Potential undergraduate transfer from CSUN to UCLA, in need of major guidance

No need to hire a counselor. According to the UC website

They may be able to suggest ways to be eligible for admission, although UCLA is in such demand that it’s tough for almost anyone to get in so I wouldn’t set your heart as much on UCLA as on getting a 4-year degree from somewhere (which, may of course, end up being UCLA).

Ways to discuss include taking equivalent courses at a CC if the ones you took at CSUN were lower-division, or even at a CSU of your choice thru Open University https://www.calstate.edu/extension/openuniversity/ And if you take college classes now they’d likely consider your more recent academic work more indicative of your potential than grades from many years back, another thing to discuss.

It may also be worth considering private colleges which may have more leeway with regards to non-traditional students and may have better financial aid than publics (depending on your need).