Our Staff
Glenn Cerosaletti
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Assistant Dean of Students and Director
- Office Location
- 107 Lattimore Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2195
Glenn is a Rochester alumnus, having earned both BA (English) and MA (Global Studies) degrees from the University. He also served as a VISTA volunteer, coordinating a literacy program in the state of Wyoming, and as a Peace Corps volunteer, working as a crop extensionist in Bolivia, South America. His community leadership includes serving as a board member for the Rochester Cycling Alliance; board member for the UR (Iota) Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society; a founding member of the Rochester Returned Peace Corps Volunteers; and a founding member of the Rotary Club of Southwest Rochester. He is an avid bicycle commuter.
If you would like to meet with Glenn, schedule an appointment during his open office hours.
Halima Therese Gbaguidi, PhD
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Associate Director of Community Engagement
- Office Location
- 107F
- Telephone
- (585) 274-0311
Halima recently moved from Pennsylvania to Rochester to join the Center of Community Engagement (CCE) team. She earned her Bachelor's and Master's degrees at Shippensburg University in Political Science and Organizational Development and Leadership, respectively. Halima obtained her PhD in Education, Development and Community Engagement (EDCE) at Penn State University. She worked with different organizations in different capacities to promote students' success and community engagement/development at different scales. Halima loves cooking, reading, travelling and spending quality time with her family and loved ones.
Andrew Gold
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Associate Director of Community Engaged Learning
- Office Location
- 107G Lattimore Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3986
Andrew Gold is a Rochester transplant from Los Angeles, California. As a non-traditional student (over 25 years of age), he received his bachelor’s in history with a minor in education leadership from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2018. During that time, he conducted scholarship that focused on contemporary and economic history, radical, civil-rights, and labor movements, and theories on punishment and the school-to-prison pipeline. After working with various community-based organizations like the Museum of Social Justice and volunteering with neighboring high school programs to teach students local socio-political history.
In 2019 he moved to NYC to pursue and earn a master’s degree from Columbia University in American Studies. In the city, he focused his work on harm reduction, drug decriminalization, mass incarceration, and ultimately shifted his studies to the field of higher education with an emphasis on creating pathways and expanding access into postsecondary institutions for first-generation, and underserved, and underfunded communities. He spent his time working with local organizations that served communities in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Brooklyn to offer pathways to higher education for city members.
His goal is to continue to serve the Rochester community with the vision of bringing positive change through scholarship and education. Other hobbies include catching live music performances, bicycling around the river trail, writing music, and creating new experiences through travel.
Candace Davis
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Operations Manager
- Office Location
- 107 Lattimore Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-6860
Candace is a Rochester native with a background in Communications, Advertising and Public Relations. She is a massive fan of musical theater, true crime and reality television. When not at work, you can find Candace listening/reading a book, working on a novel, singing or playing with her two dogs, Sage and Bender.
Lily Bencivenga
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Operations Assistant
- Office Location
- 107
- Telephone
- (585) 276-6860
Lily is originally from Connecticut. She received a BA from Marist College in May 2023 in Communications and Italian, and a minor in Global Studies. She spent her first year of college abroad in Florence, Italy. While at school, she interned with Habitat for Humanity, The Alzheimer’s Association, Magazzino Italian Art, and spent several semesters organizing, canvassing, fundraising, and helping draft laws with For The Many (a grassroots political organization in the Hudson Valley.) On campus, she was involved in Marist Femme and the Blue Butterfly Organization which works closely with Nepalese survivors of human trafficking and conducts legal work and fundraising for these survivors while also educating others about human trafficking.
She dreams of continuing to help underserved communities in legal and practical ways and possibly serving in the Peace Corps or working with UN Women. She has always had a connection with kids and animals. She has also always loved writing in various forms. She loves to spend time with her brother, cats, and hairless guinea pig, Dwayne. She loves nature documentaries, travels as much as possible, practices yoga, does spinning, and attempts to paint and doodle with her mom.
Sarah Murphy
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Program Manager: Rochester Youth Year & Urban Fellows
- Office Location
- 107 Lattimore Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8172
Sarah is an alumna of the University of Rochester, where she received her BA in English. She is also an AmeriCorps VISTA alumna, having participated in two CCE-administered VISTA programs: Rochester Urban Fellows and Rochester Youth Year. As a VISTA, she focused on creating educational programming for youth and promoting racial, social, and economic justice within her organization. Sarah is a proud Rochester transplant, and she loves to support local businesses, eat at local restaurants, and participate in community events. She is a voracious reader, an avid crossword puzzler, and a novice fiber artist.
