Mike was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, and spent nearly a decade living in Chico, CA attending, and then working at CSU, Chico before moving to Washington, DC in 2011. Mike started his work at UCDC in 2018 as an Internship Advisor and now manges the UCDC campus relations, alumni and external affairs unit.  He also manages the team responsible for all of the UCDC communications, promotional items, and social media.

Prior to joining UCDC, he worked as a Study Abroad Advisor at his alma mater, CSU, Chico, as the East Coast University Relations Coordinator for the University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC), and as the Head of Global Partnerships with The Intern Group. He enjoys spending his free time cooking, traveling, listening to music, watching baseball games (Go SF Giants and Washington Nationals!!!) and enjoying time with his nephew, sister, family, and friends.