Staff

Amy Louise Azuma

Discovery Opportunities Database Manager
Berkeley Discovery

As Discovery Opportunities Database Manager, Amy brings her core strengths: developing programs, centering the student experience, and cultivating partnerships to solve complex problems. Her work on the new Discovery Opportunities Database is grounded in the compassion for students navigating this huge institution, which she developed as a student adviser in the College of Letters and Science and at the Berkeley International Office.

Without the tool, a centralized database connecting undergraduates with research, public service, and entrepreneurial...

Michele Borovac

Communications Manager
Undergraduate Education Division

Michele (she/her) heads up communications for the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and also supports the Berkeley Discovery Hub. She brings 20+ years of marketing and communications experience in Silicon Valley, where she focused on building marketing organizations for early-stage, high-growth tech companies. She majored in Communications at UC Berkeley and received a graduate certificate in Public Relations through the University of Washington extension program.

Joanie Ly

Program Manager, Yardi Scholarship
Berkeley Discovery

As Program Manager for the Yardi Scholarship, Joanie Ly coordinates Berkeley’s newest student cohort program, which includes cultivating the Yardi Scholar experience and supporting the scholarship’s academic program. For almost nine years, Joanie has worked to connect college level students, staff, and faculty at the university level through building programs, events, and resources. Joanie most recently served as Stanford University’s Associate Director of New Student Programs where she led the onboarding orientation program for more than 2,000 incoming students and families each year....

Yoseline Lopez Martinez

Discovery Equity Outreach Advisor
Berkeley Discovery

Yoseline brings her passion for equity and her deep care for individuals to her part-time work as the Discovery Equity Outreach Advisor. Her role is to help students bridge the gap between their present self and their dreams by connecting them with resources offered in the database. Yoseline approaches this work as a Latinx, first-generation, low-income (FGLI) individual from Oakland, CA who recently graduated from UC Berkeley with BA in Sociology with Education and Human Rights Interdisciplinary minors. Prior to her current role, Yoseline has worked in her community to address systemic...

Courtney Tang

Discovery, OURS Liaison
Berkeley Discovery

With their passion for research and ensuring students have access to Discovery Opportunities, Courtney is excited to be a liasion between Discovery and the Office of Undergraduate Research & Scholarship.

Courtney’s role is to organize opportunities in a way that all students can access information. They maintain scholarships and research experiences in the database as well as advocate for changes to better serve our students.

Courtney approaches this work as a proud transfer student from San Francisco who graduated from UC Berkeley in 2022...

Anthony Yuen

Project & Policy Analyst
Undergraduate Education Division
As part of the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Anthony coordinates strategic projects that enrich undergraduate education and the student experience at UC Berkeley. He has over fifteen years of experience at public universities, including UCLA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Free University Berlin, and UC Berkeley. Anthony is a former Robert Bosch Foundation Program Fellow, where he focused on U.S. and German student mobility trends within a transatlantic context, and the internationalization of Germany's higher education system. Anthony holds an M.Ed. in Counseling...