Mission

City College of San Francisco Student Health Services promotes student success and the wellbeing of the whole student: physically, mentally, and socially. Student Health Services strives to provide high-quality, accessible, and culturally responsive health care.

Health Fee

Student Health Services is supported by the student health fee of $27/Semester and $22/Summer, charged to all credit students at the time of registration. Visits to the clinic are free. Please note that additional charges for immunizations, lab services, and/or diagnostic tests may apply.

Our Team

• Amy Coffey - Dean of Student Engagement & Wellness     
• Jane Ernstthal, RN, MS, FNP-BC - Department Chair

Classified Staff

• Maria Amador
• Michael Snider, MEA, EMT-B
• George Martiniano Jr.

Nurse Practitioners

Jane Ivory Petrie, RN, MS, FNP-BC

Bio: I am a first-generation college graduate and part of my journey in healthcare was propelled by classes at City College of San Francisco. I earned a bachelor's degree in Psychobiology, followed by a second bachelor's in Nursing at Georgetown University, and then a master's degree in Nursing from the University of California, San Francisco. I began my career as an Emergency Room Nurse in 2005 and became a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2008. Since 2011, I have been serving students at City College of San Francisco Student Health Services. 

Throughout my career, I have worked in diverse clinical settings, including UC Berkeley Tang Student Health Center, Skyline College Student Health, and Planned Parenthood. Since 2010, I have also continued my work at City Clinic, part of the San Francisco Department of Public Health's STI Prevention and Control Clinic. 

My work has taken me beyond the U.S., with experience in East Africa and Latin America, shaping my approach to healthcare and reinforcing my commitment to serving diverse populations. I am dedicated to providing accessible, high-quality care. I feel blessed and honored to come full circle and work with CCSF students every day!

 Areas of Expertise & Interest: Reproductive Health, Sexual Health, Adolescent Medicine, and Global Health. 

Languages Spoken: English & Spanish.

Julie Ososke, RN, MS, FNP-BC

Bio: I am a first-generation college student and a former City College student. I first earned a bachelor's degree in Human Development at the University of California, Davis, with the goal of becoming a teacher. While volunteering as a Spanish language interpreter at a community clinic in Davis, I worked with a nurse practitioner and realized that medicine was my true career goal. I took nursing school prerequisites at CCSF and Merritt College. I then earned a second bachelor's degree in Nursing from Columbia University in 2006. New York City was amazing, but I wanted to come back home after graduating. I worked as a Triage Nurse at La Clinica de la Raza's Teen and Fruitvale clinics in Oakland while studying to be a Nurse Practitioner at the University of California, San Francisco. I have worked as a Nurse Practitioner since 2008. Before working at CCSF, I worked for 6 years as a primary care provider in San Francisco. I also worked part-time at Skyline College Student Health. I have been serving CCSF students here at Student Health Services since 2014. My goal is to empower students with the knowledge, care and support you need to achieve your life and health goals. 

Area of expertise/interest: Reproductive and Sexual Health, Asthma, Smoking Cessation, Transgender medicine

Languages spoken: English, Spanish & Italian

Jayme Mejia, RN, MS, FNP-BC

Bio: I am so proud to say I started my nursing career at CCSF! After 5 years of prereq’s and tons of participation in student groups and coalition building, I transferred to UC Berkeley. I majored in Political Science, minor in Ethnic Studies to understand the roots of health disparities. I then went to UCSF and received my RN and Family Nurse Practitioner education. 

After over 15 years at Native American Health Center in Oakland, including their School Based Health Centers, I spent some time at youth homeless shelters, OB/GYN, and taught in the FNP program at UCSF for 6 years. My parents studied english and typing at CCSF as newly arrived immigrants from the Philippines and El Salvador. I am now so excited to return and support the students reach their educational, career, and life goals!  You can go anywhere after CCSF!

Area of expertise/interest: Combat sports medicine, Adolescent Reproductive Health, Family Primary Care, Health Equity, youth advocacy & mentorship.

Languages spoken: English & Spanish, some Tagalog

Lisa Mihaly

Psychotherapists

Felicia King, LCSW

Bio: I have been a social worker in many settings including the Veterans Administration, an outpatient substance abuse agency, a domestic violence agency, an eating disorder support, and prevention organization, and many local community colleges. I enjoy working with students on whatever is getting in the way of their personal/educational goals!

Area of expertise/interest: Relationships, self-care, adult children of alcoholics, disordered eating/body image issues

Languages spoken: English

Sandy Vaughn, LCSW

Bio: Connecting with clients in an authentic, heartfelt way is integral to my work. I have 15+ years of experience working collaboratively with clients dealing with anxiety, depression, childhood trauma, and relationship issues. My approach is strengths-based, collaborative, and trauma-informed. Though we have a short-term model here at the clinic, I have found we can get quite a bit accomplished in this time as well as help you transition to any next steps.

