Ofelia Aguirre

Programs

• Burnham Engineering and Applied Science Scholarship Program
• Expanding Pathways in Science, Engineering and Mathematics (EPSEM)
• Internships in Nanosystems Science, Engineering and Technology (INSET)
• Summer Institute in Mathematics and Science (SIMS)

Bio

Ofelia received her bachelors from Scripps College and M.S. in Chemistry from UC Santa Cruz. While still a graduate student at UC Santa Cruz, Ofelia became involved with the Baccalaureate Bridges to the Biomedical Sciences (ACCESS) Program, an outreach program that targets community college transfer students in science majors. After earning her M.S., Ofelia spent the following two years working in ACCESS to identify obstacles to success in the sciences for community college students. She then developed activities to increase transfer and graduation rate of these students from local community colleges to 4-year universities.

In 2001, Ofelia came to UC Santa Barbara and took a dual position on campus as the Regional Coordinator for the California Alliance for Minority Participation (CAMP) in Science, Engineering, & Mathematics and the Coordinator for Community College Special Programs in Admissions and Outreach Services.

Her current role, as the Project Coordinator for Expanding Pathways to Science, Engineering, and Mathematics (EPSEM) combined both her areas of expertise in Transfer Admissions and Science Education. In addition, Ofelia is also the Director of the Summer Institute in Mathematics and Science (SIMS) Program and Administrator of the Dan Burnham Engineering and Applied Science Program which target incoming UCSB freshmen.