Aceben Agustin

Aceben (He/Him) is a Bay Area native who grew up in Santa Clara. After high school, he attended community college at De Anza. During his two years at Community College, he experienced many career changes and uncertainty. Supported and inspired by his college counselor, Aceben developed a passion for helping others and set his path to follow in his counselor's footsteps in becoming a Community College Counselor. After his two years, he transferred to UC Irvine in pursuit of accumulating work experience and a Bachelor's in Sociology. During his time at UCI, Aceben gained professional experience through UCI College Corps fellowship, Undeclared/Undecided Peer Academic Advisor, and Basic Needs Outreach Ambassador. Graduating from UC Irvine with a bachelor's and his accumulated experience, Aceben went job searching for College Advisor positions and found the UC Berkeley DCAC/EAOP fellowship. Aceben has decided to be a part of DCAC/EAOP because of his excitement to join this new community and his passion to advise/support students.