Program Coordinators and Current Peer Advocates
Program Coordinators
Lee H. Coleman, Ph.D., ABPP
Senior Clinician, Coordinator of Groups and Outreach
Pronouns: he/him/his
Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Miami University, 1999
Professional Affiliations:
- Diplomate, American Board of Professional Psychology
- Certificate in Mindfulness Facilitation from the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
- International Mindfulness Teachers Association
- Certificate in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy from the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
- International Society of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy
- Author, Depression: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed, translated into German, French, Chinese, and Simplified Chinese.
Professional Interests: Preventing depressive relapse; treating personality disorders; suicide prevention; teaching emotion regulation skills; teaching mindful awareness skills
Hobbies/Self-Care: Meditation, playing bass guitar, going to live concerts, cooking, and reading everything I can get my hands on.
Wellness Tip: Mindful awareness isn't necessarily something you have to set aside separate time for. It's an attitude of welcoming awareness that you can bring to whatever you happen to be doing anyway.
I'm beginning my 20th year at Caltech - it's an incredible privilege to work with such talented, insightful, and delightful students! There's so much that Wellness Services can offer you - please come talk with us, and let's find out how we can work together.
Vanessa Tejada, Ed.D
Director of Residential Experience
Peer Advocate Program Advisor and TA
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Education: Ed.D in Education, UCLA, 2021
Professional Interests: First-Year Experience, Residential, College Access and Success
I am excited to work with such an amazing group of students. When I am not in the office or in the classroom, you will most likely see me walking my mini goldendoodle around campus (Feel free to say hello! She is extremely friendly), trying new restaurants, or looking up craft projects that I will never begin. I look forward to continuing to serve the Caltech community!
2023-2024 Peer Advocates
House | PA |
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Avery | Isabelle Ragheb |
Avery | Shivansh Gupta |
Avery | Amelia Burns |
Avery | Alexis Wang |
Avery | Edward Zhang |
Avery | Jude McLean |
Avery | Zhoneghe (Catherine) Zheng |
Bechtel | Alycia Lipscomb |
Bechtel | Katelyn Sulett |
Bechtel | Sydney Ver non |
Bechtel | Juni Polansky |
Blacker | Maya de Luis |
Blacker | Makoa Inciong |
Blacker | Tessa Pierce |
Blacker | Steven Lei |
Dabney | Jessie Gan |
Dabney | Winter Pearson |
Dabney | Michael Gutierrez |
Dabney | Thanhthanh Nguyen |
Dabney | Linet Kahuria |
Fleming | Sophia Elam |
Fleming | Madelyn Gilbert |
Fleming | Sujay Champati |
Fleming | Sujit Iyer |
Fleming | Ashwitha Surabhi |
Lloyd | Bharathan Sundar |
Lloyd | Beatriz "Bea" Avila-Rimer |
Lloyd | Jenni Solgaard |
Lloyd | Kevin Gauld |
Lloyd | Sagan Russ |
Lloyd | Armeet Jatyan |
Lloyd | Emma Olinger |
Page | Sarah Kabboul |
Page | Jadon Hale |
Page | Kathryn "Katy" Edwards |
Page | Avi Sundaresan |
Page | Manal Sultan |
Page | Simon Hu |
Ricketts | Anna Mortari |
Ricketts | Daniel Amelinez-Robles |
Ricketts | Lana Lubecke |
Ricketts | Pranay Satya |
Ricketts | Ella Holland |
Ricketts | Lauren Pryor |
Ricketts | Briana Mercado |
Ricketts | Matteo Kimura |
Venerable | Suchitra Dara |
Venerable | Rupa Kurinchi-Vendhan |
Venerable | Maisha Khanum |
Venerable | Tyler-Michael Oribio |
Venerable | Diego Attra |
Venerable | Victor Gomez |
2022-2023 Peer Advocates
House | PA |
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Avery | Amelia Burns |
Avery | Elia Gorohkovsky |
Avery | Shivansh Gupta |
Avery | Phuong Pham |
Avery | Izzy Ragheb |
Avery | Maddie Swint |
Avery | Alexis Wang |
Bechtel | Chloe Choi |
Bechtel | Tomas Grossmark |
Bechtel | Abigail Jiang |
Bechtel | Alycia Lipscomb |
Bechtel | Nathan McAlister |
Bechtel | Ellen Min |
Bechtel | Katelyn Sulett |
Bechtel | Christian Zapata-Sanin |
Blacker | Maya De Luis |
Blacker | Evan Dicker |
Blacker | Aditee Prahbutendolkar |
Blacker | Lorenzo Schaikewitz |
Dabney | Jessie Gan |
Dabney | Michael Gutierrez |
Dabney | Winter Pearson |
Fleming | James Downs |
Fleming | Sophie Elam |
Fleming | Diego Garcia |
Fleming | Leah Griffith |
Fleming | Athena Kolli |
Fleming | Jackie Wang |
Lloyd | Beatriz "Bea" Avila-Rimer |
Lloyd | Katherine Chang |
Lloyd | Kevin Gauld |
Lloyd | Jennifer "Jenni" Solgaard |
Lloyd | Bharathan Sundar |
Lloyd | Amelia Whitworth |
Page | Rishabh "Rik" Bose |
Page | Kathryn "Katy" Edwards |
Page | Jadon Hale |
Page | Sarah Kobboul |
Page | Raha Riazati |
Page | Avi Sundaresan |
Ricketts | Daniel Amelinez-Robles |
Ricketts | Marama Diaz-Asper |
Ricketts | Aanica Gonzales-Rogers |
Ricketts | Anna Leteva |
Ricketts | Lana Lubecke |
Ricketts | Amanda Piyapanee |
Ricketts | Pranay Satya |
Venerable | Tyler Colenbrander |
Venerable | Suchitra Dara |
Venerable | Maisha Khanum |
Venerable | Rupa Kurinchi-Vendhan |
Venerable | Iris Lee |
Venerable | Tyler Michael Oribio |