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itemprop="datePublished" content="2020-11-04" /> <meta itemprop="image" content="" /> <section class="entry-content" itemprop="description text"> <h1>Connect with the Diversity & Community Fellows</h1><section class="building-block bb-basic-text" id="page_content_block"><div class="container"><div class="building-block__content-wrap"><div class="building-block__body"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our Fellows are current </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">graduate students whose unifying mission is to support the development of an inclusive graduate learning community by enhancing the cultural, academic, and professional experiences of historically underrepresented students. Prospective and current Berkeley students are invited to meet one-on-one with any of the Fellows. See scheduling links below. </span></p> </div></div></div></section> <section class="building-block bb-image-text" id="building-block-1"><div class="container"><div class="building-block__content-wrap"><h2 class="building-block__title title--line-cap">Meet the 2024-25 Diversity and Community Fellows</h2><div class="building-block__body"><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--right"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default image-frame--flipped"><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46490" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="1290" height="1939" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alejandra.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Alejandra Amador-Caro" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alejandra.jpg 1290w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alejandra-200x300.jpg 200w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alejandra-681x1024.jpg 681w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alejandra-768x1154.jpg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alejandra-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alejandra-900x1353.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 1290px) 100vw, 1290px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Alejandra Amador-Caro</h3><h4><strong>Masters student in Berkeley Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering</strong></h4> <p>Alejandra Amador-Caro is a first year Civil and Environmental Engineering Master’s student in the College of Engineering. As a first generation college student, Alejandra has learned to navigate through the social, economic and systemic barriers to accessing higher education. During her undergraduate career at UC Berkeley, Alejandra was part of the Berkeley Mentorship Cohort (BMC) and became a mentor in the Resilience Family for undergraduate students who were facing academic challenges in their first two years. As a mentor, Alejandra learned how to be a resource, friend, and advisor to her mentees and peers. At the end of her mentorship experience, she received the Community Award for fostering equity and inclusion. Her life journey has taught her that passion and purpose are not mutually exclusive and can coexist and reinforce each other.</p> <p>While at UC Berkeley pursuing her Bachelors in Civil Engineering, Alejandra had the opportunity to work on research projects that transcended the academic realm on watershed management, urban greening, flooding, and the public health and safety impacts resulting from the increase in warehousing industrial presence in Stockton. She participated in research funded through The Green Initiative Fund at UC Berkeley and in collaboration with the Environmental Justice branch of Catholic Charities Diocese of Stockton. As an academic researcher with Professor Tina Chow’s team, Alejandra was focused on working with historically marginalized communities on social, environmental and infrastructural inequities impacting the South Stocktons resident’s health. Alejandra used her platform as an academic researcher to amplify the voice and needs of the community leading to the implementation of air monitoring sensors through an EPA funded Wildfire Project to monitor the air quality during and after the construction of the Mariposa Industrial Park in South Stockton. As Alejandra pursues her Masters degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering, she feels driven by her strong desire to diversify her technical skill set to tackle the evolving needs of our society in response to climate change.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/cVuTEBeK387qHXLVA" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Alejandra</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--left"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default "><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46507" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="1536" height="2048" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alex-Maya-Romero-scaled.jpeg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Alex Maya Romero" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alex-Maya-Romero-scaled.jpeg 1536w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alex-Maya-Romero-225x300.jpeg 225w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alex-Maya-Romero-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alex-Maya-Romero-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alex-Maya-Romero-900x1200.jpeg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Alex Maya-Romero</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. student in Molecular and Cellular Biology</strong></h4> <p>Alex is a second year Ph.D. student in the Molecular and Cellular Biology program where he is interested in molecular changes in the brain associated with neurodegenerative disorders. Originally from Puerto Rico, Alex and his family moved to Philadelphia when he was eight and eventually settled in Willingboro, New Jersey. Alex obtained a BS degree in Biology from King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, PA where he was the first in his family to graduate college. In college, Alex interned at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine where also he began his efforts to increase accessibility and participation in STEM for folks from traditionally marginalized backgrounds. Being a first-gen student from a financially disadvantaged background revealed to him how such circumstances curtailed his access to different academic opportunities. Since then, he’s worked with high school and undergraduate students both in the lab and on preparing materials for different career opportunities. At Berkeley, Alex has organized peer support programs and worked with Berkeley students on preparing graduate school applications through a collaboration with the Post-Baccalaureate Research Program. Alex’s efforts resulted in him being awarded the Dean’s Award for Inclusive Excellence at Berkeley. As a Diversity and Community fellow, he’s interested in helping students in any discipline navigate academia and identify opportunities for career advancement.