Meet our Student Staff

Campus Involvement Ambassador (CIA)

Destiny - Graduate Student Assistant & Marketing Lead

destiny.jones@csueastbay.edu

Major and year: Grad Student- Marketing Analytics
Dream career: Work as an advertising & promotions manager in the fashion or entertainment industry
Hometown: Hayward (born and raised)
What you love about CSUEB: Sense of community and supports for all walks of life!
What you do in your free time: Work out, watch TV, or play games with my family
Fun fact: My cousin & I auditioned for Disney Channel when we were young

Destiny - CIA, Orientation Student Director

destiny.escatel@csueastbay.edu

Major and year: Transfer student from Chabot! I graduate spring 25’ and will earn a bachelor's in psychology!
Dream career: Doing something I’m passionate about and where I can grow as a person!
Hometown: West Covina, CA but was raised in the Bay Area!
What you love about CSUEB: I love the community and how diverse our campus is. CSUEB offers a lot of opportunities for students to grow! I love seeing the sunsets from the core bridge!
What you do in your free time: I enjoy going to the movies! (I’m a big movie goer!) I also enjoy going to concerts!
Fun fact: I collect vinyl records! Mainly pop, since I am a pop culture fanatic as well! (I own around 200+)

Elia - CIA, Transfer Programs

elia.varela@csueastbay.edu

Major and year: Ethnic Studies and minoring in Criminal Justice. I transferred from Chabot and I’m in my second year at 麻豆蜜桃AV!
Dream career: I want to ultimately be able to work within my community and become a positive role model.
Hometown: Born in San Francisco but claim the wonderful city of Hayward as my hometown. I was raised here for the majority of my life (#haystack).
What you love about CSUEB: How close in proximity it is to my family because they can see my perseverance as I pave the way for them as a first-gen college student.
What you do in your free time: I enjoy annoying my lovely cat named Ollie, tending to my plants and writing or doodling in my journal (I recommend junk journaling!).
Fun fact: I’m president of the Tau Sigma National Honor Society, Eta Epsilon chapter here at CSUEB. I hope to help other transfer students feel comfortable at 麻豆蜜桃AV and I look forward to making more connections on campus! :)

Emaline Becerra - CIA, Office & Transfer Programs

emaline.becerra@csueastbay.edu

Major and year: Senior, Communication Studies
Dream career: Academic Counselor for Universities
Hometown: Brentwood
What you love about CSUEB: What I love about CSUEB is the scenery around the campus and how supportive everyone is.
What you do in your free time: What I do for my free time is walk, play video games, and doodling
Fun fact: A fun fact about me is that I enjoy car shows and going to a local go-kart track and spend hours there.

Juan - CIA, Parent and Supporter

juan.marquez@csueastbay.edu

Major and year: Liberal Studies, Junior
Dream career: Teacher/education
Hometown: Pittsburg, CA
What you love about CSUEB: The student life, being involved on campus, and building community.
What you do in your free time: I like to spend time with my family and once a month I like to go hang out with my friends in Santa Cruz.
Fun fact: During the pandemic, I built a gym in my backyard. I got a little obsessed and eventually ended up building a second gym in my garage.

Jennifer - CIA, Office & Marketing

jennifer.aburtogonzalez@csueastbay.edu

Major and year: Business Administration (Concentration in Finance) and I'm a First Year!
Dream career: Investment Banker?
Hometown: Hayward, California
What you love about CSUEB: I love interacting with others it makes me happy
What you do in your free time: I love going to the gym!! and playing games
Fun fact: I want to feel welcomed :)

Karyn Makana - CIA, Recognized Student organizations & Leadership Initiatives

karynmakana.quinones@csueastbay.edu

Major and year: 5th year Biological Science (Concentration in Physiology) & Double Minor in Asian American Studies and Filipino Studies
Dream career: To become a radiologist
Hometown: Hayward, CA
What you love about CSUEB: I love how diverse our campus is and that it still makes it easy to form connections with others.
What you do in your free time: Going to the gym or journaling :)
Fun fact: I enjoy raving/concerts and my bowling record is 217.

Lulu - CIA, Transfer Programs & Orientation Senior Staff

lulu.yang@csueastbay.edu

Major and year: Media Communication and Senior Year
Dream career: Sports/Record Label Marketing/Coordinator
Hometown: Stockton, CA
What you love about CSUEB: I love the different first-generation programs they offer here at CSUEB and the sunset view from the CORE.
What you do in your free time: I like to read different genre books, watch anime (my favorite one right now is JuJutsu Kaisen), and take naps.
Fun fact: I have been a BTS (boy band) fan (ARMY) since 2015 and am still a fan.

Max - CIA, Marketing Student Assistant

max.diaz@csueastbay.edu

Major and year: Psychology
Dream career: Family Therapist
Hometown: Anaheim CA
What you love about CSUEB: What I love at 麻豆蜜桃AV is the diversity that you can find on campus.
What you do in your free time: On my free time I like to cook and watch different genres of movies.
Fun fact: A fun fact about me is that I used to do competitive swimming when I was younger.

Patricia - CIA, Office

patricia.falcone@csueastbay.edu

Major and year: Communication and Media Studies, 4th year
Dream career: To be a Multimedia Professional
Hometown: Manila, Philippines
What you love about CSUEB: What I love 麻豆蜜桃AV is that they have a lot of program and opportunities that will offer to our students.
What you do in your free time: I usually watch tv Netflix, play with my dog.
Fun fact: I love color purple and I like to play dogs and cats.

Samer - CIA, Office & Marketing

samer.tabri@csueastbay.edu

Major and year: Marketing, sophomore
Dream career: Mclaren marketing job
Hometown:
What you love about CSUEB: The people
What you do in your free time: Traveling/concerts/skydiving/gaming
Fun fact: I'm a huge clairo fan

Silvia - CIA, Office & Marketing

silvia.rios@csueastbay.edu

Major and year: Senior majoring in Biological Science with a concentration in Physiology
Dream career: My dream is to work in wildlife conservation or field studies, or even at an animal nonprofit where I can help create a positive impact on both local ecosystems and the environment.
Hometown: Born and raised in Hayward
What you love about CSUEB: I love how CSUEB brings together a diverse community and encourages openness to new ideas. The welcoming atmosphere, combined with the beautiful sunsets from campus, make it an amazing place to be.
What you do in your free time: I enjoy getting creative through different activities such as scrapbooking and journaling. I also love collecting little trinkets (i love Calico Critters) and cute stickers! I also enjoy reading whenever I can.
Fun fact: I love thrifting - most of my wardrobe is thrifted! I also had the chance to help with a few murals around Hayward (:

Tarani - CIA, Leadership Initiatives

saitarani.kondoori@csueastbay.edu

Major and year: Computer Science, Graduate
Dream career: Director/Vice president of Product at a FAANG or establish my own company
Hometown: Hyderabad, India
What you love about CSUEB: I love eastbay's perfect location and it's spectacular view of the city from the hills, another thing that I love about CSUEB is that it has a diverse culture.
What you do in your free time: I do a lot of stuff in my free time, and it keeps changing, but I love to hit the gym or take a run.
Fun fact: I sat up watching my surgeon while she was giving me 27 stitches.

Yashica - CIA, Recognized Student Organizations

yashica.avhad@csueastbay.edu

Major and year: Economics, Sophmore
Dream career: Financial engineer, and business owner
Hometown: Nashik, India
What you love about CSUEB: The opportunities and community
What you do in your free time: Gym
Fun fact: I was born in Bermuda

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