MAYA WONG
UCDC Alumni
(she/her/hers)
Maya Wong participated in UCDC Fall 2019. She interned part-time at the Democratic Congressional Campaign as a Campaign Finance Intern, and at Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's office. After graduating, she was able to use her connections and worked at two Asian Pacific Islander organizations as a field organizer and phone banker in Georgia and Philadelphia during the 2020 elections.
IG: @86akyin
JADE MAGAÑA
UCDC Alumni
(she/her/hers)
Jade Magaña participated in the UCDC program for Fall 2020. She interned for the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division and I will be gradating this June!
IG: @jade.magana
Linkedin: Jade Magaña
RICHARD CAMARENA III
UCDC Alumni
(he/him/his)
Home Campus: UCM
Richard Camarena III, participated in UCDC Spring 2021, is attending UC Merced, interned with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and is currently a senior focusing on his academics and his law school entrance exam.
IG: @richard.camarena.iii
CATHY VO
UCDC & UCCS Alumni
(she/her/hers)
Home Campus: UCR
Cathy Vo was a participant in both UCCS and UCDC. She was an intern at the Office of Congresswoman Doris Matsui in Sacramento for UCCS and an intern at the Office of Congressman Salud Carbajal, remotely, for UCDC. She is graduating in June and will be going to law school later this fall!
BRITTANY AMADOR
UCDC Alumni
Home Campus: UCSD
Brittany Amador, is a UCSD alumna who participated with the UCDC Program back in Spring 2019 where she interned on Capitol Hill. She graduated in 2019 and started working on Capitol Hill for a Senate committee starting in early 2020.
MIGUEL TORRES
UCDC Alumni
(he/him/his)
Home Campus: UCR
Miguel Torres attended the UCDC program during the summer of 2019. He was a congressional intern for the Office of Congressman Mark Takano. Now Miguel is preparing to attend UC Irvine Law in August 2021.
ADÁN CHÁVEZ
UCDC Alumni
(he/him/his)
Home Campus: UCSD
Adán Chávez currently works for Facebook for Politics and Government Outreach, where he liaises with government officials, community stakeholders, government organizations, campaigns, and political organizations at the local government level in order to build out their presences on Facebook through best practices and understanding new tools. He is an alum of UCDC, where he served as a UC Presidential Public Service Fellow and Robert T. Matsui Congressional Fellow in the Office of Congressman Jimmy Gomez, and a first-generation graduate with double-degrees in Political Science and Spanish Literature from UC San Diego.
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: @adanjchavez
CARL WELLIVER
UCDC Alumni
(he/him/his)
Home Campus: UCSD
Carl was a member of UC San Diego's UCDC cohort in Winter 2013 (when President Obama had his second inaugural). He interned with then-U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, where he later worked until her retirement. He then began working with UC's systemwide federal relations office in the UCDC building, where he currently works on policy issues related to education, immigration, health care, and climate/sustainability.
IG: @hectorr999
MCKENZIE RICHARDSON
UCDC Alumni
(she/her/hers)
Home Campus: UCSD
McKenzie did UCDC in the Winter of 2019. She was a Media Outreach Intern at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars where she helped facilitate their scholars' media interviews, staff events, and coordinate media engagement. She currently is a first-year graduate student working towards my Master of Public Policy at UC San Diego's School of Global Policy and Strategy!