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Catherine has worked in higher education for over 30 years and has dedicated her career to helping achieve educational equity for underrepresented students. She holds a B.A. in Child Development from CSULA and an M.A. in Educational Leadership from Fielding Graduate University. She began her career as a student, working as a college advisor for CSULA’s Talent Search Program. In 1991 she was hired as a counselor at Cal State Fullerton where she assisted in the establishment of their new Talent Search Program. In 1995, she began working at UC Riverside as an Assistant Director...

I have been working with outreach at the University of California, Berkeley for the past 20 years as a part of EAOP, SUP and DCAC. Although I have worked with schools throughout California, my main focus has been on K-12 schools in the Bay Area, with a specific emphasis on ESHUSD and SJUSD. I am presently the primary writer and visionary for UC Berkeley’s aspirational and college knowledge materials and curriculum for both K-12 students and their families as well as having forged a robust partnership with San Jose Unified. I am instrumental in the organization and implementation of...