By Cassidy L. Bartolo • Channels Staff • SBCC
After 29 years as an Academic Counselor to students, Oscar Zavala will be retiring through the Supplemental Early Retirement Program. Photo by Ashley Somics.
Students trickle into the Academic Counseling Center with a slew of questions for the counseling staff as the spring semester gets into gear.
Academic counselor Oscar Zavala, 62, eagerly stands up behind his window plastered in colorful campus fliers to greet the students with a bright toothy grin. He takes his time to answer all of the students’ questions to make sure they are completely satisfied when leaving.
Guiding students in the right direction comes naturally to Zavala as he has worked as a counselor for nearly three decades. Now after 29 years of service at City College, Zavala is retiring as part of the Supplemental Early Retirement Program.
“Doing something big like this and having these opportunities; that’s just what I so appreciate about this college,” Zavala said.
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