Meet our Staff

The following are staff of the Sustainability Internships and Community Resources Department. Many of our students are also supervised or advised by mentors outside of the Department. You can read about those on our mentors page.

SICR is a partner of the UCSB Basic Needs and Rapid Rehousing Program. We host most of the student interns who are hired through the Food Security and Basic Needs Taskforce. This includes offering space, mentorship, ensuring students have access to the resources needed to do their projects, financial management of their budgets, and personnel management. You can learn more about the basic needs program and see the listing of student staff at https://basicneeds.ucsb.edu/about/meet-our-staff#studentstaff.

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Professional Staff
	Name	Email
	Daisy Basulto-Hernandez CalFresh and Basic Needs Communications Coordinator Languages: English/Spanish She/her	daisybasulto-hernand@ucsb.edu
	Joseph González Financial and Personnel Assistant He/him	jrgonzalez@ucsb.edu
	Katie Maynard Director, Student Sustainability Initiatives She/her	kcmaynard@ucsb.edu
	Amber Whitney Payroll & Personnel Assistant for Student Enrollment & Success She/Her	awhitney@ucsb.edu

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Edible Campus Program
	Name	Email
	Brianna Griffin Garden Membership Coordinator, Storke Family Student Housing Community Garden Languages Spoken: English She/her	sa-fshgardens@ucsb.edu
	Elisa Coccioli Garden Membership Coordinator, West Campus Family Student Housing Community Garden Languages Spoken: English and Italian She/They	sa-fshgardens@ucsb.edu
	Brandon Aoki Coastal Friendly Gardening, Program Coordinator Languages Spoken: English and Spanish He/him	brandonaoki@ucsb.edu
	Alexia Mendez Bilingual Garden Educator, Edible Campus Program Languages Spoken: English and Spanish She/her	alexiamendez@ucsb.edu
	Madeline Koenigsaecker Edible Campus Program Garden Educator Major: Film and Media Studies she/her	mkoenigsaecker@ucsb.edu
	Cindy Fabian Nature Wellbeing Education Coordinator, Edible Campus Program Major: Environmental Studies she/her	davidmacias@ucsb.edu
	Connor Carpenter Volunteer Coordinator, Edible Campus Program Majors: Psychology and Brain Sciences; and Communications He/him	sa-ecpvolunteer@ucsb.edu
	Kency Mendez Villegas Volunteer Coordinator, Edible Campus Program Languages spoken: English	kjm346@ucsb.edu
	Osmanthus Lynch Garden Operations Coordinator,West Campus Family Student Housing Community Garden, Edible Campus Program Psychology they/them	osmanthus@ucsb.edu
	Siying Zhong Garden Operations Coordinator, Storke Family Student Housing Community Garden, Edible Campus Program Major: Statistics and Data Science She/her	siying845@ucsb.edu
	Apphia Tran Nature Wellbeing Coordinator, Edible Campus Program Languages: English She/her	apphiatran@ucsb.edu
	Nev O'Dea Nature Wellbeing Program Educator, Edible Campus Program Languages Spoken: English, American Sign Language, and German He/him	nev@umail.ucsb.edu
	Roman Garcia Garden Coordinator, Greenhouse and Garden Project Major: Microbiology and Minor: Religious Studies He/him	romanmgarcia@ucsb.edu
	Elizabeth Lane Neighborhood Engagement Coordinator, Edible Campus Program Communication and Political Science She/her	elizabethlane@ucsb.edu
	Gizelle Perezchica Co-Garden Coordinator, Methodist Community Garden Major: History of Public Policy & Law She/her	gperezchica@ucsb.edu
	Paola Rangel Martinez Garden Coordinator at the Isla Vista Community Center Garden Major: Environmental Minor: Spatial Studies she/her	prangelmartinez@ucsb.edu
	James Abad Student Engagement Intern, Edible Campus Program & Sustainable Food Systems; UC Bonnie Reiss Leading on Climate Fellow Languages Spoken: English He/him	jameseabad@ucsb.edu
	Sequoia Marx Garden Coordinator, Methodist Community Garden; UC Bonnie Reiss Leading on Climate Fellow Environmental Studies She/her	sequoiamarx@ucsb.edu

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Climate Resilience
	Name	Email
	Sneha Namboodiri UC Bonnie Reiss Climate Action Fellow, Climate Resilience Focus She/her	snamboodiri@umail.ucsb.edu

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UC Bonnie Reiss Leading on Climate Action Fellows Ambassador
	Name	Email
	Estrella Alcaraz Munoz UC Bonnie Reiss Leading on Climate Action Ambassador Languages Spoken: English She/her	ealcarazmunoz@ucsb.edu

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Sustainable Transportation Interns
	Name	Email
	Araceli Avina Rodriguez Pilot Program Coordinator, Sustainable Commuting Challenge Languages Spoken: English Ahe/her	aavinarodriguez@ucsb.edu
	Ayrton Rojas-Rocha Outreach and Marketing Intern for The Equitable Charging Access for Renters in the 805 Region (E-CAR 805) Project Languages Spoken: English and Spanish He/him	ayrton_rojas@ucsb.edu
	Jaret Valera UC Bonnie Reiss Leading on Climate Action Fellow in Sustainable Transportation Geography He/him	jaretvalera@ucsb.edu

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Student Engagement Portal
	Name	Email
	Aida Medhin Writer and Historian, Sustainability Student Project Dashboard Major: Communication with Professional Writing Minor She/her	aidamedhin@ucsb.edu