Jack Rivas: Academics/College

Jack Rivas is a native Santa Barbarian who attended local public schools, attended SBHS and played several sports. He is married with two children and all of them are graduates of UCSB. Jack completed UCSB’s Graduate School of Education and attended PACIFICA studying Counseling Psychology. After teaching at SBHS, Jack went to work as a counselor and instructor at UCSB where he has been since 1979. He serves or served on the boards of many non-profit organizations, including ADELANTE Dual Language Immersion School, Just Communities Central Coast and PALABRA. He is dedicated to issues of social justice. He works in the Educational Opportunity Program or EOP at UCSB. EOP was a very important in his admission to UCSB. It served as a vital support network and was a great learning environment. He took part in campus cultural and political activism, even though I was a married student who was also working. Jack presently works as an Academic Advisor in the College of L & S. He has a desire to give back to the university for believing in him and assisting him in transitioning to being college student.