BIT Team

Dean of Counseling LMFT #44742 and LPCC #1702 I believe in the power of student advocacy, challenging mental health stigmas and weaving the equity framework in everything I do. I am a lifelong learner, believe in holistic well-being and enjoy collaborating to support student success! Prior to joining the student services administrator team, I was a full time counselor/instructor at Chabot for 17 years (Aug. 2005-June 2022). I hold an MA in Counseling Psychology with a dual emphasis in career counseling and marriage family therapy and presently pursuing my doctorate in Community Care and Counseling with a focus in Traumatology.

Veronica Martinez (she, her) received her MA in Speech Communication in 1997 from California State University, Hayward. From 1997-2008 Veronica taught at a variety of bay area campuses, teaching public speaking (for native or non-native speakers), interpersonal communication, voice improvement, interviewing, conflict management, business presentations, and small group communication. In Fall 2008, Veronica was hired at Chabot College, where she continues to teach a variety of Communication Studies classes, supervises the Communication Studies Lab, serves on Faculty Senate, is part of the Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT), mentors in the Puente Program, and co-coordinates the Indigenous Peoples Education Association (IPEA). Veronica has spent most of her life living and working in Hayward. She is Mexican American and an enrolled member of the Amah Mutsun tribe.