General Counseling Division


For office hours and general contact information, please visit our Office Hours and Location webpage. To speak with a counselor or academic adviser, please visit our Meet With a Counselor webpage.


Laureen Balducci

Laureen Balducci 
Dean, Counseling and 
Disability Support Programs and Services 
balduccilaureen@deanza.edu 


Sushini Chand

Sushini Chand 
Interim Supervisor
chandsushini@deanza.edu
Languages: English, Hindi


Teresa Kasoyan

Teresa Kasoyan 
Administrative Assistant I 
kasoyanteresa@deanza.edu  
Languages: English, Kurdish, Russian


Kayla Luis

Kayla Luis 
Administrative Assistant I 
luiskayla@deanza.edu 


Melissa Luis

Melissa Luis 
Senior Administrative Assistant 
luismelissa@deanza.edu 


Bidya Subedi

Bidya Subedi 
Supervisor (on leave) 


Francis Varela-Ramirez

Francis Varela-Ramirez 
Senior Administative Assistant 
Languages: English, Spanish 
varelaramirezfrancisca@deanza.edu 


General Counseling Faculty


Robert Alexander

Robert Alexander 
Counselor and Chair


Barbara Dahlke

Barbara Dahlke 
Counselor


Mark Fu

Mark Fu 
Counselor 
Languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin


Patty Guitron

Patty Guitron 
Counselor 
Languages: English, Spanish


Herminio Hernando

Herminio Hernando 
Counselor


Natasha Joplin-Lightfoote

Natasha Joplin-Lightfoote 
Counselor


KD Le

K.D. Le 
Counselor 
Languages: English, Vietnamese


Phong Lam

Phong Lam
Counselor, De Anza CONNECT Program Coordinator 


Angelie Lopez

Angelie Lopez 
Counselor, De Anza CONNECT Program Coordinator
Languages: English, Spanish


Pauline Wethington

Pauline Wethington 
Counselor


Shireen Woo

Shireen Woo 
Counselor 


Transfer Center


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Lisa Castro 
Counselor (on leave)


Katie Davis

Katie Davis 
Academic Adviser 


Sheldon Fields

Sheldon Fields 
Counselor


Betty Inoue

Betty Inoue 
Counselor


Angelie Lopez

Khoa Nguyen 
Counselor and Coordinator


Leng Stieber

Leng Stieber 
Administrative Assistant II


Academic Awareness Program 


Patricia Del Rio

Patricia Del Rio 
Program Coordinator II 
Languages: English, Spanish


Teresa Kasoyan

Teresa Kasoyan 
Student Success Specialist 
kasoyanteresa@deanza.edu 
Languages: English, Kurdish, Russian


Janet Weber

Janet Weber 
Counselor 


De Anza CONNECT

For more information, visit the De Anza CONNECT webpage.


Phong Lam

Phong Lam
Counselor, De Anza CONNECT Program Coordinator


Angelie Lopez

Angelie Lopez 
Counselor, De Anza CONNECT Program Coordinator
Languages: English, Spanish


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Umme Zainab Ahmad
Student Employee

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