swc@usac.ucla.edu | Office: KH308

Hi! I’m Daniela Castro, and I serve as the Student Wellness Commissioner in USAC.

Officer-Specific Platforms & Objectives

• Bring SWC to the People

  • Actively engage with students on Bruin Walk to gather feedback on existing resources and identify gaps to better address student needs

  • Partner with UCLA campus resource centers

  • Increase SWC outreach by working with marketing committees to highlight SWC-conducted events and programming

• Basic Needs First

  • Launch a hygiene access initiative for unhoused and housing-insecure students across campus

  • Conduct outreach with other basic needs organizations to facilitate campuswide supply distributions

  • Create a simple guide explaining all free and low-cost food options both on and around campus to fill the gap between food insecurity and resource knowledge

• Health Navigation & Literacy

  • Reinforce marketing campaigns and visibility surrounding health resource information

  • Utilize social media resources to boost engagement and visibility to all students

• Intersectional Wellness & Community Belonging

  • Partner with cultural centers, mother organizations, and other identity-based organizations across campus to host identity-specific wellness workshops tailored to the needs of their respective communities

  • Collaborate with SWC committees to ensure programming and marketing reflect the diversity of UCLA’s student body

• SWC Transparency

  • Work with the marketing committee to publish bi-weekly, quarterly, and year-end reports of SWC’s efforts and Commissioner reports from weekly USAC meetings

  • Host virtual and in-person office hours to directly answer student questions about campus health resources

  • Expand SWC presence at major UCLA campus events

What is the student wellness Commission?

• SWC is the largest student health organization under USAC, composed of over 500 members across various committees pursuing a holistic approach to supporting the physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of all students at UCLA. The SWC commissioner manages over 12 committees who target the particular areas of mental health, sexual and reproductive health, basic needs and physical health, as well as community outreach. SWC has set forth initiatives and programs aimed at stress management, peer support, and suicide prevention, along with organizing educational workshops and providing safe sex resources and awareness campaigns that destigmatize sexual health. SWC has also been central in trailblazing initiatives that directly address demands surrounding basic needs security by covering nutrition, fitness, blood drives, and free health supply distributions.