The Guidance and Counseling staff of dedicated professionals are available to help you.

While each counselor has special assignments or liaison duties, all of the counselors are cross-trained so that they are able to assist all students.

Richard Manley, NCC, MCC
Interim Dean, Counseling and Special Services

Dr. Stacey Robles Bagnasco, Counselor

Ed. D., University of the Pacific

MS, San Francisco State University
BA, University of California, Berkeley
Dept Liaison: Family, Consumer, and Health Sciences
Lead Counselor: CalWORKs & Title 5
Special Skills: Nursing liaison and speaks some Spanish

Daniel Baker, Counselor

MS, California State University, Sacramento
BA, University of California, Davis
Dept Liaison: Social Science

Lead Counselor: Academic Alert
Special Skills: Some ASL, French
"Work is love made visible." --Kahil Gilbran

Yolanda Calderon, Counselor

MA, California State University, Sacramento
BA, California State University, Sacramento
Dept Liaison: Communication Skills
Lead Counselor: ESL and GED
Special Skills: Bilingual with Spanish
"Begin with the end in mind"

Anthony Canela, Counselor

MS, California State University, Sacramento

BA, California State University, Chico
Dept Liaison: Communication Skills
Lead Counselor: Puente
"With a healthy diet and proper fitness comes a healthy mind and spirit."

Evelyn Chapman, Counselor

MS, California State University, Sacramento
BA, University of California, Davis
Dept Liaison: Communication Skills
Lead Counselor: Academic Probation
"When people KNOW better, they DO better." --Maya Angelou

Randy Gaines, Counselor

MEd, MS, University of LaVerne

BA, BS, San Jose State University
Dept Liaison: Physical Education and Athletics
Lead Counselor: Athletics

Rocky La Jeunnesse, Counselor

MS, California State University, Sacramento
BS, California State University, San Diego
Dept Liaison: Family, Consumer, and Health Sciences
Lead Counselor: Nursing, Health Sciences

Solyn Laney, Counselor

MA, Eastern Michigan University

BA, Sonoma State University

Lead Counselor: TRIO Program

James Leach, Counselor

MS, University of LaVerne

BA, California State University, Sacramento
"Get busy living, or get busy dying." --The Shawshank Redemption

Debra Panganiban Louie, Counselor

MS, University of LaVerne
BA, University of California, Santa Cruz
Academic Certificate, CSU Stanislaus
Dept Liaison: Math and Science, Stagg High School
Lead Counselor: Career Transfer Center
Special Skills: Guidance 8 Instructor, Transfer, and Teacher Preparation
"Some people dream of success...while others wake up and work hard at it."

Pam Muckenfuss, Counselor

MS, California State University, Sacramento

BA, California State University, Sacramento

Special Assignment:  Middle College

"How long we live is limited, but how much we learn is not.  What we
learn is what we are.  No one should miss out on an education"

-- Leo Buscaglia

Grant Narita, Counselor

MS, San Jose State University
BS, California State University, Hayward
Dept Liaison: Business and Computer Science
Lead Counselor: Technology
"Don't worry about failure. Worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try"

Sharmila Nathaniel, Counselor

MA, University of the Pacific

BA, California State University, Sacramento
Dept Liaison: Social Sciences
Lead Counselor: Orientation
Special Skills: Speaks Hindi fluently
"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will." --Vince Lombardi

Pablo Ortega, Counselor

MA, San Jose State University

BA, Saint Mary's College of California

PPS Credential, San Jose State University

Dept Liaison:  Business

Lead Counselor:  San Joaquin Delta College Tracy/Mountain House Counselor

Special Skills:  Fluent in Spanish

"El Respecto Al Derecho Ajeno Es La Paz" - Benito Juarez, First Indignenous Mexican President

Email:  portega@deltacollege.edu

Diane Pond, Counselor

MS, California State University, Sacramento
BA, California State University, Sacramento
Dept Liaison: Applied Science and Technology
Special Skills: Teacher Preparation and Engineering

Heather Robinson, Counselor

MA, John F. Kennedy, University

BS, Oakwood College

Dept. Liaison:  English Language Arts

Special Skills: Wellness, Career/Life Planing, Reentry Transition

"Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even to your smallest acts...this is the secret of success"  Swami Sivananda

Sheila Whitt, Counselor

MA, University of California, Davis

BA, University of California, Davis
Dept Liaison: Communicatioin Skills
Lead Counselor: International Students

Special Skills:  Career Counseling

Dr. Cheuyengther Xiong, Counselor

Ed. D., University of the Pacific
MA, California State University, Stanislaus
BA, Gonzaga University
Dept Liaison: Family, Consumer, and Health Sciences

Lead Counselor:  Veterans
Special Skills: Speaks Hmong and some Lao

Karen DeLira

Adjunct Counselor

Jeff Lee

Adjunct Counselor

Mary Mariani

Adjunct Counselor

MS, California State University, Sacramento

BA, University of California, Berkeley

Rosa Solis

Adjunct Counselor

Sherry DuQuette

Senior Office Assistant

Frankie Loera

Office Assistant

Staci Miller
Academic Advisor

MS, University of LaVerne

BS, California State University, Stanislaus
AA, San Joaquin Delta College

Consuelo Munoz

Office Assistant

Sara Rosenkilde
Secretary

AA, San Joaquin Delta College