DSPS Staff

This is a listing of the DSPS staff available in the centers with phone extensions (please call 562-860-2451 first then the extension).

Administration Extension: 2345

Lucinda Aborn, Ph.D.
Dean of the Disabled Student Programs and Services Division
email: laborn@cerritos.edu
extension: 2334

BIO
Dr. Lucinda Aborn has been the Dean of Disabled Student Programs and Services since 2006. She has worked as the Director of Disabled Student Service at El Camino College and at Californnia State University, Northridge. Dr. Aborn holds a Ph.D. in Human Rehabilitation and a Masters in Educational Administration. Areas of Specialty: Disability law, On-line Learning, Universal Design, Deafness and Hearing Loss, Career Counseling and Sign Language Interpreting.

Robin Thompson
SSAII - Central Support
email: rthompson@cerritos.edu
extension: 2345

BIO

Rocio Gutierrez
Program Assistant II
email: rgutierrez@cerritos.edu
extension: 2335

BIO

Judi Holmes, M.S.W.
Faculty Specialist/Associate Professor
email: jholmes@cerritos.edu
extension: 2338

BIO
Judi Holmes is a specialist who has been working with Cerritos College DSPS full time since July 2001. Prior to 2001 she worked part time in DSPS for LBCC and Cerritos for 2 years, while working full time for a home health and hospice hospital agency. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Sociology from California State University of Long Beach (CSULB) and a Master's Degree in Social Work from CSULB. Judi's areas of specialty include mobility, psychological, blind and visually impaired, as well as many other medical conditions, authorizing accommodations. Judi enjoys providing students with many helpful resources on and off campus as well as providing educational, vocational and career exploration options, all with helping them to continue to make progress toward their goals.

Elizabeth (Liz) Page
Counselor/Specialist
email: epage@cerritos.edu
extension: 2342

BIO
Elizabeth "Liz" Page has worked at Cerritos College for nearly 15 years as a counselor in DSPS. She holds an AA degree in General Studies from El Camino College, a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology from CSU Dominguez Hills, and a Master's Degree in Education with a specialization in Counseling from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. She discovered her passion for counseling college students with disabilities while working as a student assistant in the Disabled Student Services department at CSU Dominguez Hills. Specialties: Liz works with students from all disability groups providing new student intake, orientation, and academic advising. She also sits on the Faculty Senate and is co-chair of the Hiring Standards Committee.

Marcia Taylor
SSAII
email: mftaylor@cerritos.edu
extension: 2343

BIO

Karen Boyce
SSAII
email: boyce@cerritos.edu
extension: 2341

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Janice O'Neal
SSAII
email: joneal@cerritos.edu
extension: 2354

BIO

Veronica Gutierrez
SSAII
email: vgutierrez@cerritos.edu
extension: 2337

BIO

Don Garriott
Faculty Specialist
email: dgarriott@cerritos.edu
extension: 2347

BIO
Don is a Learning Disabilities Specialist who has been with Cerritos College DSP&S since April 2008. He holds a Bachelor's degree in English Literature from California State University, Dominguez Hills and a Master's degree in Special Education from National University. Don is a certified LD specialist through the California Community Colleges Chancellors office. Don also teaches ACLR courses with an emphasis in Universal Design for Learning. Specialties include learning disabilities, acquired brain injuries, developmentally delayed learners, and other disabilities. Some of Don's duties include LD testing, providing accommodations for students, liaison for instructors, and the overseeing of the alternative media and High Tech Center.

Mary Hunt, M.A. LMFT, Certified Learning Disabilities Specialist
Faculty Specialist
email: mhunt@cerritos.edu
extension: 2409

BIO
Specialties: Learning Disability testing, authorizes accommodations for students certified learning disabled, other cognitive disorders, ADHD, and acquired brain injured. Mary teaches a strategies class to support students in building proficiency skills in the area of math.
Mary Hunt is a Learning Disability Specialist who has been with Cerritos College DSPS PT/FT since 2001. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Fine Art from Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, and a Master's degree in Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy. Mary is certified as a Learning Disability Specialist through the California Community College Chancellor's Office.

Aurora Segura
Counselor

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Susan Algaze
Counselor

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Ray Lovell
Instructor

Tim Kyllingstad
Alternate Media Specialist
email: tkyllingstad@cerritos.edu
extension: 2168

Michael Nance
Hourly Employee
email: mnance@cerritos.edu
extension: 2349

Bryant Fraps
Hourly Employee
email: bfraps@cerritos.edu
extension: 2349

BIO

William Rich
Hourly Employee
email: wrich@cerritos.edu
extension: 2349

Jamila Guerrero-Cantor
Counselor
email: jguerrerocantor@cerritos.edu
extension: 2346

BIO

Mary D'Ettorre
Interpreter Coordinator/Supervisor
email: mdettorre@cerritos.edu
extension: 2352 or VP 866-467-5043

BIO

Adaptive Physical Education

Gary Nakao
Instructor
email:
extension: 2335

Donna Prindle
Instructor
email: prindle@cerritos.edu
extension: 2335