Counseling Contact List

Below is the list of emails for all counselors/advisors. Some are also available for live online counseling through Cranium Cafe here. Note: Some staff may not be available during the summer term. 

General Counseling

• Beheshti, Bahareh - bbeheshti@avc.edu
• Brown, Qiana - qbrown3@avc.edu
• Briggs, Walter III - wrbriggs@avc.edu
• Carreon, Monica - mcarreon4@avc.edu
• Castillejo, Tiffany - tcastillejo1@avc.edu
• Castillo, Kimberly - kcastillo4@avc.edu
• Catley, Towana - tcatley@avc.edu
• Cruzalegui, Yvette - ycruzalegui@avc.edu
• Echeverria, Luis - lecheverria@avc.edu
• Ellis, Charnnel - cellis1@avc.edu
• Fuller, Rosa - rfuller@avc.edu
• Gonzalez, Angie - agonzalez107@avc.edu
• Hong, Natasha - nhong1@avc.edu
• Jorris, Kristie - kjorris@avc.edu
• Klundt, Tiesha - tklundt@avc.edu
• McGinnis, Tanya - tmcginnis1@avc.edu
• Moore, Audrey - amoore@avc.edu
• Quesada, Katherine - kquesada@avc.edu
• Rios, Michael - mrios4@avc.edu
• Sanicolas, May - msanicolas@avc.edu
• Schilling, Rodney - rschilling@avc.edu
• Sosa, Peggy - pgutierrez16@avc.edu
• Vera, Jesus - jvera8@avc.edu
• Weeks, Kathleen - kweeks1@avc.edu
• Wishka, Cynthia - cwishka1@avc.edu
• Zamudio, Sandra - szamudio1@avc.edu

California Work Opportunity & Responsibility to Kids, CalWORKs

• Amezcua, Colleen - camezcua@avc.edu
• Moore, Gina - gmoore@avc.edu

Career Center

• Traynor, Erin - etraynor@avc.edu

Extended Opportunity Programs & Services, EOPS & CARE

• Burgos, Reina - rburgos@avc.edu
• Jackson, Dietra - djackson@avc.edu
• Suarez, Sal - ssuarez@avc.edu

Office for Students with Disabilities, OSD

• Palmetto-Despain, Tamira - tpalmetto@avc.edu
• Ruvalcaba, Maricela - mmarquez@avc.edu
• Wanko, John - jwanko@avc.edu

Academic Personal Responsibility In Developing Excellence, R.I.S.E.

• Catley, Towana - tcatley@avc.edu
• Coleman-Carew, De'Nean - dcoleman@avc.edu
• Gonzalez, Amina- agonzalez202@avc.edu
• Kovacs, Miyuki - mnakao@avc.edu

Student Transfer Academic Retention, STAR

• TBD

Transfer Center 

• Brown, Rosalind - rbrown55@avc.edu
• Eaton, Jessica - jeaton@avc.edu
• Ibrahim, Kristal - kibrahim@avc.edu
• King, Patricia - pbeaghan@avc.edu
• Koshkaryan, Lusine - lkoshkaryan@avc.edu