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Our Bridge Team

  • Dr. Anabel Perez
    Learning Communities Counselor/Coordinator

    Languages spoken: English and Spanish
    Pronouns:     She/her/ella
    High School :     Downtown Business Magnet High School
    First Generation College Student
    Colleges attended:     UCLA, CSULB, CSUF
    Born in:     Los Angeles
    Family from:     Guanajuato, Mexico
    Fun fact:     I love coffee and chocolate bread
    Fav Quote: "Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, “what are you doing for others?”"

  • Dr. Lyssette Trejo
    Learning Communities Counselor

    Languages spoken: English and Spanish
    Pronouns: she/her/ella  
    High School : 
    First Generation College Student
    Colleges attended:     Cal State Fullerton , Fullerton College, and University of La Verne 
    Born in: Riverside
    Family from:     Mexico
    Fun fact:      I ran CIF cross-country prelims in 1999 here at Mt. SAC
    Fav Quote:     “Trust the Process”

  • Jolene Chong
    Program Coordinator

    Language spoken:  English
    Pronouns: She/her
    High School :     Mountain View High School, El Monte
    First Generation College Student
    Colleges attended:     Mt. SAC, Citrus College, & Cal Poly Pomona
    Born in:     Monterey Park, CA
    Family from: Mexico 
    Fun fact:      My daughter is a student here at Mt. SAC. 
    Fav Quote:     "You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them." Michael Jordan

  • Lynn Matthiesen
    Program Specialist

    Language spoken: English
    Pronouns:     She/her/hers
    High School :     Ames High, Ames Iowa
    College attended:     Iowa State University
    Born in:     Springville, NY
    Family From:     England, Germany
    Fun fact:     I am related to 8 Revolutionary war veterans 
    Fav Quote: “The mind is everything. What you think, you become.”

  • Jasmine Mendoza
    Administrative Specialist

    Languages spoken: English and Spanish
    Pronouns: She/her/ella
    High School:     South Hills High School
    First Generation College Student
    Colleges attended: Mt. SAC and Cal Poly Pomona
    Born in: Los Angeles 
    Family from: DF/Michoacan Mexico 
    Fun fact:      Second youngest of 10
    Fav Quote: "Pain, pleasure, and death are no more than a process for existence. The revolutionary struggle in this process is a doorway open to intelligence" -Frida Kahlo

  • Andrea Torres
    Adjunct Counselor

    Languages Spoken: English
    Pronouns: she/her/hers
    High School: Del Paso (Continuation School) Walnut
    First Generation College Student
    Colleges attended:     Mt. SAC, University of La Verne
    Born in:  Pomona, Ca
    Family From: Mexico and Puerto Rico
    Fun Fact: I also facilitate Mindfulness, Meditation, breath work and sound sessions on campus for our community
    Fav Quote: Be the Change you wish to see in the world- Gandhi

     

  • Diana Casas
    Adjunct Counselor

    Languages Spoken: English & Spanish
    Pronouns: she/her/hers
    High School: Arroyo High School, El Monte
    First Generation College Student
    Colleges attended:  Mt. SAC, UCLA, UNAM, CSULA
    Born in: Monterey Park, CA
    Family From: Mexico
    Fun Fact: I worked at the Guadalajara World Trade Center as a Spanish Translator
    Fav Quote:“Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.” – John Wooden