Crisis Care
For Life Threatening Emergencies:
Call 911
Or go to your nearest Emergency Room
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For other crisis needs 24/7:
- Call UCI Counseling Center at (949) 824-6457
- Crisis Text Line
♦ Text “Home” to 741741
- Call or text 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8
- Call UCI Campus Police at
(949) 824-5223
Meet Our Peer Mental Health Educators

Jessica Eldridge, Ph.D.
Peer Mental Health Educator Program Coordinator
*2025-2026 Academic Year
Peer Educators are undergraduate students representing a rich diversity of cultural backgrounds and life experiences. Many, but certainly not all, students participating in the program are pursuing either employment or graduate work in the counseling/mental health professions. However, students in the program have represented a variety of undergraduate majors and there are former Peer Educators and Student Associate Coordinators who have entered into such graduate programs as economics, law, and veterinary medicine. Peer Educators have a genuine commitment to learning and self-growth, and to providing a meaningful service to the UC Irvine student community. Students accepted into the program during the Spring Quarter participate during the following academic year.

Nicollette Balassanian, M.A.
Peer Educator Program Co-Coordinator

Madeline Bruhn (she/her(s))
Peer Coordinator

Ariany Baltazar (She/Her)
Peer Coordinator

Desiree Castell (she/her/ella)
Peer Educator

Desiree Ramon-Aquino (She/Her/Ella)
Peer Educator

Molly McCall (She/Her )
Peer Educator

Sophia Liu (She/Her)
Peer Educator

Ambika Mohindra (She/Her)
Peer Educator

Aviara Mata-Mercado (she/her/hers)
Peer Educator

Eric Carcamo (he/him)
Peer Educator

Venus Alejandrez (She/Her)
Peer Educator

Sahithya Subramaniam (She/Her/Hers)
Peer Educator

Lauren Jose (She/Her/Hers)
Peer Educator

Joban Toor (She/Her)
Peer Educator

Raina Bonifacio (she/her)
Peer Educator

Joyce Lui (she/her)
Peer Educator

Michelle Urias (she/her)
Peer Educator

Grace Kenyon (she/her)
Peer Educator