NAVCAL Alumni

NAVCAL Alumni Spotlights

Alex Diaz (Class of 2022)

NAVCAL Alumni, NAVCAL Mentor
Current Employment/Post-Grad Status:

Alex currently works as a Case Manager at the City of Oakland!

Accolades: Policy Analysis for CURYJ Researcher with the Underground Scholars Formerly Incarcerated Research Team Re-entry Case Management / Group Facilitator at Positive Communication...Read more about Alex Diaz (Class of 2022)

Alexsander Rojas (Class of 2023)

NAVCAL Alumni, NAV2CAL Mentor, NAVCAL Mentor
Current Employment/Post-Grad Status:

In progress.

Accolades:

2x Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar (HSF)

Identified as one of the nation's top HSF STEM Scholars

Chicanx Latinx Alumni Association Scholar (CLAA)...Read more about Alexsander Rojas (Class of 2023)

Amina Jones (Class of 2022)

NAVCAL Alumni
Current Employment/Post-Grad Status:

Amina is currently pursuing her Master's in Legal Studies at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law!

Accolades as a Student: $5,000 Crankstart Reentry Scholarship Recipient Justice Interaction Lab Research Assistant with Dr...Read more about Amina Jones (Class of 2022)

Andrew Mendoza (Class of 2022)

NAVCAL Mentor, NAV2CAL Mentor, NAVCAL Alumni

Andrew earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from UC Berkeley. As a low-income/first-generation student, Andrew received the prestigious Regents’ and Chancellor’s Scholarship. He previously grew up in Section 8 housing and has suffered from homelessness. He decided to come to Cal...Read more about Andrew Mendoza (Class of 2022)

Andrew Pham (Class of 2022)

NAVCAL Mentor

Andrew Pham is a recent graduate from UC Berkeley. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management in 2022. Andrew is from Orange County and was a low-income and first generation college student. He loves giving back to his community and plans to one day establish an...Read more about Andrew Pham (Class of 2022)

Arlinda Ruiz (Class of 2022)

NAVCAL Femtor, NAVCAL Alumni

Arlinda Perez is a recent graduate from UC Berkeley. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Social Welfare in 2022. As a low-income/1st gen college student, Arlinda was actively involved with programs such as Student Parents, Underground Scholars, TRIO, DSP and EOP. As a Miller's Scholar, she also did...Read more about Arlinda Ruiz (Class of 2022)

Brittany Kulusich (Class of 2019)

NAV2CAL Femtor, NAVCAL Alumni
College of Letters and Science
Current Employment/Post-Grad Status:

Brittany Kulusich currently works at UC Berkeley's College of Letters & Sciences as an Intake Advisor.

Accolades as a Staff:...Read more about Brittany Kulusich (Class of 2019)

De Spencer (Class of 2022)

NAV2CAL Alumni, NAVCAL Mentor, NAV2CAL Mentor

Current Employment/Post-Grad Status:

De is currently a Teacher, Facilitator, Curriculum Creator, and Education Coordinator at Queens Gettin' Lit & also taking courses for his Master's in Social Welfare at San Francisco State University!

...Read more about De Spencer (Class of 2022)

Dilraj Singh (Class of 2022)

NAVCAL Mentor, NAV2CAL Mentor, NAVCAL Manager, NAVCAL Alumni
Current Employment/Post-Grad Status:
Dilraj Singh (he/him) is a low-income, first-generation student of color from Richmond, California. He graduated from the Haas School of Business in May 2022 and is currently attending Berkeley Law School. He is pursuing a career in tax law, while...Read more about Dilraj Singh (Class of 2022)

Eva Sidlo (Class of 2021)

NAVCAL Femtor, NAV2CAL Femtor, NAVCAL Alumni

Eva is a recent graduate from UC Berkeley with a degree in Data Science with a Domain Emphasis in Quantitative Social Science. During her time here at Berkeley, Eva galvanized attention to marginalized populations through data science with the 4 research teams she was a part of...Read more about Eva Sidlo (Class of 2021)

Grace Evans (Class of 2023)

NAVCAL Femtor, NAV2CAL Femtor, NAVCAL Alumni

Congratulations Grace on graduating this Fall 2023 with a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature!

Bio coming soon~Read more about Grace Evans (Class of 2023)

Grace K

NAVCAL Femtor, NAVCAL Alumni
Current Employment/Post-Grad Status:

Grace is currently working as a Student Services Professional!

Accolades as a Student: Former Student Parent Ambassador & Resource Navigator for Centers for Educational Equity and Excellence (CE3) Former New Student Services Student Representative...Read more about Grace K

Hyatt Dirbas (Class of 2022)

NAVCAL Femtor, NAVCAL Manager, NAVCAL Alumni
Current Employment/Post-Grad Status:

Hyatt Dirbas currently works as an HR Specialist at aPHR Certified!

