Julie Jimenez
Associate Director

Ms. Jimenez earned a Master's degree in International Education from New York University. Before coming to Occidental, she held positions at New York University and Loyola Marymount University's study abroad offices. She is fluent in Spanish and has studied extensively in Chile. Additionally, Ms. Jimenez spent two years in Japan as part of the Japanese Teaching Exchange (JET) program. During graduate school, she completed a social and education reform program in South Africa. She holds Bachelor's degrees in International Relations and Spanish from UC Davis.

Marisa Grover Mofford
Senior Assistant Director

Ms. Mofford grew up abroad in Spain, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Chile. These global nomad roots give her first-hand experience in cross cultural adjustment and the issues unique to the preparation and planning for all phases of the study abroad and international student experience. Ms. Mofford advises students in every phase of their off campus study planning and preparation. She coordinates the United Nations Program, and monitors exchange and visiting student programs. She is the College's Primary Designated School Official, and advises on F-1 international student issues. She conducts immigration advising, programming, academic and personal support.

Mandy Campbell Moore
Program Coordinator

Ms. Moore designs, implements and manages the application and pre-departure processes; maintains student records; and coordinates systematic communication with overseas partners and on-campus academic, administrative and student services in these processes.  In addition, she monitors study abroad program expenses and student budgets; processes all invoices for the IPO; maintains the website; hires and oversees Student Office Workers. Mandy's work is informed by her undergraduate study abroad in Mexico, her MFA in Creative Writing, and previous experiences as an environmental scientist and writer.