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Compact College
Advisors
The Compact College
Advisor program provides a crucial piece to the communication
puzzle by providing middle school students access to a current
SDSU student that is highly knowledgeable of the Compact for
Success’ expectations as well as what it takes to succeed at San
Diego State University.
The Compact College
Advisor (CCA) program was implemented during the 2002-03 school
year by the collaborative efforts of several SDSU and Sweetwater
offices. Sweetwater students and parents are officially
welcomed to the Compact for Success during the seventh grade
year. Parents are notified of their seventh and eighth grader’s
progress in the Compact for Success with every six week progress
report and seventh graders are encouraged by school personnel to
attend the 7th Grade Campus Visit to SDSU. Each middle school
hosts an annual College: Making It Happen night for parents and
students. In addition, standardized posters with A-G
requirements and Compact for Success benchmarks are posted in
every classroom at Sweetwater middle schools and high schools.
Role of the
Compact College Advisor
Compact College
Advisors (CCA’s) serve as peer advisors to keep students
motivated, informed, and on track. Students are issued passes
to meet with the CCA during the school day-- either individually
or in small groups. CCA’s check in daily with a counselor or
administrator that has been designated by the school site to
serve as the CCA’s site contact. The Sweetwater Compact for
Success office sends the site contact an updated list of
students that are either “On-Track” or “Off-Track” based on the
G.P.A. on their six week progress report. The site contact in
turn provides the list to the CCA, who begins calling students
from the off-track list to encourage them to raise their G.P.A.
and be a part of the Compact or congratulating students from the
on-track list for their performance. Through their one-on-one
contact with students, CCA’s are often key in referring students
to tutoring programs and other after-school academic support
activities
Whether meeting
with their Compact College Advisor individually or in a small
group, each student receives extra attention to help motivate
them to stay focused on their new goal: an attainable,
affordable and successful future as a San Diego State University
student.
Spring 2008 Compact College Advisors
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Alexis
Sanchez
is a
fourth year student at San Diego State University
majoring in Public Administration with a minor in
Spanish. She was raised in Chula Vista and graduated
from Eastlake High School. After graduating in May 2008
from SDSU, Alexis wants to obtain a Masters in School
Counseling, with which she hopes to become an
influential high school counselor that motivates and
guides her students to pursue a college education. In
her free time Alexis enjoys cheering for her local teams
such as the Chargers and Padres and dreams that in her
lifetime they will be able to win a world series or
super bowl. Her favorite quote is from The Alchemist
by Paulo Coehlo, "...whoever you are, or whatever it is
that you do, when you really want something, it's
because that desire originated in the soul of the
universe. It's your mission on earth....And when you
want something, all the universe conspires in helping
you to achieve it." |
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Jasmine
Gonzalez
is a third year,
pre-business major student at San Diego State
University. She is originally from Los Angeles and moved
to San Diego to attend SDSU. For the past two
years Jasmine has been the compact college advisor at
Chula Vista Middle School. She enjoys her role as a CCA,
she finds it very rewarding to inform students of the
endless possibilities they have available to them. It
has been a pleasure for Jasmine to work along side with
the wonderful staff at CVM. Her site contact, Mrs. Gail
Chilver has been very helpful, and makes Jasmine’s job
very rewarding. |
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Byron
Herrarte is currently in the process
of declaring himself as a Latin American Studies major,
combining English, Spanish and History; also, he wish to
obtain a minor in Spanish or Italian. As he fulfills his
Spanish requirements, he will be working on attaining
his certification as an interpreter/translator. In
addition, he will get his teaching credentials.
He is currently working at Rancho del Rey Middle School.
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Brooke
Williams
graduated from Eastlake High School
and is a Compact Scholar at SDSU. She is a
Nursing major at San Diego State University.
She is currently working at Castle Park High School.
Her personal goals are to graduate from SDSU within 5
years, maintain a 3.0 GPA, and give it a 100% in all of
her classes.
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Jazmin
Lua
is a second
year, Political Science major and Chicano/a Studies
minor at San Diego State University. She is originally
from Santa Barbara, but moved to San Diego to attend
college. She plans to apply to Law school and continue
on with her education. She also hopes to study abroad in
South America or Europe
before she graduates. She enjoys working for Compact,
especially informing many young students
that the university is here to serve them and that they
have every opportunity to go to college. |
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Bryan
Fischbein is double majoring in
Political Science and History at SDSU. Bryan graduated
from Eastlake High in 2006 and is a Compact Scholar. He
was a part of the first group of graduates from the
Compact for Success Program. Bryan looks forward to
graduating from SDSU in 2010 and working towards a
graduate degree in either law or student affairs. He
currently works with Mixim Murchison at Bonita Vista
Middle School in his hometown of Chula Vista. He enjoys
working with students who are part of the same program
that has offered him countless opportunities, and he
hopes to serve as an example as to what the Compact for
Success Program can help students become.
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Carlos
Quintero is a
first year student at San Diego State University. He is
currently working on a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology
with emphasis in Community Structure and Institution.
He plans to become a high school counselor so he can
make an impact in teenagers’ lives.
