Following the summer residential retreat, workshops, peer mentoring, and resources are offered (at no additional costs) to provide the TCLI community with on-going support.What’s included:
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Meet Your 2023-2024 TCLI Staff!
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Aide Gomez
TCLI Mentor
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Year: 3rd Year
College: Muir
Major: Public Health
Fun Fact: A fun fact about me is that I can watch the entire Shrek series on replay!
Campus Involvements: Mentor for TRiO Student Support Services Program and TCLI!
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Alexa Armenta
TCLI Mentor
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Year: 2nd Year
College: Revelle
Major: Biochemistry
Fun Fact: I love native plants and sea animals!
Campus Involvements: ASL Club & TCLI!
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Analisa Anderson
TCLI Mentor
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Year: 2nd Year
College: Warren
Major: History
Fun Fact: I can solve a Rubik's cube!
Campus Involvements: Triton Mock Trial Team and TCLI!
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Kent Romo
TCLI Mentor
Pronouns: he/him/his
Year: 2nd Year
College: Warren
Major: Public Health with a concentration in Community Health Sciences
Fun Fact: I saw Steve Lacy front-row!
Campus Involvements: Raza Youth Empowerment Co-Responsable for MEChA de UCSD and TCLI!
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Masar Shakir
TCLI Mentor
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Year: 2nd Year
College: Revelle
Major: Biology with Specialization in Bioinformatics
Fun Fact: I can solve the pyraminx in under 45 seconds!
Campus Involvements: Revelle Creative, UCSD Health La Jolla, TRIO SSSP, and TCLI!
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Natalie Sanchez-Lazo
TCLI Mentor
Pronouns: she/her
Year: 4th Year
College: Muir
Major: Clinical Psychology and Cognitive Behavioral Neuroscience
Fun Fact: I've picked up a new hobby every six months since quarantine started and have maintained all of them!
Campus Involvements: STITCH (Students Taking Initiative To Crochet Hats), 9-time IA, Psychology Student Researcher, Cognitive Science Honors Program and TCLI!
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Nelly Zapata-Castillo
TCLI Mentor
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Year: 2nd Year
College: Marshall
Major: Political Science with a specialization in race, ethnicity, and politics
Fun Fact: I am the only girl in my family!
Campus Involvements: AS Campus-Wide Senator and TCLI!
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Nicole Tran
TCLI Mentor Coordinator
Pronouns: she/her
Year: 2nd Year
College: Warren
Major: Biochemistry
Fun Fact: When I was little, I loved peanuts so much that I ate my way through a peanut allergy!
Campus Involvements: I'm in AMSA, and I'm looking into other healthcare opportunities/jobs on campus, I was also involved in SB and worked as an SB Peer Mxntor Trainee as a freshman, and TCLI!
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Alex Reyes
TCLI Mentor Coordinator
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Year: 4th Year
College: Warren
Major: History
Fun Fact: I love to cook especially Mexican dishes!
Campus Involvements: TCLI!
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Saleha Ahmedi
TCLI Mentor Coordinator
Pronouns: she/her
Year: 4th Year
College: Sixth
Major: Cognitive Science: Design & Interaction
Fun Fact: I participated in a spelling bee at the Loft last year!
Campus Involvements: Triton NeuroTech, TritonTide, Design Lab, and TCLI!
Fall Quarter 2022
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Expand Your Leadership Skills
1:1 Mentor Meetings:
- 2-3 times per quarter
- One-to-one meetings provide mentees with the opportunity to check-in with their Mentor on an individual basis.
Mentee Group Gatherings:
- 1 time per quarter
- These gatherings offer mentees opportunities to gather in small groups with other mentees to engage in an activity, visit a campus resource, or attend an on-campus event.
Group Coaching Sessions:
- 1 time per year
- These individual or group coaching sessions provide mentees to receive further guidance and support on navigating their first year at UC San Diego
Group Coaching Session topics this quarter:
- Navigating Your Academics
- Stress Management & Wellness
- Finding Your Sense of Belonging
- Bringing UC San Diego Home
- Passion + Art: Artivism
- Attend 1 per quarter
- The monthly events provide mentees the opportunity to connect with one another, learn about a campus resource, and engage in destressing activities.
- October: Freaky FridayNovember: Stress Management & Well Being
- December: Wrapping Up The Quarter
Winter Quarter 2023
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Build Community
1:1 Mentor Meetings:
- 2-3 times per quarter
- One-to-one meetings provide mentees with the opportunity to check-in with their Mentor on an individual basis.
Mentee Group Gatherings:- Attend 1 time per quarter
- These gatherings offer mentees opportunities to gather in small groups with other mentees to engage in an activity, visit a campus resource, or attend an on-campus event.
Group Coaching Sessions:- 1 time per year
- These individual or group coaching sessions provide mentees to receive further guidance and support on navigating their first year at UC San Diego.
Group Coaching Session topics this quarter:
- Resumes & Cover Letters
- Study Abroad
- Empathy & Empathetic Communication
- Culture, Identity & Stigmas in Basic Needs
TCLI Fridays:- 3-4 times per quarter
- The monthly events provide mentees the opportunity to connect with one another, learn about a campus resource, and engage in destressing activities.
- January: Manifesting A New Year
- February: Building Relationship with Self
- March: Finding Community within Activism
TCLI See San Diego:TCLI See San DIego is an opportunity for mentees to explore the greater San Diego community and engage in service. This year, TCLI hosted their first virtual TCLI See San Diego! We collaborated with GlamourGals to make cards for isolated seniors. To hear more about the event checkout Volunteer Story: GlamourGals at UCSD x Triton Community Leadership Institute!
Spring Quarter 2023
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Make a Difference
1:1 Mentor Meetings:
- 2-3 times per quarter
- One-to-one meetings provide mentees with the opportunity to check-in with their Mentor on an individual basis.
Mentee Group Gatherings:- Attend 1 time per quarter
- These gatherings offer mentees opportunities to gather in small groups with other mentees to engage in an activity, visit a campus resource, or attend an on-campus event.
Group Coaching Sessions:- 1 time per year
- These individual or group coaching sessions provide mentees to receive further guidance and support on navigating their first year at UC San Diego.
- Strengths finder
- Communication & Leadership Coffee Talk
- Strengthsfinder
- Empathy & Empathetic Communication
- Strengthsfinder
- Preparing for Your 2nd Year
- Strengthsfinder
TCLI Fridays:- 3-4 times per quarter
- The monthly events provide mentees the opportunity to connect with one another, learn about a campus resource, and engage in destressing activities.
- TCLI End of the Year Celebration!
- April: Spring Into Research
- May: TBD
TCLI mentees who complete all the requirements below are eligible to receive validation of TCLI on their Co-Curricular Record:
- Participate in the TCLI Summer Retreat (July 25 - 28, 2022)
- Complete the TCLI Pre and Post Assessment Surveys
- Meet with Mentor at least 3 times per quarter
- Participate in at least 1 TCLI Friday per quarter
- Participate in at least 1 Group Coaching Session
- Submit an end-of-the-year reflection project
