Academic Counseling
Academic counseling at Cuesta College helps you plan your path, overcome challenges, and stay on track towards your educational and career goals.
Our counselors can help you with:
- Academic success strategies
- Development of a Student Education Plan (SEP)
- Academic probation and dismissal concerns
- Graduation requirements and evaluation
- Career planning and exploration
- Student resource referrals (i.e. CalWORKs, EOPS, DSPS, Tutoring, etc.)
- Course selection and class planning
- University transfer planning and application help
Counselors are ready to meet with you online via video, by phone, or in-person.
Each counselor may specialize in specific areas but remains committed to supporting all students in their journeys.
Ali Yates: Student-Athletes
Andrea Devitt: Veterans
Angelica Eulloqui: MESA
Antonia Tway: Generalist
Berto Marroquin: Cuesta Promise Coordinator
Chase Amos: EOPS / CARE / CalWORKs
Dina Hallmark: Articulation Officer
Glenda Moscoso: Generalist
Heidi Webber: Division Chair / Career
Jamie Bettencourt: DSPS
Kate Porter: Transfer Center Coordinator
Kat Gritton: CMC / Rising Scholars
Lisa Wearda: Nursing & Allied Health
Luis Ayala Garcia: EOPS / CARE / CalWORKs
Matthew Fox: Student Athletes / Completion
Summer Gish: Career
Teri Sherman: Transfer
Karen Geida: Generalist
Karen Garza: Library Technology & Information
Candy Janiam: Career
Tips to Succeed in College
Plan Your Classes
Counselors can help you choose the right classes based on your goals – whether that's
earning a degree, transferring to a university, or completing a certificate program.
Stay on Track
Counselors can also work with you to create student educational plans (or "SEPs")
that map out semester-by-semester the classes you need to graduate or transfer. This
helps avoid unnecessary classes or units and gets you to your goals quicker.
Explore Options
Academic counseling is also a space to discuss career goals, majors, transfer opportunities,
and how to align your coursework with your interests and aspirations.
Solve Academic Challenges
If you're struggling in a class, thinking about dropping a course, or unsure how to
improve your GPA, counselors can guide you through your options and connect you with
resources that may help.
Support for Every Step
Whether you are brand new to college or returning after time away, academic counseling
gives you a clear path forward – and someone to walk it with you.