As a positive role model, he would like to
motivate students to pursue a higher level of education
and make them understand the benefits of staying in
school and delaying the instant gratification of
entering the work force. His school site is Montgomery
Middle School where he works with his site contact
Verenice Hernandez promoting the Compact
for Success. |
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Becky
Lopez
was born in Guatemala but came to the
US when she was 5 yrs old. She is currently from
Inglewood, California. Third year student at San Diego
State majoring in child and family Development. She is
the first in her family to go to college. Her goal is to
become a marriage counselor and get a credential to
become a pre- school teacher. As a compact advisor her
goal is to let students know about the different
programs that are out there to help them reach their
goal. Mainly to let the students know that money
shouldn’t be an excuse to not attend college. She is
working at National City Middle School and her site
contact is Ralph Patricio. |
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Alicia
Gomez is a fourth year
graduating senior at San Diego State University. She is
majoring in Psychology with a
minor in Spanish. Though she
is originally from Los Angeles she has definitely
enjoyed exploring sunny San Diego. She describes her
journey here as having gone by extremely fast and cannot
believe she will soon be graduating. After she
graduates, she plans on attending graduate school and
receiving a Masters in Counseling where she can further
her career to become a community college counselor and
continue to promote higher education. Eventually she
would like to acquire a Psyd and have her own counseling
practice on the side as she can help people become self
actualized and happy with their life.
She is currently working at Montgomery High School.
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Daniel
Gonzalez
is a Political Science
(International Relations) graduate student. He lived 6
years in Germany and the majority of his time in the US
was spent in El Paso, TX. Upon completion of the
Master's program he intends on entering the Foreign
Service (Department of State) in hopes of being a part
of the process of implementation, research, and creation
of future U.S. foreign policy. In our embassies abroad
he hopes to gain real life experience in a fast paced
work environment, as well as gain a better understanding
of the many cultures and societies this world has to
offer. His personal goals can best be summed up as: (1)
be happy, (2) successful and (3) making a difference.
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Victor
Moran
was born in Los Angeles but was raised
most of his life in Tijuana, Mexico. He graduated from
Sweetwater High School and during his last semester was
accepted to San Diego State University. He considers
having the opportunity to attend San Diego State is a
reward for all his hard work and patience he had. He is
a person who believes that dreams and goals should not
be seen as something hard to accomplish, rather
something that should be fought for. His major is Social
Science and his next goal is to become a history
teacher. He believes that education is a great option to
reach many of your goals and therefore becoming a
teacher would give him the opportunity to transmit that
idea to students. He is currently working at Sweetwater
High School.
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Lizette
Uribe
is a second year student at San Diego State University.
She is majoring in Health Sciences with an emphasis in
Public Health and a minor in Spanish. Lizette is a
native San Diegan and a proud graduate of Sweetwater
Union High School. As a student she achieved to meet
all the Compact for Success benchmarks and became a part
of the first graduating class of Compact Scholars in the
Sweetwater Union District. Lizette loves helping others
and feels that by educating people in any aspect will
benefit them in their future. Education is one of
Lizette’s highest values in life, she believes and
advocates that one’s education is not a tangible object
that can be taken away, therefore we must cultivate it
in ourselves and maintain it throughout our life.
Lizette is currently promoting the Compact for Success
Program at Sweetwater Union High School where she works
with her colleague Victor Moran and site contact Manuel
Narvarza. |
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Mynor
Pinillos
works at Hilltop
Middle School. After high school
Mynor went to a Community
College and transferred to San Diego State and has been
attending State for two years. He is majoring in Liberal
Studies with specialization in History. He plans on
becoming a future educator and his goal is to empower
students to become the best they can be and maybe go to
college to accomplish their goals. He loves working with
students of all ages and has been working with compact
for two years. |
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Kristina
Reese
is
currently attending San Diego State University and
majoring in Liberal studies. Her goal is to become a
special education teacher (moderate to severe) and hopes
to one day return to her old high school, San Ysidro
High, and teach there. She was born and raised in San
Ysidro and never wanted to leave so she hopes she can
give back to the community that gave so much. |
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Veronica
Vences is
double majoring in Economics and Urban Studies at San
Diego State University. She looks forward to graduating
in 2009 and working towards her Masters in Public
Administration or Urban Planning. Veronica
understands, first-hand, the great influence that social
programs have in first-generation and/or low income
students. She truly believes that everyone “deserves an
attainable, affordable, and successful future.”
She is currently working at Chula
Vista High School. |
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Elizabeth
Arias
is a third year undergrad student at San Diego State
University (SDSU). She is majoring in Social Work and
plans on receiving her Bachelors in Spring of 09’. After
graduating from SDSU, Elizabeth hopes to attend graduate
school to receive her Masters in Social Work. She was
born and raised in San Diego, California. Elizabeth
attended Southwest High school in which she now works
there as a College Advisor. She is grateful to work for
the Compact Program since she enjoys motivating others
and being surrounded by a diverse population. Working as
a College Advisor has helped Elizabeth learn skills that
will benefit her in the future in becoming an
International Social Worker. |
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America
Islas is a first year student at San Diego State
University working towards her bachelor's degree in
Psychology. She was born in Orange County but
raised in Riverside, California. She is the first
from her family to graduate from high school and attend
college. Her passion is running cross-country and
would love to go the Olympics one day. Her
personal goals while working for Compact for Success is
to make a difference and show students anything is
possible with determination and hard work. |
For more information on the Compact College Advisor Program,
please contact Alex Nuñez at
compact@mail.sdsu.edu
or 619-594-3316. |
