Gillian Cutshaw 
(she/her/hers)

Make an appointment with Gillian: https://calendly.com/gcutshaw 

Hello! I’m Gillian (pronounced with a hard G) and I’m one of the Campus Advocates with Safer. I’m so glad you’ve found your way to our page and that you’re considering connecting with an Advocate. Here’s a little bit about me: I’m originally from Southern California, and I’m a Cal Poly alum with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a master’s in Gender and Women’s Studies from Trinity College in Ireland.  I’ve been involved in gender-based violence prevention and survivor support since 2004 when I started my career at Lumina Alliance (formerly known as RISE) as the Education Services Coordinator. Prior to joining the Safer team, I spent six years as the Coordinator of Sexual Assault Prevention, Outreach, and Education at Saint Mary’s College in Moraga and one year Santa Clara University as the Assistant Director of the Wellness Center. In both roles, I was lucky enough to provide educational outreach, advocacy, and crisis counseling services to survivors of gender and power-based violence. I started my dream job as a Campus Advocate with Safer in May of 2020 and I’m truly thrilled to be back at Cal Poly. I’m a lifelong feminist and ally of the LGBTQIA+ community and I’m passionate about using my privileged identities to advocate for marginalized communities. I have a lot of experience in supporting students through Title IX investigations and hearings and I’m dedicated to providing all survivors with a safe and welcoming space where they can feel heard, validated, valued, and believed. I live in South County with my husband and our 4-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter. I love to travel and I spend my free time reading, going to the beach, and playing with my kids. 

Irene Tobias
(they/she/ella)

NOTE: Irene is currently out of the office for the summer and will be unavailable until Thursday, September 1st. In the meantime, please schedule with Gillian above.

Hi there! I’m Irene Tobias and I am a queer, Latinx, feminist from Southern California. I have worked in the sexual violence movement for the past six years. I graduated from California State University San Bernardino with my B.A. in Sociology and a minor in Gender and Sexuality Studies. As an undergraduate student, I found my passion supporting survivors in the work I organized. I worked at the Women’s Resource Center which led me to meet and work with my Campus Advocate. I had a chance to collaborate on programs like Take Back the Night, Ending LGBTQ+ Sexual Violence, and How to Support Transwomen Against Violence. After graduating with my degree, I worked at the Riverside Area Rape Crisis Center where I provided violence prevention education to youth and advocacy to survivors of sexual violence. I provided advocacy, accompaniment, and support to survivors who primarily spoke Spanish, LGBTQ+ survivors, and family or friends of a survivor. I then made the transition to House of Ruth where I provided similar duties and supported survivors of intimate partner violence. At House of Ruth, I frequently provided tele-health services to connect survivors with multiple resources. I have been dedicated in my professional mission of creating awareness and providing education to empower survivors and create a community of healing. I have a lot of experience supporting survivors with accompaniments to law enforcement and/or to receive a medical forensic exam. I have worked primarily with youth and young people, the LGBTQ+ community, and the Latinx Spanish-speaking community. When I am not working, I enjoy live music, being at the beach, vegan food, and disrupting the patriarchy. 

Matilda Bunchongchitr 
(she/her/hers)

NOTE: Matilda is currently out of the office for the summer and will be unavailable until Thursday, September 1st. In the meantime, please schedule with Gillian above.

Hi! I’m Matilda Bunchongchitr (Bun-jong-jit), I graduated from Humboldt State University with a B.S. in Wildlife Conservation Biology/Applied Vertebrate Ecology with a minor in Psychology and will be starting my master’s in Higher Education Counseling in Student Affairs (HECSA) fall of 2021 at CalPoly. During my undergraduate program, I partnered with Check It, a Sexual Violence Bystander Intervention Program, to bring resources, support, and continued education to the first-year residential halls and the cultural centers. My position in the MultiCultural Center (MCC) and the Asian Desi Pacific Islander Center (ADPIC) opened opportunities for me to collaborate with the Women’s Resource Center (WRC) and the Queer Resource Center (QRC) where I reaffirmed my passion for survivor-centered support and social and gender equity. In 2018, I began my career at the Center for the Pacific Asian Family (CPAF), a nonprofit agency in Koreatown, Los Angeles that serves to address domestic violence and sexual assault in the Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Here I began as an AmeriCorps Vista providing translation for Thai survivors, outreach in local universities, and volunteer/intern recruitment before becoming a full-time employee at CPAF as a youth prevention educator. I have primarily worked with the Asian and Pacific Islander community, youth ages 11-18, youth with English as a second language, and college students in University Housing and Cultural Centers. For wellness, I enjoy swimming, reading, watching wildlife, and continuing my education and journey in anti-racism and the nonviolence philosophy.