Our Bridge Team

Dr. Anabel Perez
Learning Communities Counselor/Coordinator

Languages spoken: English and Spanish
Pronouns: She/her/ella
High School : Downtown Business Magnet High School
First Generation College Student
Colleges attended: UCLA, CSULB, CSUF
Born in: Los Angeles
Family from: Guanajuato, Mexico
Fun fact: I love coffee and chocolate bread
Fav Quote: "Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, “what are you doing for others?”"
Lyssette Trejo
Learning Communities Counselor

Languages spoken: English and Spanish
Pronouns: she/her/ella
High School :
First Generation College Student
Colleges attended: Cal State Fullerton , Fullerton College, and University of La Verne
Born in: Riverside
Family from: Mexico
Fun fact: I ran CIF cross-country prelims in 1999 here at Mt. SAC
Fav Quote: “Trust the Process”
Jolene Chong
Program Coordinator

Language spoken: English
Pronouns: She/her
High School : Mountain View High School, El Monte
First Generation College Student
Colleges attended: Mt. SAC, Citrus College, & Cal Poly Pomona
Born in: Monterey Park, CA
Family from: Mexico
Fun fact: My daughter is a student here at Mt. SAC.
Fav Quote: "You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them." Michael Jordan

Lynn Matthiesen
Program Specialist

Language spoken: English
Pronouns: She/her/hers
High School : Ames High, Ames Iowa
College attended: Iowa State University
Born in: Springville, NY
Family From: England, Germany
Fun fact: I am related to 8 Revolutionary war veterans
Fav Quote: “The mind is everything. What you think, you become.”
Jasmine Mendoza
Administrative Specialist

Languages spoken: English and Spanish
Pronouns: She/her/ella
High School: South Hills High School
First Generation College Student
Colleges attended: Mt. SAC and Cal Poly Pomona
Born in: Los Angeles
Family from: DF/Michoacan Mexico
Fun fact: Second youngest of 10
Fav Quote: "Pain, pleasure, and death are no more than a process for existence. The revolutionary struggle in this process is a doorway open to intelligence" -Frida Kahlo

Andrea Torres
Adjunct Counselor

Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: she/her/hers
High School: Del Paso (Continuation School) Walnut
First Generation College Student
Colleges attended: Mt. SAC, University of La Verne
Born in: Pomona, Ca
Family From: Mexico and Puerto Rico
Fun Fact: I also facilitate Mindfulness, Meditation, breath work and sound sessions on campus for our community
Fav Quote: Be the Change you wish to see in the world- Gandhi
Diana Casas
Adjunct Counselor

Languages Spoken: English & Spanish
Pronouns: she/her/hers
High School: Arroyo High School, El Monte
First Generation College Student
Colleges attended: Mt. SAC, UCLA, UNAM, CSULA
Born in: Monterey Park, CA
Family From: Mexico
Fun Fact: I worked at the Guadalajara World Trade Center as a Spanish Translator
Fav Quote:“Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.” – John Wooden