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

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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.