Alvaro Monge works hard to make sure his students can always see a way forward. Whether it’s guiding them towards success on their homework or in their early careers as computer science professionals, he feels it’s important that his presence as an educator makes a difference where it counts.

The thing that really defines success for me is a student having been heard, and providing them with a way forward, be it academically because we pointed them in the right direction, or be it that we connected them with an employer or be that we pointed them to the right resource so that they could do their homework that day, or that they were able to prepare for an upcoming interview better. Coming home at the end of the day, if I know that I’ve made a difference, in one way or another, that’s been a successful day

Alvaro Monge, Assistant Dean and Director of Computing Programs – California