
Two-time alumna Paniz Herrera turned personal hardship into purpose — earning multiple degrees while raising a family and breaking into the male-dominated world of cybersecurity. Today, she’s thriving at Deloitte as a cybersecurity and AI consultant, pursuing a Ph.D. at Claremont Graduate University, and building tools designed to uplift others.

After an injury cut short his dream to be a Major League Baseball player, Gordon Amerson found fulfillment in a career in education. CSUSB, he says, “was foundational to my success.”

Award-winning filmmaker and CSUSB lecturer Johnny Coffeen is preparing to premiere his debut feature-length film, “The Avalanche.” Coffeen, whose journey includes a Student Academy Award for “The Swan Girl” and studying with acclaimed filmmaker David Lynch, shares his passion for cinema with CSUSB students while continuing to build a distinctive career in filmmaking.

CSUSB alumnus Edward Lockridge is the founder and CEO of My Freight Staff, a Rancho Cucamonga-based company that provides virtual assistants to the freight transportation industry, employing about 20 staff locally and 3,000 worldwide.

Funchess received a bachelor of arts degree in sociology from CSUSB and credits the university with providing the foundation for his leadership and commitment to advancing educational excellence and equity.

Stuart Sumida (biology), Johnny Coffeen (communication and media lecturer), Thomas Chapman (cybersecurity), Bob Miller (public administration adjunct), Brian Levin (criminal justice emeritus) were mentioned in recent news coverage. Also, Anahid S. Modrek, Dionisio A. Amodeo, Leslie R. Amodeo and Jason F. Reimer (psychology); Kevin P. Rosales (child development) and Matthew R. Des Lauriers (anthropology) recently published their research in their respective disciplines.

Carson Fajardo, twice elected president of the university’s Associated Students Inc. and now a student in the Master of Public Administration program, began his two-year term as one of the board’s two student trustees in July.

Carson Fajardo, twice elected president of the university’s Associated Students Inc. and now a student in the Master of Public Administration program, will serve a two-year term as one of the board’s two student trustees.

Tomás D. Morales shared his thoughts on a variety of topics related to higher education in an interview with Naja Faysal, host of the Inland Empire Business Network Podcast.