Lily Espinoza
Lily Espinoza ’11 (Ed.D. educational leadership) has recently published a new book called Centering Pura Vida. It chronicles her 20-year career working in education with diverse students of color student support programs.
Life Event: Books, Publications, Exhibits and Performances
Class Notes
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Sean Charmatz
Sean Charmatz ’03 (B.F.A. art-entertainment art/animation) directed DreamWorks Animation’s film, “Orion and the Dark,” streaming on Netflix. He previously worked for Nickelodeon’s Animation Studio, writing and directing “SpongeBob SquarePants.” His other credits include DreamWorks’ “Trolls” and Warner Bros. Pictures’ “The Lego Movie 2.”
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Jenn Jackson
Jenn Jackson ’11 (M.A. political science) published their first book, “Black Women Taught Us,” to honor Black women and feminists whose work has been “erased from the archives.” The book is based on a course they teach in the political science department at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
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Paul Carter
Paul Carter ’92 (B.A. political science) is the author of a new book, “Richard Nixon: California’s Native Son.” An attorney with more than 20 years of experience in investigation and trial work, Carter researched his book with the support of the Lawrence de Graaf Center for Oral and Public History at Cal State Fullerton. To celebrate […]
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Katrina Cebreiro
Katrina Cebreiro ’14, ’16 (B.A. ratio-TV-film, M.F.A. screenwriting) is a filmmaker, screenwriter, director and producer. Her latest project is a comedic anthology television series titled, “Miscellanea.”
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Ani Marderosian
Ani Marderosian ’15 (B.A. theatre arts) recently directed “Fort Huachuca,” an off-Broadway production that tackles sexism and racism in a 1940s army camp.
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Paul Carter
Paul Carter’s ’92 (B.A. political science) biography “Richard Nixon: California’s Native Son” is set for release by Potomac Books on September 1, 2023. Nixon’s daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, wrote the foreword. Carter is a partner in the firm Bergkvist, Bergkvist & Carter LLP in Long Beach.
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Lance Crawford
Lance Crawford ’95 (M.S. education) released a new audiobook, “Spiritual Growth Through Travels, Nature and Living Life.” He describes his personal growth from such experience as riding on a train from Long Beach to New Orleans as a child to completing a 520-mile pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago in his mid-70s.
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Natalie Rodriguez
Natalie Rodriguez ’14 (B.A. radio-TV-film) is a director, published author, and screenwriter. In 2017, Rodriguez founded Extraordinary Pictures, a production company focused on films, television, and social issue projects such as mental health and recovery. She resides in Los Angeles County.
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Timothy H. Lee
Timothy H. Lee ’19 (B.F.A. theatre arts-musical theater) made his Broadway debut in “KPOP” in 2022, with 44 previews and 17 performances.