Rachael Baldanza
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Program Manager: Community Engaged Employment
- Office Location
- 107 Lattimore Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-6860
Rachael previously worked at the Memorial Art Gallery’s largest community serving art school, the Creative Workshop, and a non-profit, un-censored teen newspaper in Atlanta, VOX. At the CW, she collaborated to better diversify and support teachers, assistants, interns and volunteers. She particularly enjoyed mentoring interns and helping them find and apply to opportunities. She managed large educational programs like summer art camps and was on the team that brought classes and camps back after pandemic closures.
At VOX, Rachael taught publishing, editing and art skills to a diverse group of young people who devoted their time to making and distributing the newspaper. She is most proud of the teens and adult mentors who made the original VOX website on a limited budget and tight timelines. She is a recent graduate of the Warner School’s Human Development program (MS, 2020). While juggling graduate school and life, she volunteered to help international families and studied our region’s high rates of volunteering and charitable giving compared with pathways for success for teens depending on where (what zip code) they lived in.
Rachael is excited about contributing to the work of supporting existing CCE programs, making connections between the center and community partners, and doing what needs to be done. When not working, Rachael loves to spend time with her family, making art alone or with friends, and reading for curiosity and pleasure. She loves cartoons, puns and wordplay.
Ke’Juaine Sayres
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Program Manager: Student Engagement Initiatives
- Office Location
- 107 Lattimore Hall
Ke'Juaine is a graduate of the University at Albany, where he received his BA in Communications and Sociology. He is a well-connected Rochester native, with specific experience working in leadership with the youth of Rochester and connecting community-building programs both within the city of Rochester and Buffalo. Ke'Juaine is an active and committed volunteer at his church, the local Food Pantry, as well as Lollypop Farm. He loves spending time with his dog and travelling whenever he gets the chance.
Megan Lovely
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Community Engaged Learning Program Manager
- Office Location
- 107 Lattimore Hall
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Megan Lovely recently joined the Center for Community Engagement (CCE), moving from Baltimore, MD where she engaged deeply at the nexus of education, community engagement, arts, and nonprofits. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from Denison University in Theatre with a minor in Communication, and her Master of Fine Arts from Towson University in Theatre Arts. Her graduate thesis explored the process of establishing reciprocal relationships with community partners as a social practice artist.
Her continued partnership with the 32nd Street Farmers Market in Baltimore has allowed her to document and promote local stories, illustrating the market as a community hub. Through this project, Megan has observed and experienced the transformative power of engaging directly with communities to challenge and enrich the prevailing narratives about cities. Through her community-engaged arts practice, Recipes for Community, she creates spaces to share these stories.
Megan is excited to learn about Rochester’s history and community through bicycling around the city, supporting local farmers markets and businesses, and working with the CCE team. As Program Manager for Community-Engaged Learning, she looks forward to working with students and faculty as they explore their own relationship with the Rochester community.
Fiona Lessell
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Rochester Youth Year Vista
- Office Location
- 107 Lattimore Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3277
Fiona graduated from the University of Rochester and Eastman School of Music in 2023 with degrees in Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Double Bass Performance. She spent her first year post-grad serving as an AmeriCorps VISTA with Rochester Youth Year. Her host site, Jewish Family Services, provided holistic services at a local affordable housing complex, where Fiona focused on increasing resident engagement and improving community health. Fiona is excited to be back on campus working with CCE, and hopes to put her RYY experience to good use as this year’s cohort leader. She looks forward to getting to know and supporting the new VISTAs throughout their year of service! In her free time you can find Fiona swimming in Lake Ontario or chasing after her neighborhood’s fat orange cat.
Robin Osito
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Rochester Youth Year Vista
- Office Location
- 107 Lattimore Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3277
Joining AmeriCorps through Rochester Youth Year has given Robin the opportunity to take part in exciting projects aimed at supporting the communities from which they, themself, have benefited for the last four years. Robin hopes to accomplish a great many personal projects during this time, as well as gain networking skills and knowledge about organizational partnership management for the purpose of building resilient and mutually interdependent communities.
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