Alumni

Student who has completed one semester with NavCal

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~

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 & GBO Leader Cal Alumni Association Leadership Award Recipient University of California Parenting Students Workgroup - UC Berkeley Student Representative Co-Organizer of Student-Parent Midterm Educational & Care Package Distributions Global Poverty & Practice Mentor UC Village Community...

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~

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 & advocate through the CDC & WHO, speaking for those who can not, and for those who are and have been oppressed. She hopes to pursue this through environmental health sciences & health policy sectors of public health. She chose to attend Cal to make change and transform a narrative that has...

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 impacted the way he learned to navigate life. Jessi has witnessed family and friends meet early demise through the violence of others; bullets missed him as he watched friends die.

Mr. Fernandez currently advocates for marginalized people of color on campus, focusing on...

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 Center Leadership Fellowship Accepted into the Berkeley Charter of Professional Accountancy Applied for 5+ scholarships Signed up 17+ students for CalFresh and other basic needs programs Employed as a PAID Undergraduate Student Instructor (UGSI) Employed as a DSP Trio Mentor Received 6 Letters of...

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 Intern Air Force ROTC In-College Scholarship Recipient APIA Scholar Boren Scholar (Thailand) Gilman Scholar (Thailand) Cal Alumni Association (CAA) The Achievement Award Program Recipient (TAAP) '18-'22+ Cal Alumni Association (CAA) The...

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 the U.S. as an infant. Raised in California's Bay Area and Central Valley, as a carceral-systems impacted individual, immigrant, woman, and brown person of color, I witnessed many injustices first-hand, including seeing those transgressions also affect my loved ones and my community. Tired of seeing...

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.

Participated in three hunger strikes at Pelican Bay State Prison in opposition to long-term solitary confinement.

Through a habeas petition, established his right to participate in a hunger strike.

Through a habeas petition,...

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 Phi, and Latinx Caucus. Additionally, I am also a Fiat Lux and McNair scholar with the goal of pursuing Graduate School in the field of Education.

Where I'm from:

Growing up in Richmond, Ca. my parents had no other option but to send me to the local public...