Meet Our Staff

Dear UCSB Community,

The Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships is here to assist you with all of your financial aid related needs and our goal is to provide UCSB families with the services necessary to achieve their educational goals. We are committed to providing accurate, user-friendly, responsive, and respectful service to students and their families. Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can help in any way. On behalf of the Office of Financial and Scholarships, I wish you the best of luck in all of your future endeavors.

 

Regards,

Saúl Quiroz
Director 
University of California, Santa Barbara

(805) 893 - 4941
saul.quiroz@sa.ucsb.edu

Operations Managers

• Nathan Cook Associate Director (805) 893 - 3129 nathan.cook@sa.ucsb.edu
• Mischa Lopez Assistant Director (805) 893 - 5333 mischa.lopez@sa.ucsb.edu
• Monique Grant Assistant Director (805) 893 - 4497 monique.grant@sa.ucsb.edu

Student Services, Advising and Direct Loans

Financial Aid Advisors

• Maribel Acevedo Advisor Scholarships, Middle Class Scholarship and Food Security (805) 893 - 5528 maribel.acevedo@sa.ucsb.edu
• Stephen Eyherabide Advisor Work-Study, Teacher Education Program and TEACH Grant (805) 893 - 4382 stephen.eyherabide@sa.ucsb.edu
• Jennifer León Advisor Dream Scholars and Undergraduate Resource Reporting (805) 893 - 5528 jennifer.leon@sa.ucsb.edu
• Luis Naranjo Advisor Cal Grant (805) 893 - 3760 luis.naranjo@sa.ucsb.edu
• Rebecca "Becca" Plotkin Advisor Financial Crisis and Guardian Scholars (805) 893 - 3336 rebecca.plotkin@sa.ucsb.edu
• Jerry Gonzalez Advisor Freshman Summer Start Program, UC Cross Campus, Readmits and Cancels (805) 893 - 5949 gerardo.gonzalez@sa.ucsb.edu
• Stacey Eymann Advisor Athletics, Regents and Pell Grant (805) 893 - 4754 stacey.eymann@sa.ucsb.edu
• Nancy Eyrie Advisor Education Abroad Program and UCDC (805) 893 - 2386 nancy.eyrie@sa.ucsb.edu
• Sergio Lagunas Advisor Promise Scholars, Transfers, Outreach and Non-Traditional Students (805) 893 - 2909 sergio.lagunas@sa.ucsb.edu
• Martin Carranza Advisor/VA Certifying Official (805) 893 - 8905 martin.carranza@sa.ucsb.edu

Information Specialists

• Lorraine Harvey Information Specialist (805) 893 - 2273 lorraine.harvey@sa.ucsb.edu
• Lianne Gil Information Specialist (805) 893 - 5084 lianne.gil@sa.ucsb.edu
• Martina Ubaldo Information Specialist (805) 893 - 4609 martina.ubaldo@sa.ucsb.edu
• Jose Preciado Information Specialist (805) 893 - 3407 jose.preciado@sa.ucsb.edu

Direct Loan Unit

• Jesse Baez Direct Loan Analyst (805) 893 - 2816 jesse.baez@sa.ucsb.edu
• Kristyn Keylon Direct Loan Analyst (805) 893 - 2816 kristyn.keylon@sa.ucsb.edu
• Josephine Miller Direct Loan Assistant (805) 893 - 2816 josephine.miller@sa.ucsb.edu

Compliance, Systems, Records and Fiscal Operations

• Jenny McCracken Associate Director (805) 893 - 2616 jenny.mccracken@sa.ucsb.edu
• Nicole Dominguez Quality Assurance Manager (805) 893 - 4829 nicole.dominguez@sa.ucsb.edu
• Julie Portillo Fiscal Manager (805) 893 - 4828 julie.portillo@sa.ucsb.edu
• Andrew Height Fiscal Analyst (805) 893 - 2733 andrew.height@sa.ucsb.edu
• Nathan Yee Business Systems Analyst (805) 893 - 2067 nathan.yee@sa.ucsb.edu
• Tracey Nguyen Financial Analyst (805) 893 - 2067 tracey.nguyen@sa.ucsb.edu
• Christina Gutierrez Records Coordinator (805) 893 - 7055 christina.gutierrez@sa.ucsb.edu

Peer Advisors

From left to right: Derek, Esmeralda, Nayely, Tracey, Maria, Melissa and Lauren 


From left to right, back row: Andrew,  Jess, Dylan, Mark and Eddy 
From left to right, front row: Sarah, Ahadit, Tammy and Nathaly 


From left to right: Melissa, Maria, Daniela, Diana and Jessica