this role, Patricia will provide research and sponsored project expertise and resources to the faculty, honors students and staff of the Office of Advising Coordination. Her primary responsibilities are in the financial administration of College Scholars Program grant and Koret Foundation research grants, as well as financial budget management for the office.

Patricia is on track to complete a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of North Georgia this year. She comes from the University of Georgia where she was a Business Manager with past experience as a Grants and Contracts Officer II at Georgia State University in Atlanta and a Post Award Coordinator II at Clemson University.