Symone Morales
UCLA
First Gen Coordinator
Symone is a coordinator for the First-Year Experience at UCLA. She supports students in their transition to UCLA by providing programs, information, and campus resources to assist them in navigating the campus. In 2016, Symone assisted in inaugurating and overseeing a first-generation college student program at UCLA called First To Go, which promotes campus involvement and visibility with a focus on the retention and success of first-generation college students (both first-year and transfer students). The First To Go Program seeks to foster an environment that is welcoming and inclusive for first-gen students by offering connections to resources, creating networking opportunities with faculty, staff and like peers, and providing programming specific to the population.
She earned bachelor of arts degrees in sociology and African-American studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holds a master’s degree in student affairs from UCLA.
