Profiles in Giving
Thank You for Empowering CSUN Students
The success of the CSUN Career Center is built on the generosity and commitment of our donors. Your support directly impacts students by providing them with career counseling, internship opportunities, mentorship, and professional development programs that set them on the path to success. Because of you, students are able to rise with confidence, secure meaningful employment, and build brighter futures.
Your contributions help break down barriers, ensuring that every student—regardless of background or financial circumstances—has access to the resources and support they need to thrive in today’s competitive job market. We are deeply grateful for your dedication to our mission and the future of CSUN students.
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Learn more about the individuals, organizations, and foundations that have made a difference in the lives of CSUN students. Your generosity is part of a larger community that is shaping the next generation of professionals and leaders.
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The Saberzadeh family has become an institution of CSUN Rising through Rochie's Originals, a custom-branded apparel and fashion business since 1989. The entrepreneurial sisters, alumnae Roya '82 (Civil Engineering) and Rochie Saberzadeh (Business), envisioned fashion as the perfect method to help build a strong visual identity for the CSUN student community - to provide groups such as sororities, fraternities, and school clubs with affordable advertising.
In college, Roya participated in the Society of Women Engineers, among others, and Rochie was a member of the Sigma Kappa Sorority and a Little Sister to the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. Rochie's love for the Greek community and the lack of customized apparel and accessories inspired her to start the business.
Rochie's promising life was cut short when she was killed during a scuba diving class in 1991 when she was 22, just short of graduation. Roya, then 31, was left to maintain the business. More than 27 years after her sister's death, the bustling storefront and online business still bear Rochie's name in her honor and legacy, and Roya carries her younger sister in her heart.
To honor Rochie's memory, the Saberzadeh family regularly contributes to the sisters' alma mater to assist CSUN students following a similar path: aspiring entrepreneurs. The family's contribution to the CSUN Career Center Endowment will provide long-term support to enhance the professional credibility of CSUN students.