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/KGQsWJQ6Dx37PPZu7" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Alex</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--right"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default image-frame--flipped"><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46502" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="2048" height="1536" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alexandra-Gessesse-scaled.jpeg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Alexandra Gessesse" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alexandra-Gessesse-scaled.jpeg 2048w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alexandra-Gessesse-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alexandra-Gessesse-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alexandra-Gessesse-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alexandra-Gessesse-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alexandra-Gessesse-900x675.jpeg 900w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alexandra-Gessesse-1365x1024.jpeg 1365w" sizes="(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Alexandra Gessesse</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. student in the Department of African Diaspora Studies</strong></h4> <p>Alexandra (she/her) is a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of African Diaspora Studies, where she thinks and writes about the global politics of Blackness, identity construction, community and neighborhood organizations, and urban policy. Inspired by her ancestors, elders, and community, Alexandra’s research investigates how Black migrants in the U.S. forge their sense of belonging and identity. She examines how they navigate the urban landscape, internalize their sense of space, and expand notions of Blackness through the lenses of place, politics, and popular culture. Alexandra is passionate about exploring how racial dynamics shape daily experiences in aggrieved communities of color. Alexandra received a Bachelor of Arts in Black Studies in Social Policy and Politics (with honors), and double minor in History and Professional Writing from the University of California, Santa Barbara. In the spaces between writing and researching, she enjoys painting, dancing, strolling sidewalks, and engaging with Black Twitter.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/appointments/schedules/AcZssZ1IyRyxLwxhJY0rHaEJfodfx2Gg8aiM4Gna3hSfDZYA8yQ2-KhHy-KadcyxedPgMXJ0jbVHg5W5" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment in Alexandra</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--left"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default "><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46499" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="1798" height="1226" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alishba-Sardar.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Alishba Sardar" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alishba-Sardar.png 1798w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alishba-Sardar-300x205.png 300w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alishba-Sardar-1024x698.png 1024w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alishba-Sardar-768x524.png 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alishba-Sardar-1536x1047.png 1536w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alishba-Sardar-900x614.png 900w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alishba-Sardar-1502x1024.png 1502w" sizes="(max-width: 1798px) 100vw, 1798px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Alishba Sardar</h3><h4><strong>Masters student in Social Welfare</strong></h4> <p>Alishba is a first-year master’s student in the School of Social Welfare. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in Ethnic Studies and a minor in Education. During her undergraduate studies, Alishba participated in several programs, including the Mellon Mays Fellowship, the Leadership Alliance Fellowship at Brown, NavCal, and, most importantly, Berkeley Hope Scholars, where she served as a peer advisor supporting students in navigating higher education. Alishba is excited to continue her studies at UC Berkeley and support incoming students. As a Diversity and Community Fellow, she hopes to create a safe space for students at the Inclusive Excellence Hub.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/G46M5m2jZK3Tk5fFA" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Alishba</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--right"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default image-frame--flipped"><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46482" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="1367" height="2048" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Green_Andre_Pro_Blue-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Andre Green" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Green_Andre_Pro_Blue-scaled.jpg 1367w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Green_Andre_Pro_Blue-200x300.jpg 200w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Green_Andre_Pro_Blue-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Green_Andre_Pro_Blue-768x1151.jpg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Green_Andre_Pro_Blue-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Green_Andre_Pro_Blue-900x1349.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 1367px) 100vw, 1367px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Andre Green</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. student in EECS</strong></h4> <p>Andre Green is a second-year PhD student at The University of California Berkeley. He is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in electrical engineering, focusing on integrated circuit design and computer architecture. He received his Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and minor in computer engineering from The Pennsylvania State University as a member of the Millennium Scholars Program.