Gabriella Alvarez - Division of Academic Affairs Student Employee of the Month
October 2026 Student Employee of the Month from the Division of Academic Affairs College of Social & Behavioral Sciences - Dean's Office Gabriella Alvarez, Intelligence and Crime Analysis Major, with a concentration in Cybersecurity. Expected graduation in Fall 2026.
Why you enjoy working at CSUSB?
Gabriella enjoys working at CSUSB because of the opportunity she has to help students, faculty, staff, and visitors. They really like being able to help others, and it allows her to make connections with peers and other faculty.
What opportunities have your student employee position provided?
Working on campus has provided Gabriella opportunities to work on communication, especially talking to people from various backgrounds, like transfer students, first-time freshmen, and people who have different communication styles [than] her. It's a challenge, but it helps her further develop her skills. Gabriella also learned how to actively problem-solve, and learn how to adapt to when issues arise, which they understand is a good skill to have.
How does your role support your academic, professional, or personal success?
Gabriella believes her student assistant role helps her build necessary job-related skills that may have been lacking [before]. Also, as mentioned before, helping her learn how to communicate effectively with other people. She also learns about new resources when helping other students, especially when it’s academic or classwork related. The College of Social & Behavioral Sciences has so many different resources for students and she has been able to utilize some of them herself… There is the Bridge, which offers academic advising and tutoring for students within the SBS college majors. They're pretty great, and she utilizes their academic advising.
A fun fact about yourself
Gabriella's go-to fun fact is that they enjoy reading, especially horror genre books. They recently had a great time visiting Universal Studios Horror Nights.
What do you enjoy most about working at CSUSB?
This student assistant would say what she enjoys most is the campus community; the people she works with and students too. Based on how long they have worked there, the students recognize Gabriella, or get to the point where they can have casual conversations in passing. Or they'll come in, and Gabriella will know exactly what they want or need. She enjoys making those kinds of connections with people, so it's great that can provide this customer support at work.
Finish this sentence: "I love working at CSUSB because ...
I get the opportunity to interact with my peers and also be able to build myself academically and professionally at the same time. It definitely helps a lot with school too, and my supervisor is great. She helps me out all the time with random things, for example she was able to help me secure a scholarship. I enjoy working with and supporting these amazing people."