Skye Fierro

American Indian Graduate Program Coordinator

  • Provides support and coordination for the American Indian Graduate Program
  • Meets with and assists prospective and current Native graduate students
  • Helps to plan and implement academic, programmatic, cultural, outreach, and professional development services provided to American Indian and Alaska Native graduate students
  • Collaborates with campus partners to provide advising and implementation of Native graduate student programs, events, and initiatives.
  • Organizes and implements AIGP events, and daily office functions

Office Information

Office for Graduate Diversity

OGD staff provide support services for prospective and continuing students on the Berkeley campus in an effort to maintain a more diverse graduate student community, and to enhance the educational experience of underrepresented students, including those who are undocumented, first-generation college students, and those who are financially challenged.

Address

327 Sproul Hall #5900
Berkeley, CA 94720

Hours

9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-4 p.m.
Remote: Monday and Friday;
In person: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

Martha Chavez
Jessica Mena Flores
Skye Fierro
Martha Chavez

Assistant Dean of Graduate Diversity

  • Manages the Office of Graduate Diversity (OGD) staff to support the outreach to, recruitment, admission, academic success, and graduation of students who will enrich the diversity of graduate programs at the University of California, Berkeley.
  • Provides students from historically underrepresented backgrounds with graduate resources regarding the admissions process, academic support, financial advice, professional development, and a forum to share ideas and programs to enhance their educational experience.
  • Supports the development, implementation, and evaluation of OGD’s pipeline, academic success, and recruitment programs.
  • Designs and implements outreach strategies to increase the number of competitive underrepresented applicants and matriculants.
  • Works with internal campus departments/colleges/schools and external partners to expand and support pipeline programs and outreach efforts.
Jessica Mena Flores

Program Administrator for the Undocumented Graduate Student Success & Firebaugh Scholars Undergraduate Research Program

Facilitates the Firebaugh Scholars Program and supports undocumented, low-income, first-generation college, and minoritized graduate students at UC Berkeley.

Skye Fierro

American Indian Graduate Program Coordinator

  • Provides support and coordination for the American Indian Graduate Program
  • Meets with and assists prospective and current Native graduate students
  • Helps to plan and implement academic, programmatic, cultural, outreach, and professional development services provided to American Indian and Alaska Native graduate students
  • Collaborates with campus partners to provide advising and implementation of Native graduate student programs, events, and initiatives.
  • Organizes and implements AIGP events, and daily office functions