Dinorah Meyer

Dinorah took circuitous path to becoming a career counselor. After earning her B.A. at Tufts University, she explored various “ologies” – psychology, sociology, dance ethnology, linguistic anthropology – as well as fitness, publishing, construction management, human resources, and documentary filmmaking. In the meantime, she performed with a West African drumming and dance group in the Boston area.

As she tried out different jobs and considered possible directions, she developed a set of criteria for what she wanted in her career. While working in an HR and accounting role at a startup tech company, she met with a career counselor and realized that counseling work might suit her. Soon after, she moved back to San Francisco and went to grad school at San Francisco State University.

She has mostly cultivated a "portfolio career"; currently this consists of counseling students and alumni at the Career Center half-time, and other days, seeing spouses and partners of Cal's visiting scholars and postdocs and members of the public in private practice. She also teach yoga and sometimes integrate yoga practices into career counseling. If you meet with her, she may ask you if you would like to take a few minutes just to breathe.

Dinorah works with students and alumni in the College of Environmental Design, and is also the liaison to the Student Parent and African American Student Development centers. She enjoys hearing each person's unique story, learning about their hopes and aspirations, and helping them manage uncertainty, see and express their strengths, and gain perspective about their career development.