Barstow Community College Counselors

The Barstow Community College professional counseling staff provides essential academic advising, career counseling and life planning activities to continuing, new and returning students in order to enhance each student's expertise at Barstow.  Typical areas of assistance to students may include choosing a major or career(s) appropriate to their values, interests and abilities, coping with personal issues and completion of the educational planning process to include appropriate course selection to meet requirements and personal goals.  Counselors may also teach classes designed to facilitate personal and career exploration and development as well as academic survival skills.  Counseling services are available during the day and selected evenings, by appointment, via email or on a drop-in basis.

Listed below are Barstow Community College's Counselors.   Included are their names, email addresses and areas of specialty.  Please feel free to contact a counselor via email by clicking on their name if you need assistance.  You may also contact them by phone at the numbers listed.  If there is no answer leave a message stating your name, phone number, and reason for calling, and the counselor will get back to you promptly.

Lynna Heiden

(760) 380-3905
BS in Secondary Education from John Brown University

MA in Educational Psychology from University of Illinois

 

Ms. Heiden

Ms. Heiden

Lorena Garcia (760)252-2411 extension 7207


B.A. in Religious Studies from UC Santa Barbara

M.S. in Counseling with PPS from California Lutheran University

Adjunct general counselor and the CARE program

 

Ms. Garcia

Ms. Garcia

Michelle Lopez (760)252-2411 extension 7325

Barstow Native

AA from Barstow Community College

BA in Social Psychology from Park University

MS in School Counseling with PPS from University of La Verne

Adjunct counselor for the CARE/EOPS programs
 

Ms. Lopez

Ms. Lopez

Ellsworth Merrell (760)252-2411 extension 7209
AA from Eastern Arizona Junior College

BA from Brigham Young University, Provo

MA from Arizona State University

Adjunct counselor for the DSPS program
 

Mr. Merrell

Mr. Merrell

Kathi Brant (760) 380-3478
AA in Liberal Studies from College of the Sequoias

BS in Management and Organization Management from Fresno Pacific University

MS in Organizational Behavior from California School of Professional Psychology

MS In Educational Counseling with PPS credential from National University, Fresno campus

Adjunct general counseling

 

Ms. Brant

Ms. Brant

Gene Low (760) 252-2411 ext. 7218
AA in Physical Science from Barstow Community College

BS in Physical Education from Oklahoma Baptist University

MS in Pupil Personnel Services from Azusa Pacific University

Adjunct general counseling and VA counseling
 

Mr. Low

Mr. Low

Charles "Rich" Johnston (760) 380-3905
BA in History from Waynesburg College

MA in Guidance and Counseling from Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff

Coordinator/Counselor, Ft. Irwin
 

Mr. Johnston

Mr. Johnston

Randy Christensen (760) 252-2411 x7334
BS in Business Administration from CSU Fresno

MA in Counseling and Student Services from CSU Fresno

Counselor in the EOPS program


 

Mr. Christensen
Mr. Christensen