Noël Spangrud, Ministry Team Leader

Originally from the Inland Empire, Noël attended Riverside City College before transferring to Cal State Fullerton where she graduated with a B.A. in Music. She spent 1 year serving as a volunteer at CSUF before moving to Costa Mesa to plant the ministry full time at Orange Coast College. She has been on staff for 6 years and is the Ministry Team Leader in North Orange County and helps coach & care for the chapters at CSU Fullerton & Fullerton College.

When she isn't on campus, you can find Noël at aesthetically pleasing coffee or boba shops, enjoying good eats, spending time with family, and posting her latest layout from her bullet journal on her art Instagram, @ordinarilycreative.

She lives locally in Fullerton, loves attending and serving on the worship team for Newsong Church, and is looking forward to meeting you!

Rachel Salazar, Campus Minister

Upon graduating from UC Irvine in 2018 with a B.A. in Education Sciences, she spent 2 years as a campus ministry intern with InterVarsity in Fullerton and made the decision to come on staff full time at CSU Fullerton. She joined InterVarsity her freshman year, lead Bible studies for her friends shortly after, and lead many other students in their walks with Jesus.

When Rachel's not busy ministering to students and friends, you can often find her playing basketball, laughing (very contagiously) at some strange joke, or out with friends eating amazing food. 

Derek Shidla, Campus Ministry Intern

Derek grew up in the Sacramento Area, before heading down to UCLA to study electrical engineering! He spent four years serving with InterVarsity during undergrad, before deciding to pursue graduate school upon graduation.  In the middle of his first quarter of graduate school in 2021, Derek felt God push him to consider what it would look like to serve in campus ministry instead of his pre-planned engineering career. And feeling a strong call to obey, Derek decided to put graduate school on hold indefinitely and see what God has in store serving at CSU Fullerton and Fullerton College as a Campus Ministry Intern.

​In his free time, Derek enjoys playing soccer and video games, watching baseball with family, and reading fantasy books. He also loves pho, so if you have any recs hit him up!

Christopher Roque, Campus Minister, Graduates and Faculty 

A SoCal native, Chris attended CSUF where he graduated with his B.S. in cellular and developmental biology. He is passionate about the dynamics of Christian formation, so after college he completed his MDiv at Azusa Pacific Seminary.

For the last 6 years, he has served as a teaching pastor at a local church, and is now on staff with InterVarsity as a minister to graduate students and faculty here at CSUF as well as USC’s Health Sciences Campus.

Chris enjoys being a husband (and dog dad), reading, good coffee, deep conversations, and getting outdoors. You can often find him out riding on the Fullerton Loop!