Alumni Updates

Irene Kao

Year Graduated: 2009
Degree: Undergraduate

graduated from Cal in 2009 with degrees in both Psychology and Social Welfare. I attinaed my Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy and my Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Azusa Pacific University. I've been working as an assistant professor at Los Angeles Pacific University and worked at university counseling centers across Southern California before heading into my own private practice. If you'd like to connect, feel free to reach out to me in my...

David LaPensee

Year Graduated: 1976
Degree: Undergraduate

As I enter my forty-third year as a social work psychotherapist, I reflect on the the value of my U.C. Berkeley Psycholgy education. I had the privilege of studying with the late Richard Lazarus Ph. D and Rhona Weinstein Ph. D among many others, and their influence has been maintained throughout my long career. I was an economically disadvantaged student, coming from a divorced, broken family, but the opportunity, that I was I miraculously given to study at U.C. Berkeley Psychology, has made a tremendous...

Sara Mirza

Year Graduated: 2008
Degree: Undergraduate

After completing my BA in Psychology at Cal, I went on to earn an MA in Counseling Psychology from Golden Gate University.

After a couple of years of Career Coaching, I went on to create and teach a Social-Emotional development program for a learning center in my hometown of Fremont, Ca.

Through a series of synchronistic events, I ended up spending 10 years working in HR, People and Culture, and Operations for Tesla, Amazon, Square, Stella & Dot, Sunrun, and Instacart.

After...

David Russo

Year Graduated: 1994
Degree: Undergraduate

After graduating from Cal with an undergraduate degree in psychology I matriculated to medical school at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth Texas. I completed a dual DO/MPH degree program and stayed an extra year to complete a NIH funded K-30 clinical research training program focused on nonpharmacological treatment modalities for pain. Next, I did a medical internship and residency at the Mayo Clinic followed by an Interventional Pain Management fellowship at Oregon Health...