Tell us about your role in Housing.
I’ve been in UCSF Housing for seven years. I started out as a temporary summer assistant, and from there I’ve grown quite a bit. When a career role opened for a specialist position on the assignments team, I applied and got it. Later, I was promoted to Assignments and Leasing Manager and then to my current title of Assistant Director of Occupancy and Assignments. My role is focused on keeping occupancy up and getting people in living spaces where they best fit, sometimes it feels like a Jenga game. Hand in hand with that is providing customer service. I feel honored that in my position, I am entrusted to assist residents with sensitive housing needs. I enjoy problem solving to come up with unique solutions whenever possible. It’s special that people’s lives are happening within our walls.
My favorite part of the job is coming to a place where I know I'm waking up and serving a real need for UCSF and San Francisco as a whole. Housing is such a pressing topic, and everyone knows San Francisco is an expensive city to find housing. UCSF provides so much great care and support to the city. It feels good to be part of that larger mission.
Tell us about Academe at 198.
The biggest thrill of Academe at 198 is the space itself. The city views and central location are unique, as well as our partnership with UC Law. We're excited about it because it builds our inventory, so that we can offer applicants more housing with excellent public transportation and the UCSF Blue Shuttle. They call it the “academic village” meaning that people from all different walks of life within San Francisco can live there. Primarily, it's UC Law students and UCSF students but there's also UC Davis, UC Berkeley, University of the Pacific, University of San Francisco, and other university students, too. It brings to life the idea of an academic village where people from different academic focuses can create this community together.
