Welcome to Warren Residence Life

The office is open, Summer Hours Monday through Friday, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm. The Residential Life Office oversees all aspects of the Warren Residence Life Community, including but not limited to administrative functions such as: student conduct, room change requests, contract release requests, mailboxes distribution, campus resource referrals, and acting as the primary liaison to Housing/Dining Administration.

In addition, the office also provides community and student leadership development, overseeing our paraprofessional student employees, managing the Student Activity Center, mentoring several campus organizations, and sponsoring various student programs.

Warren Residential Life Office

Canyon Vista Admin Building

9500 Gilman Dr,

MC 0906

La Jolla, CA 92093-0906

Phone: (858) 534-4581

Email: warrenreslife@ucsd.edu

Summer Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30PM

Meet the Professional Staff

Director of Residence Life

Dana Pysz, Ed.D.

Dana has been the Warren Director of Residential Life for 6 years. He grew up in Dana Point, CA (about 50 miles north of here) and previously worked at UCLA prior to moving to San Diego. He received his Bachelors in English at Humboldt State, Masters in Communication Studies at Texas Tech University, and Doctorate in Educational Leadership at UCLA. He lives on campus in a staff apartment in Goldberg Hall with his French Bulldog, Dixie, and can’t be more excited to be working here!
Assistant Director of Residence Life

Cesar Figueroa, Ed.D.

Dr. Cesar Figueroa has worked at four UC Campuses: UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz and now UC San Diego. Received B.A. from UC Irvine, M.Ed. University of Maryland-College Park, Advanced Certificate in College Counseling from UCLA Extension, and his doctorate in Educational Leadership at UCSD.
Assistant Director of Residence Life

Kevin Ngo

Kevin Ngo is one of the Assistant Directors of Residence Life for Warren College. He co-supervises the Resident Assistants and engages with students about their residential experience! Having worked at multiple higher education institutions before, Kevin loves the atmosphere of a college campus, and as a first-generation graduate from a little school in Vermont, working in Residence Life now is one way he tries to give back and pay it forward to current students. In his free time, Kevin is an avid knitter/crocheter, reader/writer, and video gamer!
ResLife Administrator

Belinda Herrera

Belinda is born and raised in San Diego, graduated from the University of California Riverside with a BA in Political Science. Belinda enjoys spending time with her son and family, exploring new parks, new restaurants and going to the beach. She has a passion for arts and crafts, her hobby is macrame.
Program Assistant

Christian Johnson (CJ)

CJ has a wealth of experience working in Warren Res Life as an RA the past two years (one of which being an HA in Muir), summer RA this past summer, and Office Assistant for three years as well. He recently graduated from UC San Diego, Warren College in June 2024 with a BA in Sociology.

Meet the Lead Resident Assistants (LRAs)

Lead Resident Assistant (LRA)
Lead Resident Assistants are undergraduate students who work closely with Resident Assistants to assist in community building throughout the Warren Residential Complex. Lead Resident Assistants assist in the guidance of 10-15 Resident Assistants, and support Resident Assistants in community programming and roommate mediation, and assist in disciplinary confrontations.
Damian To
Goldberg
Nawab Mulla
Brennan