Area of expertise/interest: Trauma and PTSD, anxiety, depression, GLBTQI issues, and many, many others

Languages spoken: English

Marielle Ferreboeuf, LCSW

Bio: I have provided mental health care to students and families in San Francisco for over 15 years. As CCSF alumni, I am passionate about providing support to students at CCSF so that they may succeed in their educational endeavors. I help clients with anxiety, depression, post-traumatic healing, identity exploration, and relationship issues. I offer a safe space for clients to explore different aspects of their lives so that they may tap into their inner wisdom.

Area of expertise/interest: Anxiety, depression, relationship issues, post-traumatic healing, identity, and many other areas.

Languages spoken: English

Sachie Uchimaru, LCSW

Bio: I have been working in community mental health for over 20 years, in a wide range of settings including schools, HIV/AIDS programs, foster care agencies, and child trauma programs. My goal is first and foremost to help clients feel safe while also providing guidance as needed to be able to help them meet whatever goals they may have towards their wellness.

Area of expertise/interest: Trauma especially childhood trauma, PTSD, anxiety

Languages spoken: English, Japanese

Vanessa de Brer, LCSW

Bio: Helping students through therapy techniques to thrive and reach their goals has been a meaningful experience for me at CCSF. I’ve been providing and managing direct services in community mental health settings like schools and adult mental health clinics in San Francisco and Los Angeles for the last 17 years. My approach is strengths based, trauma informed, and I am trained in a variety of evidence-based practices including Cognitive and Dialectical Behavioral Therapies, EMDR, Motivational Interviewing and harm reduction therapy. Finding a student’s strengths and creating a safe setting is an important first step of being on the way to addressing a student’s needs and desires.

Areas of expertise/interest: anxiety, depression, complex PTSD and trauma, identity concerns, caregiving and burnout, relationship issues and many other areas.

Languages spoken: English

Dina Redman, MPH, PhD, LCSW

Bio: Over more than three decades as a clinical social worker, I have seen every day that people can transform their lives to better reflect their dreams and the goals that they hold most dear to their hearts. I have consistently been inspired by people’s capacity to find strength, hope, and courage during the most difficult times and by the ways in which they can transform life’s challenges into gateways to profound and lasting change. I have had the pleasure of serving people with broadly diverse life experiences and backgrounds and am dedicated to using methods that celebrate each person’s multifaceted and unique cultural identities.

I have worked with grassroots and community-based organizations, both locally and internationally, as well as governmental and academic institutions, including SF State University. I would be honored to work together to explore ways to make the present better while developing concrete strategies to lead a more vibrant and meaningful life in the future.

Areas of expertise/interest: Anxiety, worry, and stress; depression; life transitions; recovery from crises and healing from trauma; relationship and family issues; self-criticism, perfectionism, and procrastination; substance use; the impact of oppression and discrimination; meaning and purpose.

Languages spoken: English, Spanish

Sam Edwards, LCSW

I am fortunate. A very large segment of my work as a therapist has centered on college student mental health, an area I really like. I am a mental health therapist on the staff of  Psychological Services at CCSF; for more than fifty years, I have enjoyed   working with  community college students, For almost forty years, I served as a therapist at Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), at Stanford University. At both the Community  College of San Francisco and at Stanford University,  for years, I focused heavily  on working with  students who struggled with  social self consciousness  and  with other students whose problems would be described as   procrastination. This is an interesting point; I was raised and raised  in a very small, economically poor community called Powhatan, Louisiana. There wasn't any  mental health services or much awareness of mental health problems.

Anne Lew, MS, LMFT

Bio: I am an Asian American immigrant and first-generation college graduate. I was born in South America and speak Cantonese fluently. Growing up multiculturally, I developed sensitivity towards cultural issues and expectations. I had a prior career in the medical profession working with very diverse people which provided me a unique window in both physical, emotional pain, and environmental factors. The gift of therapy transformed my life and gave me a passion for helping others benefit from therapy. I have been working as a school-based therapist and love working with students to improve quality of life. I feel very lucky to walk with students and those who are at the margins to find more joy in living despite challenges and become more empowered and suffer less.  I embrace DBT ( Dialectical behavior therapy) philosophical assumptions including, "All of us are doing the best we can, And we can do better and try harder". I acknowledge that I have certain privileges and that I am imperfect. However, I endeavor to self-correct.  The relationship with my clients is the cornerstone of my practice.  I advocate for equity and social justice.

Physician Director Consultant

Susan George, MD