Carmen’s journey at UCM began in 2005 when she joined Dining Services as a Baker. From 2009-2011 while in Dining, Carmen managed the Lantern Café located inside the Library building. After leaving Dining Services in 2011, Carmen joined the Office of International Affairs as the Center Manager and later became a Study Abroad Advisor. In 2014 Carmen accepted a position with the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Office as a Financial Analyst where she also provided assistance to all direct Provost departments (Academic Personnel, International Affairs, Academic Senate, Institutional Assessment, Vice Provost for the Faculty, Fresno Center, Provost and Executive Vice chancellor).
In December 2018, Carmen was one of many admin personnel on campus who were reassigned to ACT (currently known as CBS2). While working in ACT as a Liaison, Carmen supported 28 campus departments with their budget and financial needs as well as HR and payroll requests. On February 2020 Carmen accepted a position with the Library as the Administrative Officer where she oversaw the student and staff payroll and HR inquiries and supported CAO with financial and administrative matters for the department.
Carmen joined HSRI in October 2020 and has been assisting many UCM faculty with Post-Award matters such as:Manages and prepares budget summaries and projections; Liaison for faculty on post award administration; Approve post award grant requests; Handle rebudgets /no-cost extensions/close outs.
Carmen came to the United States at age 20 and grew up in a very small town in Jalisco, Mexico. Carmen loves going to Mexico to visit family and friends and to enjoy everything that Mexico has to offer.
