Octavio Velez

Octavio Velez has significant experience in the financial and administrative sectors, currently serving as a Credit Underwriter, Lease Coordinator, and Title Analyst at Dakota Financial, LLC since February 2018. Prior to this role, Octavio worked as a Continuing Care Representative at West Coast Dental Services from August 2012 to February 2018, and held positions such as Development Intern at the Bi-national Center for the Development of the Indigenous Communities from March 2008 to January 2016, and Administrative Assistant at the Transfer Re-entry Student Parent Center at UC Berkeley from February 2009 to December 2011. Octavio began a career in leadership as a House Advisor for Casa: Multi-Ethnic Leadership and Residential Program from August 2007 to June 2008. Educationally, Octavio earned a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Gender and Women's Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, completing the degree in 2011.