Alumni

Student who has completed one semester with NavCal

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 enriching educational opportunities — specifically supporting marginalized communities. She has a particular interest in Economic Sociology and Education, such as how crises affect K-12 Education and Higher Education students, staff, and funding. Currently, Zi Lin is the newest member of the IRLE and will...

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 Alumni Scholarship Winner 2020 (TAAP)

George Miller Research Scholarship Winner 2020

Admitted to Goldman School of Public Policy

NAVCAL Mentor

Democracy Camp 2021

CJL/Americorps Mentor 2021...

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 Accepted into multiple Grad School programs: including John Hopkins University, Columbia Unversity, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, Tufts University, the University of Michigan and more Accepted into the CE3 Career Mentorship Program Obtained paid position at the...

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, historically underrepresented cultures, EOP, and DSP. As a student, she researched with the sociology department to bring attention to the stigma attached to formerly incarcerated students and the socioeconomic effect it has on their future employment. She was also the 20-21 co-chair leader of the USI...

Priscilla Mendoza (Class of 2022)

NAVCAL Student Fellow, NAVCAL Alumni

Priscilla is a recent graduate from UC Berkeley. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management in 2022. As a first-generation college student and now a first-generation professional from Santa Ana, California, Priscilla strives to make an impact in multicultural marketing in order to address the needs of people of color and further bolster their representation in the business community. Priscilla is extremely passionate about uplifting the Latinx community and is dedicated to both empowering women of color in business, and to strengthening...

Tonatiuh Beltran (Class of 2022)

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

Tonatiuh is working at FreshLifeline for Youth (FLY)!

Accolades: Haas Scholars Recipient Cal Alumni Association Mildred Jordan Sharp Scholarship Recipient Cal Alumni Association Cal Pride Scholarship Recipient Cal Alumni Association Leadership Scholarship Recipient California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation (CLLCF) Scholarship Recipient 2x Commuter Grant Recipient Basic Needs Scholarship Recipient Textbook Scholarship Recipient Public Service Center Peter E. Haas Leaders Fellowship Recipient Paid position with...

Dominick Williams (Class of 2019)

NAVCAL Mentor, NAVCAL Alumni

Congratulations Dominick on beginning his journey at UC Berkeley Law School this Fall 2022!

Current Employment/Post-Grad Status:

Dominick Williams is a political and social change agent that grew up in South Sacramento. As a first-generation and low-income student at the University of California, Berkeley, Dominick organized with AFSCME 3299 to fight for fair contracts with the U.C. and pushed for housing affordability and police accountability legislation in the California Legislature. After graduating from Cal, he worked in the office of Assembly member, Shirley Weber,...

Yanira Cortez (Class of 2022)

NAVCAL Femtor, NAVCAL Facilitator, NAVCAL Alumni

Yanira Cortez was a student parent as well as a member of several communities here on campus such as EOP, Re-Entry, Transfer, First-Gen, System Impacted Berkeley Underground Scholar and Disabled Students' Program. She joined the NavCal program as a Student Fellow in the Fall 2019, a Student Mentor in the Spring 2020, and finally impressively served as the lead Student Facilitator for the next 4 semesters. Yanira came from a socially toxic environments that she calls home in East Oakland, CA. She has learned there are systemic roots to her own personal oppression and wants to apply what she...