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.

  • Portrait of Nicholas Fuentes wearing glasses in a navy suit

    Dr. Nick Fuentes, Ed.D

    Director of DASS

    "Because love is an act of courage, not of fear, love is a commitment to others." –Paulo Freire

    nicholas.fuentes@csuci.edu
  • Portrait of Valeri Cirino-Paez

    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

    valeri.cirino-paez@csuci.edu
  • Emily Campagna

    Emily Campagna

    DASS Case Manager

    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’s 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.” –Kobi Yamada

    emily.campagna@csuci.edu
  • Jodi Kautz

    Jodi Kautz, M.Ed.

    DASS Counselor

    "We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"–The Eleventh Doctor, DOCTOR WHO

    jodi.kautz@csuci.edu
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    Amanda Timpson

    DASS Administrative Coordinator

    "They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn't. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality."– Frida Kahlo

    amanda.timpson@csuci.edu
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    Stacey Ayer

    DASS Analyst

    "Whatever happens to you, belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you, because it will." –Cheryl Strayed

    stacey.ayer@csuci.edu
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    Araseli Navarro

    DASS Note-Taking Assistant

    "If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden." –Frances Hodgson Burnett

    araseli.navarro@csuci.edu
  • Valerie Cano, Alternative Media Specialist

    Valerie Cano

    Alternative Media Specialist

    "It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.”-Albus Dumbledore

    valerie.cano@csuci.edu
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    Joleen Segura

    Alternative Media Specialist

    "We don’t 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!" –Pink

    joleen.segura@csuci.edu
  • VACANT

    DASS Counselor

Student Assistants

  • Sowmya Kodityala, '24

    Major(s): Computer Science

    DASS Student Assistant

  • Marrshal PaulSridhar, '24

    Major(s): Computer Science

    DASS Student Assistant

  • Juanes Benavides Castrillon, '25

    Major(s): Masters Business Admin

    DASS Student Assistant

  • Kevin Fox, '25

    Major(s): Political Science

    DASS Student Assistant

  • Christell Martinez

    Major(s): Biology

    Alt. Media Student Assistant

  • Angeles Agredano, '24

    Major(s): Business Economics

    Alt. Media Student Assistant

  • Brittney McMullin, '26

    Major(s): Computer Science

    Alt. Media Student Assistant

Other Supporting Staff

  • 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
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