Valerie Salazar

Interim Director of Educational Partnerships & Programs (Promise)
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Valerie (she/her/ella) graduated from Azusa Pacific University with her MS in College Counseling & Student Development. She received her BS  in Human Services& minor in Child and Adolescence Studies from Cal State Fullerton. Her goal is to foster a positive postsecondary experience to students at FC!

Cheyenne Mann

Administrative Assistant II

Cheyenne (she/her) attended both Orange Coast College and is a recent graduate from Fullerton College with her AA-IDS Degree. Her goal is to pursue a Bachelors Degree at Cal State Fullerton in the near future. Her role at Promise is to assist with all the behind the scenes paperwork and processes from hiring to event planning. 

Cassandra Khan

Adjunct Counselor

Cassandra (she/her) graduated from the University of La Verne with her MS in Educational Counseling. She received her BS in Behavioral Science from Concordia University, Irvine and had transferred with an AA in Liberal Studies from Santa Ana College.

Promise and SDSI Students can meet with Cassandra!
Contact us for more info.

Annika Shellenbarger

ashellenbarger@fullcoll.edu

Student Services Coordinator

Annika (she/her) graduated from the University of La Verne with a Masters in Educational Counseling with the PPS Credential. She graduated from Cal State Fullerton with a BS in Human Services. Her goal is to build student’s confidence during their FC journey.

Kathryn Hinojos

khinojos@fullcoll.edu

Student Services Specialist

Kathryn (she/her) received a BA in Sociology with a concentration in Health and Social Welfare from CSUF. She has worked with Fullerton College since 2010, first for the Admissions and Records Office, then with the Outreach Team in 2019 and now with the Promise Team starting May 2024.

Brittney Vargas

bvargas@fullcoll.edu

Promise Coach

Brittney (she/her) is attending Cal State Long Beach to earn her Masters in Counseling. She graduated from Cal State Fullerton with a BS in Human Services after transferring out of Fullerton College with an AA in Pre-Nursing

Cindy Sanchez

CSanchez@fullcoll.edu

Promise Coach
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Dora Meraz

DMeraz@fullcoll.edu

Promise & GEARUP Coach
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 Yvette Jurado

YJurado@fullcoll.edu

Promise & GEARUP Coach
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Yvette (she/her) recently graduated from Fullerton College withan AA-T degree in Sociology, she is now pursing her bachelor’s degree at the University of California, Irvine. Her goal is to keep working in higher education by obtaining a master’s degree in school counseling in the future.

Fatima Zaidi

Peer Mentor Lead

Fatima (she/her) graduated from UCI with her Bachelor’s in Psychological Science. She’s currently pursuing her Master’s in Social Work at USC to become a Social Worker. 

Hoang Ho

Peer Mentor

Hoang (he/him) is pursuing his Political Science AA here at Fullerton. Going higher, he’s looking to transfer to a UC in Fall 2025 with a main focus on International Relations and Policies.

Julian Gutierrez

Peer Mentor
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Bio coming soon!

Naydeline Parra

Peer Mentor

Naydeline (she/her) is in her second year at Fullerton College pursuing a Child & Adolescent Development and Sociology AA-T. She plans to transfer in Fall 2025 to a CSU or UC to work towards the goal of a career Education.

Jorge Gonzalez

Peer Mentor

Jorge (he/him) is a returning adult student at Fullerton College. He is working towards his A.S in cybersecurity and transferring. He plans to transfer to a CSU or UC and focus on security engineering and ethical hacking, hoping to become a Chief Information Security Officer in the future.