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Fall 2020
Presenter Bios & Workshop Descriptions
All workshops will be held Thursday at 12pm-12:50pm on Zoom & require RSVPs in advance.
Workshop Workshop Description & Zoom Presenter Short Bio Presenter
Title & Date RSVP Link
Your Type This dynamic workshop will allow Lisa helps students discover and connect with their
Focus Results you to explore your TypeFocus passion. This includes exploring interests, skills
w/Lisa Punelli (Myers-Briggs Personality Type and values to determine what majors and careers
Indicator/MBTI) results so that you are a good fit. Once students choose a career,
Thursday, can feel more confident and assured together with Lisa students will work on creating a
September about your path. plan for gaining experience. Preparation
17th for internship and job search include the ‘nuts and
bolts’ of informational interviewing, resume and
cover letter creation, and interview preparation.
RSVP Here Additionally, Lisa presents career workshops to
classes, clubs and in our career center. As the
liaison for the College of Science and Math, she
provides career programming for students in these
majors.
Plant Your This workshop explores a leadership Tony Pang, M.S. serves as the Director for the
Tree and Burn philosophy implemented during Student Leadership & Involvement Center at
Your Ships: A challenging times. Find the value in CSUSM. Tony has served as a student affairs
lesson in committing to a new path and not professional for over 10 years. He received his
virtual looking back. B.S. in Biological Sciences from UC Irvine and his
leadership Masters in Student Affairs & Higher Education from
during a Colorado State University. He has been involved in
pandemic W/ shaping the lives of students through residence life,
Tony Pang RSVP Here health education programs, leadership
development, student organizations, and campus
activities.
Thursday,
September
24th
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Leading with Leading with Mindfulness: What Dr. Juan Alvarez is a licensed psychologist (PSY
Mindfulness does mindfulness have to do with 30185) who provides student services in English
with Dr. Juan leadership? In this interactive and Spanish. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in
Alvarez workshop, you will be introduced to Counseling Psychology at Washington State
mindfulness practices that will help University, and his B.A. in Cognitive Science at the
Thursday, you set your intentions, improve your University of California, Irvine. Dr. Alvarez is
October 1st listening skills, and increase passionate about college mental health and has
compassion for yourself and others. worked in college mental health centers in
Washington, Idaho, Colorado, and California. He
RSVP Here specializes in providing multi-culturally competent
services to students. He utilizes an integrative
approach drawing from humanistic psychology,
cognitive-behavioral therapy, narrative therapy,
mindfulness, and self-compassion.
Allyship is a crucial component of LaPorcha “Porcha” Ellick is the Coordinator of
Allyship is leadership. Join us for a Student Involvement within Student Life &
Leadership in conversation on best practices to Leadership, here at Cal State San Marcos. Porcha
Action show your support for yourself and graduate in 2015 from the University of San Diego,
the communities you care about with a Master of Arts in Higher Education
LaPorcha during these unprecedented times. Leadership; she also has a B.A. in Public Relations
Ellick & John This workshop will focus on helping from Appalachian State University in North
Rawlings III participants learn how to Carolina. Porcha has experience in organizational
communicate with courage and leadership, inclusive excellence curriculum design,
Thursday, civility, challenge biases and harmful and service learning. In her current role as
October 8th stereotypes, as well as learning Coordinator of Student Involvement within the
various ways to show support as an Student Leadership & Involvement Center, her goal
individual and within an organization. is to assist students as they develop as leaders
within their student organizations and their
communities.
RSVP Here
John Rawlins III is a student affairs professional
with more than 13 years of experience. His work as
an advocate for students, specifically marginalized
student communities, has impacted campuses
across the country. A native of the Washington, DC
Metro area, John earned his Bachelor of Science in
Human Development from the College of Human
Ecology at Cornell University. He also earned his
Master of Arts in Communication from The Johns
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Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. John is
currently the Director of the Black Student Center
and Special Assistant to the Chief Diversity Officer
at CSUSM.
We Need to Teamwork makes the dream work! Kimberly Peirce currently serves as the Associate
Talk: Brave But what do you do when the team Director for Student Engagement for Associated
Conversations isn’t working out so well? This Students, Inc. (ASI) here at CSUSM. Kim
with Kim interactive workshop will help you graduated from CSUSM with her Bachelor of Arts in
Peirce, M.Ed. learn what to do to deescalate an Human Development and went on to receive her
uncomfortable situation, share tips Master of Education in Educational Policy and
Thursday, on how to approach Leadership from Marquette University with an
October 15th difficult conversations , and will leave emphasis in Student Affairs and Higher Education.
you feeling optimistic about reaching
that common goal.
