Transfer Ambassadors

Transfer Ambassadors are:

Current Undergraduate Transfer Students
CHASS Majors
Offer one-on-one appointments throughout the academic year
Trained on teaching approaches, learning styles, campus resources, interpersonal skills, and how to refer students to resources based on their needs

Meet the 2023-2024 Transfer Ambassadors

Jade Deng

Jade Deng is a 4th year transfer student from CSULB majoring in Theatre, Film, and Digital Productions. She is super excited to help out transfer students with whatever they need help with! Her favorite drink is Thai Tea!

Kimberly Feregrino

Kimberly Feregrino is a fourth-year transfer student from Santiago Canyon College who is planning on working with museums in the future! She is majoring in art history and minoring in anthropology to reach this goal and has already reached out to the opportunities the campus offers for her goals. She is an active member of the Natural History Museum Club and the president of the Art History Undergraduate Association. As a first-generation, transfer student she knows how difficult adjusting to a new environment is and especially when you're the first in the family. Kimberly wants to help out her fellow classmates as they enter this new and exciting part of their journey. She wants to make sure she can help them however she can to not only succeed academically but to also remember their time at UCR fondly and make connections!

Dezeray Marmolejo

Dezeray Marmolejo is a first-generation biracial student with Mexican and Hawaiian parentage. Transfer student coming from Mount San Antonio College. She is majoring in Sociology with a double major in Art History. Current vice president for the Art History Undergraduate Association club here at UCR. She has future plans to go to graduate school, but is going to take time in between to see what career she wants to pursue. She has an interest in both learning and making art, anime, KPOP, and shopping. Dezeray Marmolejo is a first-generation biracial student with Mexican and Hawaiian parentage. Transfer student coming from Mount San Antonio College. She is majoring in Sociology with a double major in Art History. Current vice president for the Art History Undergraduate Association club here at UCR. She has future plans to go to graduate school, but is going to take time in between to see what career she wants to pursue. She has an interest in both learning and making art, anime, KPOP, and shopping.

Savannah Messenger

Savannah Messenger is a Korean American creative writing major living on the outskirts of Moreno Valley. She is a first-generation college student who transferred from Riverside City College and excited to help other Transfers find their way. Savannah is a proud dog mom who is bold with both pen and sword, she thrives in giving life to narratives and pondering deeply into the abyss of fictional lore. With an active online presence, she strives to find herself in the carefully crafted worlds she pours pages upon pages on. An intuitive mind that can see movie twists before they even arrive, her passionate and fiery spirit can crack any narrative hurdle, no matter how far down the rabbit hole goes.

Joseph Oliveros

Joseph Oliveros Is a first-generation student born in Mexico City. He came here when he was five. He transferred from Caffey College in Rancho Cucamonga. He is very proud of his Mexican background and looks to advocating for Latinos and bringing other first-generation into spaces in education. Joseph loves the gym and boxing. He aspires to become a Spanish Professor one day.

Stephanie Vazquez

Hello! My name is Stephanie Vazquez. I am a 4th year majoring in Sociology/ Law and Society. I transferred to UCR Winter of 2023 from Pasadena City College.

Transfer Ambassadors Truly Help!

CHASS F1RST – Transfer Ambassadors

CHASS F1RST First-Year Experience Programs support students in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences during their first year at UCR. Transfer Ambassadors are current undergraduate CHASS transfer students who are trained to support the Transfer Program in CHASS by teaching the HASS 001 learning community workshop, providing one-on-one office hours, and referring students to resources.

“The most valuable experience of the CHASS F1RST program was being greatly informed of the opportunities and aid programs that are available on campus that can greatly aid you mentally, physiologically, physically and financially.”

“The most valuable experience of this course was just being able to learn and know about the many different resources that the UCR campus provides for students. Especially with there being many resources for transfer students specifically, it allowed me to look more deeply into certain resources that I can benefit from during this first year at UCR.”

“I took alot, as a first generation student, every single thing was a valuable experience. Meeting with the transfer ambassadors, the information they provided us with. The resources they informed us about, everything was so helpful! I appreciate it all.”

“The instructors were super helpful and all of these modules were helpful. I plan to use these effectively throughout my time here at UCR and set myself up for success. This course was super helpful and effective as a transfer it showed me the support I have.”

Feedback from 2023 students

Become a CHASS F1RST Transfer Ambassador

Benefits

Develop leadership and facilitation skills
Fine-tune communication and time-management skills
Empower new transfer students to reach their full potential
Reinforce your own learning by instructing others
Gain professional development

Responsibilities

Reach out to and maintain contact with transfer students via email, phone, and campus activities
Meet with transfer students one-on-one and in small groups to assess student needs
Assist transfer students with academic, social, and personal concerns and refer them to resources
Develop lesson plans with faculty and staff
Co-facilitate weekly workshops
Be prompt and well prepared for each small group session

Requirements

Attend a mandatory three-day orientation
Maintain a quarterly 2.5 cumulative GPA and stay in good academic standing
Remain sensitive to the needs of students from a variety of racial, ethnic, national, political, religious, socioeconomic, academic, and physical and sexual orientation backgrounds
Employ strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with students
Work collaboratively with students, staff, and faculty partners
Have good organizational and time management skills
Have the ability to respond to students in a helping manner
Achieve a 3.0 GPA or higher in CHFY 020: Theory and Practice of Peer Instruction

Apply

You may access the application form via Google Form using your R’Mail account: Transfer Ambassador Google Form Application
The 2025-2026 Peer Educator Application will become available on December 2, 2024, and applications will be due by January 13th, 2026, at 4pm. If you have any questions regarding the position, you may contact Stella Rocha, Student Academic Specialist of CHASS F1RST (stella.rocha@ucr.edu).
Please see the Job Description and Additional Details Here: Transfer Ambassador Application Info Sheet AY 2025-2026