UnafraidList
Rio Hondo College’s Students Without Borders student organization and Student Life and Leadership Department work together to coordinate The UnafraidList for National Educators Coming Out Week (NECOW). The UnafraidList is published in the El Paisano Newspaper during NCEOW in November. This list is a Rio Hondo College tradition that names staff, faculty, and administrators who are out and proud about their support and work alongside undocumented students in our campus community.
In the El Paisano Newspaper, the UnafraidList reads:
In every family…
The Rio Hondo College family, like most other families, has some members who are undocumented and many others who count themselves as supportive allies.
Each one of us who has signed below celebrates National Educators Coming Out Week, and we are proud to advocate for a safe and respectful environment for every member of the Rio Hondo College community. By adding our names to this list, we are saying this week matters to us. We’re saying we want Rio Hondo College to be a place where all belong and where all feel welcome.
Together, we are your fellow students, professors, alumni, co-workers, and friends in the Rio Hondo College family!


DREAMer’s Support Team
Title: Counselor/ Coordinator
Email: lygarcia@riohondo.edu
Title: Counselor
Email: dalvarado@riohondo.edu
Title: Success Student Services Assistant
Email: alucero@riohondo.edu
Title: Basic Skills Grant Manager
Email: mmartinez@riohondo.edu
Title: Professor/ Counselor
Email: jthomas@riohondo.edu
Title: Director, Marketing and Communications
Email: rretana@riohondo.edu
Title: Counselor
Email: yhernandez@riohondo.edu
Title: Adjunct Counselor and Professor
Email: ehenderson@riohondo.edu
Title: Math and Science Division Counselor
Email: vvillanueva@riohondo.edu
Title: Sr. Financial Aid Advisor
Email: mcasas@riohondo.edu
Title: Student Services Assistant
Email: mcedillos@riohondo.edu
Title: Counselor
Email: jflores@riohondo.edu
Title: EOPS Counselor
Email: ygarcia@riohondo.edu
Tile: Counselor
Email: jagutierrez@riohondo.edu
Title: Director (and also Title IX Coordinator)
Email: sphillips@riohondo.edu
Title: Adjunct Math Professor
Email: jgutierrez@riohondo.edu
Title: Professor
Email: jspringer@riohondo.edu
Title: Senior Financial Aid Advisor (Cal Grant & Dream Act)
Email: jzavala@riohondo.edu
Title: Director of Government and Community Relations
Email: rcastaneda-calleros@riohondo.edu
Title: Interim Counselor/Coordinator
Email: msaenz@riohondo.edu
Title: Program Specialist
Email: Dvlopez@riohondo.edu
Title: Dean, Behavioral and Social Sciences and Online Education
Email: rgreen@riohondo.edu
Title: Instructional Division Secretary
Email: eosollo@riohondo.edu
Title Student Services Assistant
Email: gpasillas@riohondo.edu
Title: Associate Professor of Philosophy
Email : sdixon@riohondo.edu
Title: Humanities Instructor (Warren and La Serna High School)
Email: mbobo@riohondo.edu
Title: Assistant Professor of English
Email: arhodes@riohondo.edu
Title: Counselor
Email: tolson@riohondo.edu
Title: Librarian
Email: jbidwell@riohondo.edu
Title: Counselor, Summer Bridge Coordinator
Email: mdeleon@riohondo.edu
Title: English Instructor
Email: ljeffrey@riohondo.edu
Title: Adjunct Faculty
Email: dprewitt@riohondo.edu
Title: Clerk III
Phone: (562) 646-2687
Title: Counselor
Email: dtieu@riohondo.edu
Title: Adjunct Professor
Email: nfantini@riohondo.edu
Title: Admissions & Records Assistant
Email: aortega@riohondo.edu
Title: Counselor
Email: jlara@riohondo.edu
Title: Part-Time Instructor
Email: wmorton@riohondo.edu
Title: Professor
Email: Tpreston@riohondo.edu