Senior Counselor

Angelita Figueroa Salas

Angelita Salas was a first-generation college student, who transferred from Santa Ana College to U.C. Berkeley. She began her UC career at CAL Berkeley working as a Peer Advisor for the College of Letters & Science. After completing a Masters in Counseling at San Francisco State, she was promoted to the position of Academic Advisor.

At U.C. Berkeley she was actively involved in the outreach, recruitment and retention of low-income, first-generation college freshmen and transfer students. Angelita has an extensive background in academic, personal and career counseling. At UCI she assists the SAAS students with their current and future goals..

She also supervises 8 Peer Advisor/Mentors who organize workshops and events for the Freshman Project. In addition, works with the Summer Bridge coordinator in overseeing the Resident Advisors as well as teaching an acculturation course.

She is an avid reader, a fan of Pac-10 football (Go Bears!), and loves to travel and cook. Angelita is currently in her first year of a Doctorate in Educational Leadership (Ed.D) program at California State University, Long Beach (estimated graduation: 2011).