Alejandro Gonzalez will serve as the College’s new ACCESO/Puente student services specialist.

Alejandro is originally from Los Angeles California, specifically, South Central Los Angeles. He received an Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Arts from East Los Angeles College and transferred to the University of California at Berkeley, where he double majored in Chicana/Chicano Studies and Sociology. Alejandro comes to College of Alameda with nearly ten years of experience working in higher education, including five years with UC Berkeley’s Academic Achievement Programs (TRIO Programs) and nearly five years with Peralta Community College District (PCCD), working at Berkeley City College and most recently at Laney College. He has extensive experience working with college-bound programs that support low-income, first-generation-to-college, and underrepresented students. Moreover, Alejandro has strong skills in budgetary processes, grant reporting, data collection and tracking, and direct student support.