College of Health and Human Development

Office of the Dean


Sequoia Hall Room 220
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8215

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Phone: (818) 677-3001

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Advising Team

Get to Know the Team

Below are the bios for some of the advisors in the HHD Student Services Center.

If you need to make an appointment with an advisor, call 818-677-2883.

"You don't want to be the best at what you do, you want to be the only one."  --Jerry Garcia

Educational Background:

  • Doctorate in Educational Leadership- Dissertation: "We Want It That Way: Post-Traditional Transfer Student Advising Expectations As They Enter The Four-Year Institution" 
  • Master's in Education (Emphasis in Higher Education)
  • Bachelor's in Sociology

Professional Background:

  • Lead Initiatives Coordinator, Academic Success and Undergraduate Studies, CSUSB
  • First Year Advising Coordinator, Academic Success and Undergraduate Studies, CSUSB
  • Lead Academic Advisor, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, CSUSB

Dir, College Advising CHHD
  University Advising - 8200
  jessica.davis@csun.edu

 Grad & Reten Advising Specialist
  Health and Human Dev/Dean's Office
  Phone: 818/677-3232
  Maildrop: 8215
  Office: SQ 220
  miguel.hernandez@csun.edu

(bio coming soon)

Educational Background:

  • Currently enrolled in Higher Education Leadership, M.A. Program at CSUN
  • Bachelor’s in Sociology

Professional Background:

  • Internal Scholarship Coordinator Athletics – SSPII, Financial aid & Scholarship Department, CSUN
  • Financial Aid Representative, Financial aid & Scholarship Department, CSUN
  • Career Guidance Counselors Assistant, Title V METAS program, LAMC

Academic Advisor
  Health Sciences
  Phone: 818/677-6450
  Fax: 818/677-2045
  Maildrop: 8307
  Office: JD 2550
  moises.hernandez@csun.edu

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” ― Nelson Mandela

Educational Background:

  • Doctorate in Higher Education
  • Master’s in Public Administration (Emphasis Higher Education)
  • Bachelor’s Degree, Health Science 
  • Associate Degree, Liberal Studies

Professional Background:

  • Director, Student Services Center, EOP, College of Health and Human Development
  • Coordinator of Advisement Services; Student Services Center, EOP, College of Humanities
  • Academic Advisor; Student Services Center EOP, College of Business and Economics
  • Los Angeles Community College District EOPS; Recruitment, Assessment Center, and Articulation
  • UCLA; Committee on Appointment and Promotions of Medical Staff (student assistant)

 Dir, SSC/EOP CHHD
     HHD/Student Services Center
     Phone: 818/677-2883
     Maildrop: 8294
     Office: SQ 111

  Faculty
     Chicana/o Studies
     Phone: 818/677-2883
     Fax: 818/677-7578
     Maildrop: 8246
     Office: SQ 111
     mario.lopez@csun.edu

"Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. And you cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore." - César E. Chávez

Educational Background:

  • Master of Arts in Art (Option Art Education) – Thesis, Creating Peace Through Art 
  • Master of Arts in Architecture and Urban Planning  (emphasis Environmental Justice)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Biology (emphasis Ecology)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies (emphasis Environmental Planning)   

Professional Background:

  • Advisor, Student Services Center/EOP Satellite, College of Health and Human Development 
  • Director, Student Services Center/EOP Satellite, College of Business and Economics
  • Recruitment Coordinator/Advisor, Minority Engineering Program and Student Services Center/EOP, College of Engineering and Computer Science
  • Curriculum Coordinator, UCLA/LAUSD Community-Based Learning Program, Field Studies Development
  • Composition and Humanities Tutorial Supervisor, Academic Advancement Program, UCLA 
  • Composition Instructor, Freshman Summer Program, UCLA
  • Tutorial Supervisor, Freshman Summer Program, UCLA
  • Writing Tutor, Academic Advancement Program, UCLA and UC Santa Cruz

Retention/Data Support CHHD
  Health and Human Dev/Dean's Office
  Phone: 818/677-5248
  Maildrop: 8215
  Office: SQ 203
  renee.martinez@csun.edu


 Academic Advisor
  HHD/Student Services Center
  Phone: 818677
  Maildrop: 8294
  Office: JD 2500
  josefina.gudino@csun.edu

Bio coming soon. 

Academic Advisor Trainee
  HHD/Student Services Center
  Phone: 818/677-2883
  Maildrop: 8294
  Office: SQ 111
 emely.montejo@csun.edu

(bio coming soon)

  Grad & Reten Advising Specilst
  Health and Human Dev/Dean's Office
  Phone: 818/677-2882
  Maildrop: 8285
  Office: SQ 111
  joanne.moreno@csun.edu

(Bio coming soon) 

 

“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle” – Christian D. Larson

Educational Background:

  • M.S in Counseling and College Student Personnel
  • B.A in Psychology

Professional Background:

  • Academic Advisor – College of Health & Human Development (CSUN)
  • Transfer Admission Counselor - California Lutheran University
  • Career Services Specialist – Ventura College
  • Career Coach – LA Mission College
  • Graduate Intern, Services for Students with Disabilities – LA Valley College
  • Career Counseling Assistant – California Lutheran University
  • Financial Literacy Intern – California Lutheran University

Academic Advisor
  HHD/Student Services Center
  Phone: 818/677-2883
  Maildrop: 8294
  Office: SQ 111
  karine.papazyan@csun.edu

 Academic Advisor
  Health and Human Dev/Dean's Office
  Phone: 818/677-3101
  Maildrop: 8285
  Office: RE 255
  patricia.garcia-ramirez@csun.edu

(Bio coming soon)

Academic Advisor
  HHD/Student Services Center
  Phone: 818/677-2883
  Maildrop: 8294
  Office: JD 2210
  melissa.rodriguez@csun.edu

(Bio coming soon) 

 Academic Advisor
  HHD/Student Services Center
  Phone: 818/677-2883
  Maildrop: 8294
  Office: RE 250
  rocio.rosales@csun.edu

(Bio coming soon)`

Coordinator, EOP Services CHHD
  HHD/Student Services Center
  Phone: 818/677-4151
  Maildrop: 8204
  Office: SQ 111
  baldemar.soto@csun.edu

(Bio coming soon)

College of Health and Human Development

Office of the Dean


Sequoia Hall Room 220
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8215

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Phone: (818) 677-3001

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