RSVP Here
Leading with Student advocacy is at the heart of Dr. Lara is a first-generation college student and
Activism in collegiate and university change. The has overcome societal as well collegial barriers. Dr.
Mind with Dr. vibrancy generated from student Lara’s cultural upbringing and life experiences has
Renzo Lara voices and organizations transforms led to his passion which lies in assisting
institutional landscapes. However, Latin@/x students and family members achieve
Thursday, students sometimes struggle to apply holistic success.
October 22nd their student advocacy collegial
experience in their careers. This Dr. Lara transferred from Southwestern College
workshop provides an overview of and earned his B.A., M.A., and Ed.D. from
transferrable career skills gained San Diego State University. Dr. Lara has a decade
from student organizing as well as of experience in: educational programming, event
generating tangible strategic best planning, research and assessment, inclusive
practices aimed at creating excellence curriculum design, multicultural
organizational change. community work and higher education collaborative
partnership building. In addition, Dr. Lara is
RSVP Here passionate about social justice advocacy and
higher educational equity for underrepresented
students and marginalized students of color.
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Civic There are many ways to voice your Rochelle Smarr serves as the Assistant Director for
Leadership & opinion in society. Voting is one Service-Learning and Civic Engagement, along with
Voting with opportunity we are all afforded, oddly being faculty for a GEL course. In the past year,
Rochelle there are still a large population that she has enthusiastically led and supported multiple
Smarr opt out. Don’t forfeit your vote or your programs such as Speaking of Democracy, Annual
family’s. Become an informed voter Days of Service, and Election 2020 events. Before
Thursday, by breaking down the myths of joining the CSUSM community, she led student
October 29th voting, review the varied history of engagement programs at City College of New York,
voting rights in the U.S. and learn Cornell University, and University of Pennsylvania.
how to combat fake news. By the Rochelle’s passion for community engagement
end of this session you will have a stems from her time as a community organizer
vote plan for yourself, friends and (student, labor, parent organizer). She champions
family. student learning programs that allow students
collaborate with community to address societal
RSVP Here inequalities and advocate for civil society. In
addition to her deep professional experience, she
earned her BA in English from San Jose State and
MA in Educational Leadership, Politics, and
Advocacy from New York University, both with
honors.
Dr. Fredi Avalos has served the community as a
Our Beloved scholar and human rights activist for over 40 years.
CSUSM Chicanisma lies at the heart of her work in social
Community RSVP Here justice, both in and outside the classroom. As an
invited scholar, she spent time learning about digital
Dr. Fredi uprisings and revolutions with the Zapatista
Avalos National Revolutionary Army in Chiapas, Mexico.
For the last 7 years she has served as the
Thursday, CSUSM Faculty Fellow in Diversity and Cultural
November 5th Intelligence and the Director of the Difficult
Dialogue Project of North County. Her pedagogy,
research, key-note presentation, community
workshops, and public seminars center on issues of
media and democracy, race, class, gender,
intersectionality and social justice. In 2013, she
was named a "Woman Who Moves the City" by San
Diego Magazine. She is the recipient of the2018
CSUSM President’s Award for Inclusive Excellence
and Diversity.
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Get Your Come to this workshop to learn how Joshua Galea’i is a Counselor from the CSUSM
Leadership to create a professional-looking Career Center. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree
Noticed on resume that helps you stand out from in Liberal Arts from the University of Hawaii
Your Resume the crowd. This workshop provides a at Manoa and earned his Master’s degree in
with Josh basic overview of the key Rehabilitation Counseling with an emphasis in
Galea’i components to a successful resume, Vocational Evaluation from the University of
including formatting, content, and Northern Colorado. In his current role he works with
Thursday, aesthetics. This workshop will also students to support various levels of the career
November 12th provide you with some tips on development process including critiquing and
highlighting your leadership building resumes. He has supervised student
experience through the TLC and assistants on this campus through his previous
**Mandatory other co-curricular activities offered positions as an Early Outreach Coordinator and as
for TLC at CSUSM. a Coordinator of Student Involvement at the
students Student Leadership & Involvement Center –
RSVP Here formerly known as Student Life & Leadership.
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