Meet the Staff

Diversity Initiatives and Resource Centers staff members are here to support students. Our department that houses eight identity-based resource centers, each of which have dedicated staff to serve students who utilize those spaces.

 


Professional Staff

As the professional staff of DIRC, we enact our mission by creating inclusive spaces that foster belonging and enable students to thrive academically, personally, professionally, and in the development of their identities. We are dedicated to celebrating the cultural wealth of our students and to building institutional capacity for equity-mindedness. Guided by DIRC’s vision, we strive to model proactive, culturally relevant initiatives—efforts that eliminate outcome gaps and catalyze an inclusive, equity-focused campus community.

Dr. Yvania Garcia-Pusateri, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)

Director, Diversity Initiatives & Resource Centers

ygarcia-pusateri@fullerton.edu

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Torrell Foree (he/him/his)

Associate Director, Diversity Initiatives & Resource Centers
torrellforee@fullerton.edu

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Connie Oh, M.S. (she/her/hers)

Assistant Director, Diversity Initiatives & Resource Centers

connieoh@fullerton.edu

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Courtney Kiyan (she/her/hers)

Administrative Analyst, Diversity Initiatives & Resource Centers

cokiyan@fullerton.edu

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Sandra Medina (she/her/hers)

Administrative Support Coordinator II, Diversity Initiatives & Resource Centers

samedina@fullerton.edu

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Isabelle Fabrizio (she/her/hers)

Administrative Support Assistant, Diversitiy Initiatives & Resource Centers

ifabrizio@fullerton.edu

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Jasmine Evans, M.Ed. (she/her/hers)

Coordinator, African American Resource Center

jasevans@fullerton.edu

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Kayhlia Yang, M.A. (she/her/hers)

Coordinator, Asian Pacific American Resource Center

kayang@fullerton.edu

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Ricardo Pitones M.S. (he/him/él)

Assistant Director, Latinx Community Resource Center and Hispanic Serving Institution Student Initiatives

rpitones@fullerton.edu

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Nat Betancourt Arellano, M.S. (they/them/theirs Mx.)

Senior Coordinator, Losquadro Keller LGBTQ Resource Center

natbetancourt@fullerton.edu

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Jenny Chung, M.A. (she/her/hers)

Coordinator, Titan Dreamers Resource Center

jenchung@fullerton.edu

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Vanessa Cota (she/her/hers)

Coordinator, Native American and American Indigenous Resource Center

vcota@fullerton.edu

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Nadia Al-Said (she/her/hers)

Coordinator, Southwest Asian and North African Resource Center

nal-said@fullerton.edu

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Vacant

Coordinator, Women's Resource Center