Bio coming soon~Read more about Hyatt Dirbas (Class of 2022)

Janae Briggs (Class of 2021)

NAVCAL Femtor, NAV2CAL Research Coordinator, NAVCAL Alumni

Janae Briggs (she/her) is a recent graduate from UC Berkeley. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Public Health in 2021. As a student, Janae was a part of many communities on campus, such as EOP, transfers, first-gen, and DSP. She will later further her service as a public health researcher &...Read more about Janae Briggs (Class of 2021)

Jessi Fernandez (Class of 2023)

NAVCAL Alumni, NAVCALMentor
Current Employment/Post-Grad Status:

Jessi is currently a Leadership Coach at College Track!

Jessi Fernandez (he/his) is a proud leader amongst his formerly incarcerated comrades. Growing up, he experienced trauma and lacked social support; his positionality negatively...Read more about Jessi Fernandez (Class of 2023)

June Harless (Class of 2020)

NAVCAL Alumni, NAV2CAL Mentor, NAVCAL Mentor
Current Employment/Post-Grad Status:

June Harless currently works as a Valuations and SEC Reporting Analyst at Hercules Capital, Inc!

Accolades as a Student: Offered multiple full-time employment offers post-grad Accepted a full-time employment offer! Won the Peter E. Haas Public Service...Read more about June Harless (Class of 2020)

Justin Hogenauer (Class of 2023)

NAVCAL Alumni, NAV2CAL Mentor, NAVCAL Mentor
Current Employment/Post-Grad Status:

Student Pilot in the United States Air Force!

Accolades: NOAA Research Assistant through the Fung Fellowship Public Service Center (PSC) Peter E. Haas Leaders Recipient '19-'20 Southern California Edison...Read more about Justin Hogenauer (Class of 2023)

Karla Covarrubias (Class of 2021)

NAVCAL Femtor, NAVCAL Alumni

My name is Karla Covarrubias (Foster) (she/her/ella). I am a first-generation DSP, re-entry student, and single mother of four children, ages 5, 6, 12, and 15, who are my world. I graduated from UC Berkeley with a bachelor's in Legal Studies in 2021. I was born in Mexico City and came to...Read more about Karla Covarrubias (Class of 2021)

Kevin McCarthy (Class of 2023)

NAVCAL Alumni, NAVCAL Fellow
Current Employment/Post-Grad Status:

Kevin is a student at Columbia Law School!

Accolades:

Created a 30 student cohort at Pleasant Valley State Prison and was able to convince a professor to come to instruct two classes....Read more about Kevin McCarthy (Class of 2023)

Krisna Esquivel Rodriguez (Class of 2023)

NAVCAL Alumni, NAVCAL Mentor, NAV2CAL Mentor, N2C Research Director
From Krisna himself Who I am:

My name is Krisna Esquivel and I am a recent graduate of UC Berkeley with a BA in Chicano Studies and minor in Education. I have become a part of multiple communities on Berkeley's campus such as EOP, DSP, NAVCAL, NAV2CAL, Lambda Theta...Read more about Krisna Esquivel Rodriguez (Class of 2023)

Zi Lin Li (Class of 2022)

Current Employment/Post-Grad Status:

Zi Lin (She/They) is a recent graduate from UC Berkeley, receiving her BA in Sociology in 2022. During her time at UC Berkeley, she worked as a mentor and organizer for middle school, high school, and college students in the Bay Area, working to foster...Read more about Zi Lin Li (Class of 2022)

Daniel Muñoz (Class of 2023)

NAVCAL Alumni, NAVCAL Fellow, NAVCAL Mentor

Current Employment/Post-Grad Status:

Danny is pursuing his Masters in Public Policy from the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley!

Accolades

CAA Alumni Leadership Award Recipient 2020 & 2021

CAA...Read more about Daniel Muñoz (Class of 2023)

Nam Nguyen (Class of 2020)

NAVCAL Alumni
Current Employment/Post-Grad Status:

Nam Nguyen is currently a Recreation Program Instructor!

Accolades as a Student: Accepted into UC Berkeley's Public Health Master's Program with a prestigious $40,000 Scholarship + admittance into the UC Berkeley's Public Health Mentorship Program...Read more about Nam Nguyen (Class of 2020)

Nicole Williams (Class of 2022)

NAVCAL Femtor, NAV2CAL Femtor, NAVCAL Manager, NAVCAL Alumni

Nicole is a bay-area native and recent graduate of UC Berkeley. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in History in 2022. Nicole was part of many different communities here at Cal, a re-entry student, NavCal and Nav2Cal femtor, system impacted underground scholar (USI), 1st generation, low income,...Read more about Nicole Williams (Class of 2022)