RWY INCURSION.

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I JUST ARRIVED FROM VAN NUYS FOR MY SECOND XCOUNTRY TO SANTA BARBARA ARPT. I WAS GIVEN CLRNC TO LAND ON RWY 15R. ONCE I LANDED; I WAS GIVEN DIRECTIONS TO TAXI AT THE END OF THE RWY AND WAS TO HOLD SHORT AT RWY 25. UPON ARRIVING AT THE END OF THE RWY; I SWITCHED MY FREQ TO GND AND PERFORMED MY AFTER LNDG CHKLIST. AT THE RWY; MEN WERE WORKING ON THE RWY AND A MAN SIGNALED ME NOT TO ENTER SINCE THE RWY WAS NEWLY CONSTRUCTED. OF COURSE; AS A STUDENT PLT; I WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO TAXI TO MY DEST. I WAS VERY NERVOUS AND I KNOW I HAD TO COM TO GND IF I HAD PERMISSION TO CROSS OVER THE TXWY DESPITE THE ROAD WORKERS SIGNALS. I CALLED GND AND REQUESTED A DIFFERENT TAXI RTE SO THAT I COULD REACH MY DEST. GND CALLED THE ROAD WORKER AND GAVE ME THE GO SIGNAL TO CROSS OVER. THIS INCIDENT TOOK ABOUT 8 MINS TO RESOLVE DUE TO MY NERVOUSNESS AND UNCERTAINTY. ON TAXIING TO THE FBO; I FOLLOWED THE TAXI LINES. PROCEEDING TO THE DEST I SAW A TWIN ENG FROM MY FAR R THAT APPEARED THAT MORNING. UNKNOWINGLY I CONTINUED ON QUICKLY SO THAT I WOULD ALLOW HIM TO TAKE OFF ONCE I CAME CLR. AS I TAXIED ACROSS THE PLANE REMAINED STILL AND I ASSUMED TWR TOLD THAT PLANE TO HOLD SHORT AFTER I CROSSED. AFTER I CROSSED THE PLAN; GND CALLED AND TOLD ME THE PLANE WAS GOING TO TAKE OFF OR WAS ALREADY MOVING TO TAKE OFF. SHOCKED WITH MY MISTAKE; I REALIZED THAT THE PRIOR DIRECTIONS THEY GAVE ME AFTER I LANDED WAS DEVIATED. UNFAMILIAR WITH THE ARPT; NERVOUS AT THE LAST INCIDENT AT THE END OF RWY 33; I TOTALLY FORGOT TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 25. I IMMEDIATELY APOLOGIZED TO GND FOR MY MISTAKE DUE TO MY INEXPERIENCE AS A STUDENT PLT. AS A RESULT OF THE MISTAKE IT WAS VERY HARD FOR ME TO GO HOME TO VAN NUYS ARPT. I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE BUT TO RENDER MY APOLOGY TO TWR.