Ariane Perez grew up in Oxnard and has always considered Ventura County as her home. She graduated from Oxnard High School and earned a B.A. in Anthropology from UC Santa Barbara.

She has over 15 years of administrative support experience, with prior employment for KPMG International and UCSB Davidson Library as a Librarian Assistant III Supervisor. She has customer service experience in retail and restaurant staff positions, and strongly believes in the importance of delivering professional level customer service. She values the importance of education and is passionate about helping others to succeed in their pursuits.

Ariane has been working as the Office Assistant since August 2017, and in a permanent capacity since July 2019. She maintains the office operations, assists with technology troubleshooting, and manages social media marketing and websites.

Lois is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT), Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS), Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), EMDR Trained Therapist, Board Certified Professional Counselor (BCPC), and Registered Dietitian (RD). She has worked in the substance use and eating disorder field for 40 years at all levels of care. Lois has been teaching part-time at Oxnard College since the early 1990s then full-time since 2016. She is now the Addictive Disorders Studies (ADS) Program Director and Department Chair for Law & Community Department. Lois is also active with our campus shared governance by serving on the Academic Senate.

Anitra N. Lawson joined the Oxnard College family in 2017 in the Film/TV and Electronic Media Program under the Visual and Performing Arts Division. She is currently teaching Beginning Digital Editing, Introduction to Electronic Media, and Introduction to Media Writing.  

Anitra attended Florida A&M University where she was a dual-major in Theatre Performance and Broadcast Journalism earning Bachelor of Art and Bachelor of Science degrees. She moved to California where she attended CalArts and obtained her an M.F.A. in Film Directing. She received a scholarship from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and an internship with the Television Academy Foundation as a directing intern on the Emmy Award-winning show The West Wing. She was also a recipient of the Norman Lear: Women in Film scholarship and a faculty fellow for the 2017 Academy Fellows Program. 

Anitra has written, directed and produced several short films, web shows including her short film A Perfect Chaos, which delves into the issue of the “down-low” phenomenon and its effects on the black family. The film screened at the Pan African Film Festival and aired on BET's The Best Shorts.