Program Contacts
Here's a quick directory of counselors and faculty contacts for the Learning Communities at De Anza College.
If you are setting up an account on Optimum HQ, please list the email address for one counselor or instructor for your program, in the space where you are asked to provide a counselor or supervisor's email address.
- If you are also asked to list a division dean, please use the address for the dean listed below for your program.
For more information about each program, visit our main Learning Communities webpage.
First Year Experience
- Counselor: Jorge Morales, moralesjorge@fhda.edu
- Division Dean: Alicia Cortez, cortezalicia@fhda.edu
FLOW
- Counselor: Sheldon Fields, fieldssheldon@fhda.edu
- Counselor: Jesus Ruelas, ruelasjesus@fhda.edu
- Division Dean: Nazy Galoyan, galoyannazy@fhda.edu
Humanities Mellon Scholars
- Instructor: Sal Breiter, breitersal@fhda.edu
- Division Dean: Elvin Ramos, ramoselvin@fhda.edu
IMPACT AAPI
- Counselor: Amy Wang, wangamy@fhda.edu
- Division Dean: Alicia Cortez, cortezalicia@fhda.edu
LEAD (Latinx Empowerment at De Anza)
- Instructor/Coordinator: Veronica Avila, avilaveronica@fhda.edu
- Division Dean: Thomas Ray, raythomas@fhda.edu
- Instructor/Coordinator: Steve Nava, navasteve@fhda.edu
- Division Dean: Elvin Ramos, ramoselvin@fhda.edu
LinC (Learning in Communities)
- Instructor/Coordinator: Anu Khanna, khannaanu@fhda.edu
- Division Dean: Edmundo Norte, norteedmundo@fhda.edu
- Intructor/Coordinator: Kristin Skager, skagerkristin@fhda.edu
- Division Dean: Thomas Ray, raythomas@fhda.edu
Math Performance Success (MPS)
- Counselor: Alma Garcia, garciaalma@fhda.edu
- Counselor: Melissa Maturino, maturinomelissa@fhda.edu
- Counselor: Khoa Nguyen, nguyenkhoa@fhda.edu
- Division Dean: Jerry Rosenberg, rosenbergjerry@fhda.edu
Men of Color Community (MC2)
- Counselor: Erick Aragon, aragonerick@fhda.edu
- Counselor: Sheldon Fields, fieldssheldon@fhda.edu
- Counselor: Jesus Ruelas, ruelasjesus@fhda.edu
- Division Dean: Nazy Galoyan, galoyannazy@fhda.edu
Puente
- Counselor: Liliana Rivera, riveraliliana@fhda.edu
- Division Dean: Alicia Cortez, cortezalicia@fhda.edu
REACH (Reading, English, Athletics, Counseling & Humanities)
- Adviser: Jovanah Arrington, arringtonjovanah@fhda.edu
- Counselor: Louise Madrigal, madrigallouise@fhda.edu
- Division Dean: Eric Mendoza, mendozaeric@fhda.edu
Umoja Community
- Counselor: Maurice Canyon, canyonmaurice@fhda.edu
- Division Dean: Alicia Cortez, cortezalicia@fhda.edu