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<div style="text-align: right;">[[File:James Paint Face Profile Picture.jpg|thumb|James Paint Face Profile Picture.jpgleft]]</div><div>'''Serving as UIF Since''': Spring 2017</div><div>'''School:''' University of California, Berkeley</div><div>'''Current role: '''Mentor, UIF</div><div>'''In a nutshell: '''empowering undergraduate students to create tech ecosystems within their university campuses</div><div><br/></div><div>'''Contact him about:''' entrepreneurship, design thinking, mentorship, competitive tennis, fishing, sushi, music festivals</div><div>'''Email:''' james.z.zamora@berkeley.edu</div><div>'''Phone:''' (909) 671-9252</div><div><br/></div><div>Born in the Philippines and raised in Fontana, California, James Zamora is currently a 4th fourth-year Undergraduate undergraduate student at the University of California, Berkeleymajoring majoring in Cognitive Science and minoring in Computer Science.&nbsp; James currently In his pursuit to make a difference in the world, he found his passions by combining leadership and design to build and solve problems through technology.</div><div><br/></div><div>Upon first coming to Berkeley, he was involved in the political realm of campus where he was a Senate Candidate for Student Action for the Associated Students of the University of California and an active member within the Philipino Community as a representative supporting underrepresented communities across California.</div><div><br/></div><div>Currently, he works as a Residential Computing Consultant for the Student Affairs and Information Services Department of the School , where he was nominated and selected to recieve the Silicon Valley Chief Information Officer Award for 2016 and is a co-founder for . Additionally, he cofounded the Invention Corps of Berkeley -- An , an organization that utillizes design thinking to provide solutions for Poverty, Society, Health, and the Environment. In addition to this, he has been He was a consultant Consultant and past the former Vice President for an organization called Berkeley innovation that focuses on utilizing the human-centered design process to consult for-profit companies. James', s experience also includes a research fellowship with Dr. Victor Pineda and Disabled People Policies and SMART cities through the Pineda Foundation.&nbsp; Born in the Philippines and raised in Fontana, California, James' initial coming into college was Political Science, and was first involved in the political realm of campus where he was a senate candidate for Student Action for the Associated Students of the University of California and an active member within the Philipino Community as a representative supporting under represented communities across California.&nbsp;<br/><br/div>James' goal was to make a difference in the world. In his pursuit for impact, he found a passion&nbsp; combining leadership and design to build and solving problems through technology.&nbsp; Outside of school, James loves playing competitive tennis, fishing, eating sushi, and going to music festivals. Living by the mantras ''"Live life on the edge, or else you're taking up too much space"'' and ''"If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything"'' James' favorite quote is ''"Open all the doors to any opportunities you can, but make sure you leave it open so that others can follow"'' by '''Michelle Obama'''. == Related Links == [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_California_Berkeley University of California, Berkeley Campus Overview] [httpCategory://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley_Student_Priorities#Strategy_.231:_Introducing_design_thinking_to_multidisciplinary_students University of California, Berkeley Student PrioritiesContributors]] === University Innovation Fellows === ==== <u>Spring 2017</u> ==== James Zamora [http[Category://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Precious_Listana#Related_Links Precious ListanaUniversity_of_California_Berkeley_(2017_Spring_cohort)]] [http[Category://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alexander_Kamgar#Spring_2017 Alexander KamgarStudent Contributors] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sydney_Zachariah#Spring_2017 Sydney Zachariah] ==== <br/> ===={{CatTree|University_of_California_Berkeley}}