Dr. Elizabeth Zavala-Aceves

Elizabeth Zavala-Acevez, Ph.D., was appointed as Associate Vice President for Student Affairs at California State University, Fullerton in July 2020. She leads the area of College Access and Career Pathways, overseeing the areas of Admissions, Career Center, Center for Educational Partnerships, Center for Internships & Community Engagement, Financial Aid, Orientation, and Outreach & Recruitment.

A dynamic, intelligent, and tactful leader, Dr. Zavala-Acevez transitions to AVP after having most recently served as Director of the Career Center at Cal State Fullerton. In this role, she provided strategic direction to all facets of the department as well as leadership and supervision to its 41 staff members.

A highly-active and selfless contributor to CSUF, Dr. Zavala-Acevez has led in several capacities across campus to support student success, career readiness, fundraising, professional development, and diversity initiatives. Moreover, she has been actively involved in several professional career development organizations, including Mountain Pacific Association of Colleges and Employers (MPACE) as President-Elect, and National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) as an award-winning member (2015 NASPA Region VI Mid-Level Student Affairs Award). Her professional career began at CSUF in 2006 as a Career Development Specialist before earning promotions to Assistant Director, Associate Director, and Director of the Career Center.

The epitome of Titan excellence, Dr. Zavala-Acevez graduated from CSUF with a B.S. in Human Services, before earning a M.S. in Counseling with a concentration in College Counseling from the University of La Verne and a Ph.D. in Education with an emphasis in Higher Education and Student Affairs from Claremont Graduate University.

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