International Student Advisor, DSO/ARO
University of California Davis
Sharon Ericsson is an International Student Advisor (DSO/ARO) at University of California Davis Services for International Students and Scholars (SISS). In addition to advising students on maintaining their status and work authorization, she builds successful collaborations, and assists with the information management database Sunapsis and learning management system Homebase. She has been working at SISS for seven years, following twelve years as an academic advisor at Washington State University, where she co-founded First Generation Abroad, an advisor-led study abroad program (Costa Rica, Spain, Italy) for first generation college students. Sharon serves as Chair for NAFSA Region XII and has served on NAFSA Region XII Conference Team with Local Arrangements (2022) and Registration (2023, 2024), as well as the Region XII Northern District Chair stream.