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Naomi serves as the campus community advocate, manager, prevention coordinator, and content specialist on interpersonal and sexual violence. She is committed to approaching both prevention and advocacy work from an intersectional and community-based approach.

Naomi comes to us from California State University, Chico where she served as the Safe Place administrator overseeing advocacy services and prevention programming. Prior to Safe Place, Naomi served as the advocacy coordinator at Cal Poly Pomona. She provided direct services and oversaw a student prevention team. Previously, she worked at Safe Horizon, housed in the Family and Domestic Violence Supreme Court in Kings County, New York, working with families impacted by Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violence. She was also a weekend Therapeutic Supervised Visitation Clinician for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC). Naomi is a first-generation immigrant who received her Master’s in Social Work at Columbia University, New York, and received a bachelor’s here at UCSC.

 

In her time at UC Santa Cruz, as a first generation, Latinx student, Jazmin was a resident assistant (OAKESSS!), SHOP intern and CARE volunteer. In 2017, she graduated with a degree in Human Biology B.S. from UCSC and completed her sexual and domestic violence certification with Monarch Services. Jazmin rejoined the CARE team in May 2019 as an advocate. She is committed to supporting and empowering survivors of all backgrounds in their journeys after trauma. 

Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her family, especially the babies, learning how to do new things, and watching mystery documentaries and cooking competitions. You can usually find her with a Yerba Mate in hand ready for the day ahead.

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As an advocate, Sage works directly with individuals impacted by interpersonal violence. Sage's intention is to work with survivors and their communities in ways that uplift an individual's right to self-determination in their survivorship journey. She believes in the unique inherent power each individual possesses and strives towards cultivating a practice embedded with compassion, mindfulness, and radical self-love. 

 

Sage graduated from UCSC with a Bachelor of Arts in Feminist Studies and is currently working towards a Master of Social Work from University of Denver. In her free-time, Sage loves exploring tide pools in search of nudibranchs, connecting with community, and snuggling up with her three dogs. 

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Yesenia is a first generation Mexican-American college grad from Watsonville, CA. She received her B. A. in Sociology and Chicanx Studies from UCLA. She has 5+ years of experience providing domestic and sexual violence education and advocacy in underserved communities in Los Angeles and Santa Cruz County. Yesenia is most looking forward to becoming one with the UCSC community!

 

As an advocate, Anne helps survivors of domestic violence and assault find their footing again by empowering their next steps, whether that means seeking justice or seeking healing. They believe that in doing this work, they can help their generation center healing in their own communities so that empathy can be prioritized in all intimate and communal decisions.

 

I joined CARE in order to educate my fellow UCSC community members on all the support services we offer as well as educating society on the issue of interpersonal violence.

A few fun facts about me, I have two bunnies named Millie and Boo, I love to run, and go to the mountains! 

I first joined CARE as a volunteer and loved the work that they are doing so much that I
applied to be an intern. I was so inspired by a former intern’s sunny personality and
compassion that I decided that this was an organization I wanted to be more involved in.
Through this internship, I hope to grow into a student that is equipped to support their
community.

A fun fact about me is that I am an Aquarius and I like to listen to true crime podcasts in
my free time!