Disability Accommodations and Support Services (DASS)
CI Disability Accommodations and Support Services (DASS) staff adheres to the highest principles of ethical behavior. We strive to ensure the fair, objective and impartial treatment of all persons. We recognize the valuable diversity our students with disabilities bring to our University. We accept the disability and focus on individual ability, strength and self-advocacy.
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Dr. Nick Fuentes
Director of DASS
"Because love is an act of courage, not of fear, love is a commitment to others." 鈥揚aulo Freire -
Valeri Cirino-Paez, M.S.
Associate Director of DASS
Valeri Cirino-Paez serves as the Associate Director of Disability Accommodations and Support Services (DASS) providing leadership and administration of DASS Programs and Operations. View Valeri Cirino-Paez's Bio -
Emily Campagna
DASS Case Manager
鈥Believe in your dreams. Believe in today. Believe that you are loved. Believe that you make a difference. Believe we can build a better world. Believe when others might not. Believe there鈥檚 a light at the end of the tunnel. Believe that you might be that light for someone else. Believe that the best is yet to be. Believe in each other. Believe in yourself. I believe in you.鈥 鈥揔obi Yamada -
Jodi Kautz, M.Ed.
DASS Counselor
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"鈥揟he Eleventh Doctor, DOCTOR WHO -
Araseli Navarro
DASS Counselor
"If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden." 鈥Frances Hodgson Burnett -
Amanda Timpson
DASS Administrative Coordinator
"They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn't. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality."鈥 Frida Kahlo -
Vacant
DASS Analyst
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Valerie Cano
Alternative Media Specialist
"It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.鈥-Albus Dumbledore -
Joleen Segura
Alternative Media Specialist
"We don鈥檛 change. We take the gravel and the shell and we make a pearl. We help other people change so they can see more kinds of beauty!" 鈥揚ink -
Student Assistants
DASS Student Assistants
- Kevin Fox, Major(s): Political Science '25
- Jim Nelson, Major(s): History '27
- Dipti Nareshkumar Parvatia, Major(s): MS Biology '26
- Tara Winkler, Major(s): Health Science '28
Alternative Media Lead Student Assistant
- Brittney McMullin, Major(s): Computer Science '26
Alternative Media Student Assistants
- Christell Martinez, Major(s): Biology
- Angeles Agredano, Major(s): Business Economics '24
Other Supporting Staff
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Jerry Garcia
Assistive Technology Specialist/Information Technology Consultant
In his role as Assistive Technology Specialist, his main assignment is providing technology and technical support to Disability Program Services. He manages and oversees all production aspects of the Alternative Media Program. As a member of the campus Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI), he assist with campus product accessibility testing and accessibility training.
jerry.garcia@csuci.edu