Counselors

Mission Statement

Our goal is to help students clarify their goals, realistically evaluate their own strengths and challenges, and learn to develop their planning skills to achieve their goals. The Counselors at Los Angeles Pierce College (LAPC) are trained in educational planning, career planning and personal counseling. We recognize that this is a process and doesn't happen in one visit.

Counseling Student Learning Outcomes (SLO)

The Counseling Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) are based on the individual counseling appointments in the General Counseling Office. Students come with differing levels of goal definition, a wide range of academic preparation, specificity in their requests, and different levels of understanding about the system.

Here is what we hope to accomplish with students, depending on their circumstances:

• Students will be able to evaluate academic options and make informed decisions on appropriate classes to take each semester.
• Students on Probation will learn success strategies after meeting with a counselor that will assist them in making satisfactory academic progress.

Chair

Danielle Lendor 

Directors

Wendi Meckler, Career Center Director & Counselor
Sunday Salter, Transfer Center Director & Counselor

Articulation Officer

Cristina Rodriguez 

Counselors

Lateaira Boyd, Academic Counselor
Alan Bram, Academic & Probation Counselor
Mita Desai, Academic & Personal Counselor (Fluent in Hindi and Gujarati)
Lily Duong, Academic, Career & Personal Counselor (Fluent in Vietnamese)
Norine Fine, Academic Counselor
Judy Lam, Academic Counselor
Anh Ho, Academic Counselor
Danielle Lendor, Academic Counselor
Jeanette Madueña, Academic & Personal Counselor (Fluent in Spanish)
Tara McCarthy-Schiavoni, Academic Counselor
Alyce Miller, Academic Counselor; Counseling 8 & 20 Instructor
Diane Orellana, Probation/Academic Counselor (Fluent in Spanish) 
Marcela Portillo, Academic Counselor & Honors 
Paul-Anthony Quintero, Probation/ Academic Counselor; Counseling 40 Instructor (Fluent in Spanish)
Joseph Roberson, Academic & Athletic Counselor; Counseling 40 Instructor
Robin Sawyer, Academic, Career & Personal Counselor; Guardian Scholars; Veterans; Counseling 8 & 20 Instructor
Shelley Tadaki, Honors & Academic Counselor, Career & Personal Counselor

Adjunct Counselors

Anahit Boduryan, Academic Counselor (Veterans)  
Jennifer DeCaussin, Academic Counselor
Rudy Dompe, Academic Counselor
Asma Doust, Academic Counselor (Adult Education and General Counseling)
Breanna Dulay, Academic Counselor
Nahal Ghodousi, Academic Counselor (Fluent in Farsi)
Niloufar Hakkakzadeh, Academic Counselor (STEM)
Esmeralda Martinez, Academic Counselor
Mary Ogtanyan, Academic Counselor (Honors)
Armine Papazian, Academic Counselor
Carlos Rosas, Academic Counselor
Courtney Swink, Program for Accelerated Education (PACE)