Staff

Brian Brown

Assistant Director - Southern Alameda Region
DCAC
EAOP

Brittany Ayala

Transfer Specialist (NorCal)
CCTS
TAP

Brittany was born and raised in the East Bay Area and is a first-generation student parent, a transfer student from Diablo Valley College, and a former TAP participant. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a double major in Political Science and Chicano Studies. Upon graduating from UC Berkeley, Brittany served as a DCAC/EAOP College Adviser Fellow at Mt. Diablo High School. She is pursuing her Master's degree in counseling at St. Mary’s College with a focus on Education and Student Affairs. She is very excited to work with a program that ensures...

Bryan Oldaker

Transfer Specialist (SoCal)
CCTS
TAP

Bryan is a Transfer Specialist with CCTS/TAP. He is from Los Angeles and is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz where he received his B.A. in Film and Digital Media. In his free time, he enjoys traveling and photography. His favorite part of being a transfer specialist is getting to know all of the amazing and driven transfer students that this position gives him the opportunity to meet and work with. He is constantly inspired by their dedication and perseverance as they work toward achieving their academic goals.

Cameron Schmidt-Temple

Data Analysis & Communications Manager
CEP Admin

Catherine Martinez

CC Trainer/Coordinator
Puente

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...

Cecilia Guzman

Upward Bound College Advisor
Pre-College TRiO
UB

Chelsea Lee

Communications Analyst
CEP Admin

Christina Tinsley

Associate Director (NorCal)
CCTS
TAP

Christina Tinsley is a Bay Area native and proud alum of the California Community College system. She transferred from Laney College in Oakland to UC Berkeley, where she earned her BA in American Studies. As a student at Berkeley, the lack of diversity Christina observed inspired her to pursue a career advancing educational equity. Since 2007 she has been passionately working toward that goal, helping students of color, first generation college students, low-income students, and other underserved communities to successfully navigate community college and gain access to a UC...

Dr. Claudia Canizales Aguilar

Director of Training & Curriculum
CEP Leadership
CEP Admin

Dr. Claudia Canizales Aguilar immigrated from Nicaragua and is a first-generation college graduate. With the guidance of the Early Academic Outreach Program, Dr. Aguilar enrolled at UC Berkeley and earned a BA in Social Welfare. With the financial assistance of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program, she earned master's and doctoral degrees from the University of San Francisco. Through her capacity as a college professor, counselor, researcher, and college access practitioner and trainer, she has worked with students, families, teachers, counselors, and...