Our Team
Diana Barajas (she/her) serves as Business and Operations Manager for UC Berkeley’s Student Equity & Success and CE3. She directs the BusOps team and coordinates finance, HR, and administrative operations while shaping strategy and organizational effectiveness as a CE3 Core Leader. Diana is a proud first-generation Cal graduate with 10+ years at CE3. She is dedicated to operational excellence and strategies that advance student equity and success.
Monica Ward (she/her) serves as the Assistant Business Operations Manager for Student Equity and Success and CE3. A proud first-generation Cal alumna. Over her six years she has become a partner in strengthening administrative operations across CE3, supporting procurement, vendor management, student awards and financial aid processing, event planning, and campuswide initiatives. She is passionate about creating systems that empower our student-facing programs.
Rogelio Acosta (he/him) serves as the Business and Operations Student Staff Coordinator for Student Equity and Success programs. He is a re-admitted continuing student at UC Berkeley, intending to major in Sociology with a minor in Education. As a first-generation college student, he is excited to contribute to CE3’s mission of supporting first-generation and systemically marginalized students at the University of California, Berkeley.
Timely Updates
Upon reviewing multiple cart across CE3, we noticed that many were missing formal approvals or clear justifications for expenses. Therefore, we’re introducing a new requirement for all BearBUY self-service carts (Amazon, America 2 Go, and Tango). This new step helps keep our approval documentation clear and consistent across our units.
What is Changing?
Staff must attach the appropriate admin form to every cart. Forms are linked below .
- For Amazon: Attach a Purchase Request Form
- For America 2 Go: Attach an Entertainment Purchase Order Formand Guest List
- For Tango: Attach a list of all recipients receiving the gift cards and an approval
When you attach a form to a BearBUY cart, you DO NOT need to assign a cart, as approval is included in the admin form.
Reminders
Each approval must include a clear business purpose, funding source, and supervisor’s approval explaining how the expense supports university activities, including:
- Event or workshop name
- Goal or intended outcome
- Connection to the program’s mission or operations
- Who, What, Where, When, and Why of the expense