Financial Aid Specialist, Veterans and EATM student liaison.

Alphabetical caseload with last names begins with letters B and C.

Member of the Arts, Media & Entertainment Guided Pathways Success Team

Haleh Risdana holds a Masters of Fine Arts in Production Design with an emphasis in Costume Design from Brigham Young University in addition to a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from California State University Long Beach, and an AA degree with an emphasis in Theatre Arts from Saddleback College. She also received a completion in the area of Makeup FX from M.U.D --- Make-up Designory.  Haleh has several years of experience working in print, T.V., film and stage productions.  Some of her experiences include:

• Silent Star. Director:  Alessio Inturri.  USA Costumer to Stefano De Nardis.      
• White Shoes.  Director: Mauro Borrelli.  Costume Designer. Costumer
• The Adventures of Sheriff Kid McLain. Director: Gui Pereira. Costume Designer. 
• Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files. SYFY. V-Street/Base Prod. Key Wardrobe                                                                                                                     
• Leonor Greyl: The Artist.  Director: Mauro Borelli. Costume Designer
• My Dinner With Herve. Test Trailer. Director: Sacha Gervasi. On-Set Costumer
• Haunted 333. Feature Film. Director:  Aash Aaron .  Costume Designer.
• Men Making Music Trailer.  Director Clay Tarver. Costume intern to Kristen Burke.
• Macbeth Costume Designer, Costume Supervisor, stylist, alterations                                                                                                                                                      
• Little Shop of Horrors! Costume Designer, Costume supervisor, construction                                                                                                               
• Heathers. Costume Supervisor, construction, Makeup/Hair Supervisor.
• Hair! The Rock Musical  Costume/Wig Supervisor. 
• Night of the Living Dead. Costume Designer, Ager & Dyer, Makeup/Hair Supervisor.
• Dracula. Costume Designer/Director & Costume Construction.
• Antony and Cleopatra. Kingsmen Shakespeare Company. Wardrobe Supervisor.
• A Twelfth Night. Kingsmen Shakespeare Company. Wardrobe Supervisor
• King Henry IV Parts I & II. Costume Designer. Costume Construction.                                                                                                                              
• Death of a Salesman. South Coast Rep' Theatre. Asst. Costume Designer.
• Avenue Q. Costume Designer. Wedding Dress Construction. 
• Seussical. Y.A.D.A. Costume Designer, Costume Construction.
• Oliver. Y.A.D.A. Costume Designer, Dyer & Painter
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo’ Nest. Costume Designer, Costume Construction
• Tartuffe. Costume Designer, Costume Construction, Dyer/Painter
• School House Rock. Civic Light Opera. Costume Designer, Costume Crafts
• Oedipus Tex. Civic Light Opera. Costume Designer

Haleh currently teaches:

• Costume Design 
• Costume Production
• Production Makeup 
• Technical Theatre Production
• History of Theatre 
• Introduction to Theatre 

As an actor, John is best known for his twenty-year run as Cord Roberts on Disney/ABC's One Life To Live.   John has extensive stage experience and has performed Off-Broadway, regionally and on both coasts.  He has appeared on shows such as ER, Sabrina: the Teenage Witch, Star Trek: Voyager and As The World Turns and the feature film, Death of a President.  A produced playwright and member of the WGA, John has written for Disney/ABC’s General Hospital and One Life to Live  for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award in Writing in 2006.   John holds an MFA from the University of Minnesota. He is a member of the WGA, SAG/AFTRA and AEA.  Since 2006, John has been teaching Theatre Arts full-time at Moorpark College.  John was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award by the California Community College Association Occupational Educators in 2011 for his work with CTE programs at Moorpark College and was awarded the Distinguished Faculty Chair Award by his peers at Moorpark in 2019.  At Moorpark College, John has served as Dept Chair for more than ten years, an Interim Dean and as the Interim Director of Institutional Advancement, Community Relations and Marketing.