Meet the DREAM Center Staff
Student Staff
Allie Jeronimo
Marketing Coordinator
4th year, Anthropology and Criminology, Law and Society Double Major
Bucket List: Do a Color Run and see the Northern Lights
Favorite Holiday: Halloween. There is so much history behind Halloween, plus all the fun music, and candy. Also I don't need to buy anyone a present.
Elisabet Barrios Mateo
Graduate Fellow
2nd year, Sociology Doctoral Student
Bucket List: Ride a hot air balloon and visit Japan.
Favorite Holiday: Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Due to its historical significance and because it grants me a 3 day weekend close to my birthday.
Luis Moreno
2nd year, Undeclared
Bucket List: Learn to swim
Favorite Holiday: My favorite holiday is Halloween because I can be whoever I want for a day.
Luis Fuentes
Assistant Program Coordinator
4th year, Education Major
Bucket List: To travel the world and talk to different people.
Favorite Holiday: My favorite holiday is Christmas because of the food and my family coming together.
Marco Ortiz Sanchez
3rd year, Business Administration Major- Emphasis in Finance, Digital Information Systems Minor
Bucket List: Go skydiving
Favorite Holiday: My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving because of all the food and then Black Friday.
Keon Ho Kim
International Studies
Bucket List: To buy a Tesla
Favorite Holiday: My favorite holiday is Christmas because everyone's so loving!
Rachel Lee
Program & Marketing Assistant
3rd year, Political Science Major
Bucket List: Go skydiving
Favorite Holiday: Christmas. I love all the festivities, spirit, and season. This is my peak baking and DIY time, because I love handmaking gifts for friends and families.
Professional Staff
Oscar Teran, Esq.
Director
terano@uci.edu | (949) 824-8225
Oscar Teran is UCI’s first Dreamers Resource Center Director. Mr. Teran completed his Juris Doctor at University of California, Hastings College of the Law and has pursued social justice as a public interest attorney through roles at California Rural Legal Assistance and Texas RioGrande Legal Aid. Prior to these roles, he held positions in student services and academic administration at Hastings and at Chapman University.
Mr. Teran’s experience as an academic administrator is complemented by his long-standing commitment to immigrant advocacy, which led him to initiate Chapman University’s development of Dreamer Support and Ally Training. His unique expertise as a student services professional and practicing attorney will support UCI’s commitment to an inclusive campus climate and continued growth in our capacity to ensure that undocumented students have the same range of opportunities, experiences and success as their peers, at UCI and beyond.
Angela Chuan-Ru Chen, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
angelacc@uci.edu | (949) 824-6390
Having been undocumented herself for 16 years, her experiences as an undocumented student throughout her undergraduate career has been an influence for her passion to support the undocumented student community. Angela most recently worked as the Director of the Undocumented Student Program at UCLA which served over 500 undocumented students, launched new programming, and built resources across campus departments to better serve undocumented students.
Additionally, Angela's institutional advocacy includes leading University of California system-wide efforts to increase awareness about policies that impact undocumented students and guiding universities across the nation to develop support programs for undocumented youth. Moreover, Angela also completed academic training in UCLA's Graduate School of Education.
Laura Enriquez, Ph.D.
Faculty in Residence
Dr. Laura E. Enriquez holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles. She earned her undergraduate degree in Sociology and History from Pomona College. During her time there she began working closely with undocumented immigrant students. Building on this work, she has researched, presented, and published on a range of issues related to the educational, economic, political, and social experiences of undocumented young adults who immigrated to the United States as children. She has published multiple articles on the complex role that immigration status plays in the everyday lives of undocumented young adults. Currently she is working on a book manuscript tentatively titled, Of Love and Papers: Forming Families in the Shadows of Immigration Policy.
She is faculty chair of UCI’s Committee for Equity and Inclusion of Undocumented Students and currently serves as the faculty advisor for UCI’s Marco A. Firebaugh House, an on-campus housing community for undocumented students and allies.