Staff Directory

Welcome to the Financial Aid Staff Directory!

The Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships welcomes the opportunity to assist you in making a quality education affordable. We encourage students and families to contact us by phone to 831-459-2963 or by visiting in person to 201 Hahn Student Services for more immediate support. However, you may also email our advising team to finaid@ucsc.edu and include your student ID number. Note that it can take up to 72 business hours for a response during standard times, and 7-10 business days during peak periods.

For a full list of advising program responsibilities and assigned student caseloads by last name, click here.

Office Peak Times
Fall: September 1 through October 1
Winter: December 10 through January 15
Spring: March 1 through March 31
Summer: June 1 through June  30

    

Lorena

 

Lorena

Rodriguez

Director

llara@ucsc.edu

 

 

Advising & Operations

 

 

 

 

kamilKamil Shankar

Associate Director

Advising

&

Operations

kakshank@ucsc.edu 

 

 

 

 Maria

Maria Orozco

Interim Assistant Director  Customer Service &

Special Programs 

mrorozco@ucsc.edu 

 

 

 

Robert

Robert Weinert

Assistant Director 

Policy

& Compliance

rweinert@ucsc.edu 

 

Christine

Christine Camicia

Business

Manager 

ccamicia@ucsc.edu 

 

 

Kori

Kori Calubaquib

Scholarship Manager

 

 

 

Jessica

Jessica Moore

Senior Financial Aid

Adviser

 

 

 

Luis

Luis Melgoza

Financial Aid Adviser

 

 

 

Savannah

Savannah Calero

Financial Aid Adviser

 

 

Frankie

Frankie Quiroz

Customer Service Adviser

 

 

david

David Nelson

Customer Service Adviser

 

Celeste

Celeste Lopez

Basic Needs Adviser 

 

Analuisa Chavez

Analuisa Chavez

Financial Aid Compliance

Counselor

Amy

Amy Cruz

Financial aid Adviser 

 

 

 

 

Systems &

Data Management

 

 

Penny

Penny Davis

Deputy Director

Systems

Tara

Tara Redkar

Financial Aid

Process Manager

 

  Erin Burns

Erin Burns

Data Management

Supervisor

 

Erin Burns

Cheryl Wical

Sr. Administrative

Analyst

Ravji

Rajvi Brahmbhatt

Business Systems

Analyst

 Kelly

Kelly Greer

Systems Analyst

Advising Laison

Stephanie

Stephanie Covey

Data Management

Analyst

 

Thomas

Thomas Choy

Data Management

Analyst

 

Paula RizziPaula Rizzi

Loan Coordinator

 

 

Patrick Martin Patrick Martin

Data Management Analyst