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About Us

Our Mission

Prepare students for what they want to do with their lives by developing relevant career skills.

Our Vision

Banana Slugs changing the world, wherever they are, however they can.

Our Services

Our office works to support undergraduate and graduate students, as well as UCSC alumni. Career Success offers career coaching for students and alumni. We hold career fairs and work with on-campus and off-campus partners and employers to set up recruitment events, on-campus info sessions, workshops, and more. Our office also connects students with experiential learning opportunities on campus. We coordinate the Chancellor's Undergraduate Internship Program (CUIP), the Professional Career Development Program (PCDP), and the GANAS Career Pathways Project. Career Success also manages hiring for on-campus positions and supervises the onboarding process for all new hires. Finally, our website acts as a hub for career resources, including printable handouts and checklists, informational grad school and employment guides, and collections of job boards and external resources.

Meet Our Team

Administration

Emily White (She/Her)

Executive Director, Career Success
ewhite5@ucsc.edu
Benedicto Llave (Name/He/They)

Business Operations Specialist

bllave@ucsc.edu
Tracy Murray (She/Her)

Corporate Development & Alumni Career Programs Manager

tlmurray@ucsc.edu

Experiential Learning Team

Dr. Veronica Heiskell (She/Her)

Director, Experiential Learning & Student Employment
vheiskell@ucsc.edu
Stacey Pratt (She/Her)

Internship Coordinator, CUIP

sepratt@ucsc.edu
Kimmy Gal (She/Her)

Agroecology Equity Coordinator

kgal@ucsc.edu
Makaida Bailey (She/Her)

Student Employment Coordinator

majbaile@ucsc.edu
Taylor Harrison (She/Her)

Student Employment Project Specialist

taeharri@ucsc.edu
Experiential Learning Team: ucscel@ucsc.edu

Student Employment Team: studentemployment@ucsc.edu

Career Engagement Team

Eric Curiel (He/Him)

Associate Director of Career Engagement

Academic Liaison: Division of Social Sciences

College Liaison: Nine & John R. Lewis

ecuriell@ucsc.edu
Isis Fleming (She/Her)

Events & Recruiting Specialist

ioflemin@ucsc.edu
Bridge Kennedy (They/Them)

Career Engagement Specialist - Diversity & Equity

Academic Liaison: EOP, Resource Centers, STARRS

College Liaison: Cowell & Stevenson

bridgekk@ucsc.edu
Erin Busch (She/Her)

Career Engagement Specialist - Engineering and Technology

Academic Liaison: Baskin School of Engineering

College Liaison: Crown & Merrill

esbusch@ucsc.edu
Holly Hoeksema (She/Her)

Career Engagement Specialist - Arts & Communications

Academic Liaison: Arts Division, Division of Humanities

College Liaison: Porter & Kresge

hollyh@ucsc.edu
Michael Carmine (He/Him)

Career Engagement Specialist - Business & Entrepreneurship

Academic Liaison: Silicon Valley Extension, Economics Deparment

mcarmine@ucsc.edu