Contact Us

How to Reach Us

County Director: Keith Nathaniel, Ed.D.

UC Cooperative Extension,
Los Angeles County
700 W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: (626) 586-1971
Fax: (626) 943-3840

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Administration

NameTitle EmailPhone Number
Keith C. Nathaniel, EdDCounty Director & 4-H Youth Development Advisorkcnathaniel@ucanr.edu(626) 586-1970
Dohee Kim, MPPDirector of Media Outreach & Advocacy Liaisondeekim@ucanr.edu 
Roy HillstockComputer Resource Specialist IIrlhillstock@ucanr.edu(626) 586-1972
Rebecca SandersAdministrative Assistant IIIrsanders@ucanr.edu(626) 586-1971

4-H Youth Development Program

NameTitle EmailPhone Number
Keith C. Nathaniel, EdDCounty Director & 4-H Youth Development Advisorkcnathaniel@ucanr.edu(626) 586-1970

Community Nutrition and Health

NameTitle EmailPhone Number
Natalie M Price, MPHCommunity Nutrition and Health Advisor nmprice@ucanr.edu(626) 586-1948

The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

NameTitle EmailPhone Number
Javier F. MiramontesCommunity Nutrition and Health Supervisorjfmiramontes@ucanr.edu 
Coral Burciaga-LuquinCommunity Nutrition and Health Educatorcburciagaluquin@ucanr.edu(626) 586-1987
Alejandrina OrozcoCommunity Nutrition and Health Educatororozco@ucanr.edu(626) 586-1977
Cynthia OrozcoCommunity Nutrition and Health Educatorcorozco@ucanr.edu(626) 409-2731
Aba J RamirezCommunity Nutrition and Health Educatorabaramirez@ucanr.edu(626) 586-1978

CalFresh Healthy Living, UC

NameTitle EmailPhone Number
Benjamin MelendrezCalFresh Healthy Living Program Supervisor 2bmelendrez@ucanr.edu 
Daisy L ValdezCalFresh Healthy Living Program Supervisor 1dlvaldez@ucanr.edu(626) 586-1983
Ingrid Janneth AlarconCommunity Education Specialist 2ijalarcon@ucanr.edu(626) 586-1979
Angeles ArroyoCommunity Education Specialist 2angarroyo@ucanr.edu 
Brittany GoreCommunity Education Specialist 2bcgore@ucanr.edu 
Jazmin LopezCommunity Education Specialist 2jfrlopez@ucanr.edu 

UC Master Gardener Program

NameTitle EmailPhone Number
Valerie T BorelHorticulture and Master Gardener Program Coordinatorvtborel@ucanr.edu(626) 586-1986
Jessica A JargerUC Master Gardener Associate Program Coordinatorjayarger@ucanr.edu(626) 586-1975

Environmental Horticulture

NameTitle EmailPhone Number
Janet S Hartin, MSArea Environmental Horticulture Advisor, Emeritusjshartin@ucanr.edu 
Donald R Hodel, MSEnvironmental Horticulture Advisor, Emeritusdrhodel@ucanr.edu 
John N Kabashima, PhD, MBA, MSEnvironmental Horticulture Advisor, Emeritusjnkabashima@ucanr.edu 
Dennis R. Pittenger, MSArea Environmental Horticulturist, Emeritusdrpittenger@ucdavis.edu 
Christopher John Shogren, PhDEnvironmental Horticulture Advisorcjshogren@ucanr.edu 

Natural Resources

NameTitle EmailPhone Number
Edith de Guzman, PhDWater Equity and Adaptation Policy Cooperative Extension Specialisteb3@ucla.edu 
Esther N Lofton, PhDUrban Watershed Resilience Advisorenmosase@ucanr.edu(858) 282-6737
Beatriz E Nobua-Behrmann, PhDUrban Forestry and Natural Resources Advisorbenobua@ucanr.edu(949) 301-9182, ext. 1006
Niamh M Quinn, PhDHuman-Wildlife Interactions Advisornmquinn@ucanr.edu(707) 445-7351
Cynthia R ChavezCommunity Education Specialistcrchavez@ucanr.edu(626) 586-1937
Eliot T FreutelCommunity Education Specialist 2 SoCal California Naturalist Programetfreutel@ucanr.edu 
Natalie J LevySoil Health and Organic Materials Management Advisornlevy@ucanr.edu 

Integrated Pest Management

NameTitle EmailPhone Number
Siavash Taravati, PhDArea IPM Advisorstaravati@ucanr.edu 

Agriculture

NameTitle EmailPhone Number
Grant Edward Johnson, MSAssistant CE Urban Agriculture Technology Area Advisorgejohnson@ucanr.edu(949) 414-8022
Amrita Mukherjee, MSUrban Agriculture/Small Farms Advisoramukherjee@ucanr.edu(909) 602-8339

Urban Community Resiliency

NameTitle EmailPhone Number
Ashley Michelle Hooper, PhDUrban Community Resiliency Advisorasmhoope@ucanr.edu(626) 586-1981
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