Meet the A.R.C. Team
Department Coordinator
Dr. Patrice Braswell, A.R.C. Coordinator
Email: patrice.braswell@gcccd.edu
Patrice earned her Power Boat License during the Spring of 2018. On her days off from work, you can find her cruising Mission Bay for some rest and relaxation!
Counselors & Specialists
Carl Fielden, Learning Disability Specialist, ATC Coordinator
Email: Carl.Fielden@gcccd.edu
"The mountains are calling and I must go." -John Muir
Christine Ho, A.R.C. Counselor
Email: Christine_Ho@gcccd.edu
"Let go of who you think you're supposed to be; embrace who you are." -Brene Brown
Marlene Barr, Adjunct A.R.C. Counselor
Email: Marlene.Barr@gcccd.edu
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” –Thomas Edison
Main Office
Melissa Benton, Student Services Specialist
Email: Melissa.Benton@gcccd.edu
“It is never too late to be who you might have been.” –George Elliot
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Alma Reyes, Student Services Assistant - Substitute
Email: almarelly_reyes@gcccd.edu
"all is a riddle, and the key to the riddle is another riddle" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Denise Robertson, Interpreter & Real Time Captioning Coordinator
Email: Denise.Robertson@gcccd.edu
Hadeel Yaqoub, Arabic Language Interpreter
Email: Hadeel.Yaqoub@gcccd.edu
“You change for two reasons: either you learn enough that you want to, or you’ve been hurt enough that you have to.” –Unknown
A.R.C.Testing Center
Janet Shipstead, Test Proctor, A.R.C. Testing Center
Email: Janet.Shipstead@gcccd.edu
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” -Maya Angelou
Teri Apodaca, Clerical Assistant - Intermediate, A.R.C. Testing Center
Email: Theresa.Apodaca@gcccd.edu
Assistive Technology & Alternate Media
William Bown, Student Services Specialist, Assistive Technology Center (ATC)
Email: William.Bown@gcccd.edu
“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.” –Carl Rogers
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Trang Nguyen, Instructional Lab Assistant Intermediate, Alternate Media
Email: Trang.Nguyen@gcccd.edu