</p> <p>Andre has conducted research at The Pennsylvania State University and The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on various projects around the Electrical Engineering field along with other interdisciplinary sectors. He joined 3M during the summer of 2021 as a Research & Development intern to further develop his electrical engineering skills. Andre expanded his technical experience by joining IBM as a Hardware Developer intern within their Design For Test (DFT) team in 2022. He continued his efforts with IBM as a Research Hardware Engineer intern for Hybrid Cloud during the summer of 2023, focused on digital flow optimization within their AI Hardware Architecture and Logic Design team.</p> <p>At Berkeley, Andre is a member of the Black Graduate Engineering and Science Students (BGESS). He also holds interest in strength training, basketball, and running.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendly.com/andre_green-berkeley/30min" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Andre</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--left"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default "><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46492" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="1365" height="2048" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Headshot_Garcia_Angel-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Angel Garcia" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Headshot_Garcia_Angel-scaled.jpg 1365w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Headshot_Garcia_Angel-200x300.jpg 200w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Headshot_Garcia_Angel-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Headshot_Garcia_Angel-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Headshot_Garcia_Angel-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Headshot_Garcia_Angel-900x1350.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Angel Garcia</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. student in Neuroscience</strong></h4> <p>Angel is a second year student in the Neuroscience Ph.D. program where he is studying cellular interactions that guide retinal development. He was born and raised in San Bernardino, California and received his Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology from UC Santa Cruz in 2021. His experience with the STEM Diversity program at UC Santa Cruz led him to recognize the value of developing community amongst underrepresented students in science and higher education. Angel also serves as a coordinator for the Research Experience Pathways program at UC Berkeley, which pairs undergraduate students with research labs on campus so they can gain career-relevant experience before graduating. Outside of science, Angel enjoys going to live music shows and practicing photography.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/qPoZqDC4SUd8RQwt5" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Angel</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--right"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default image-frame--flipped"><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46491" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="167" height="250" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Headshot_Anthony-G.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Anthony Garcia" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Anthony Garcia</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. student in Chemistry</strong></h4> <p class="p1">Anthony Garcia (He/Him/His) is a fifth-year Ph.D. student in the UC Berkeley Chemistry program. Anthony attended Crafton Hills College to start his undergraduate studies in chemistry and would later transfer to the University of California, Merced where he graduated as a scholar in the UC LEADs research program with a bachelor’s in chemistry in 2020. Anthony’s current research focuses on evaluating undergraduate student learning and analyzing the impacts of participating in undergraduate research experiences through different methods and contexts. Anthony also does research into how to implement various initiatives, mentoring practices, and outreach opportunities to best support undergraduate researchers in the College of Chemistry and those participating in undergraduate research programs such as UC LEADs and NSF CAMP.</p> <p>Anthony grew up in Desert Hot Springs, California and was the first person in his family to attend higher education. Throughout his time in higher education, Anthony learned about how important mentorship was for students from underrepresented communities. As a Diversity and Community Fellow in Admissions Outreach & Recruitment, Anthony’s goal is to work with students throughout each step of preparing for graduate school in various events and workshops. Outside of school, Anthony enjoys reading, writing, and gaming.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/YXZjH5sFTSPNvCya6" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Anthony</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--left"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default "><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46509" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="2048" height="1792" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Aukeem_Professional_Headshot_summer2020-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Aukeem Ballard" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Aukeem_Professional_Headshot_summer2020-scaled.jpg 2048w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Aukeem_Professional_Headshot_summer2020-300x262.jpg 300w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Aukeem_Professional_Headshot_summer2020-1024x896.jpg 1024w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Aukeem_Professional_Headshot_summer2020-768x672.jpg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Aukeem_Professional_Headshot_summer2020-1536x1344.jpg 1536w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Aukeem_Professional_Headshot_summer2020-900x787.jpg 900w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Aukeem_Professional_Headshot_summer2020-1170x1024.jpg 1170w" sizes="(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Aukeem Ballard</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. student in the Berkeley School of Education</strong></h4> <p>A former public school teacher and principal, Aukeem Ballard is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Berkeley School of Education. Aukeem’s research interests center on how students learn inside consequential, complex emotional experiences in schools as racialized and gendered beings. His dissertation builds on previous literature of Black boyhood futurity, psychological mattering, psychology of emotions, and critical theory with the goal of exploring how Black boys love possibilities into existence for themselves and their peers through their own cultural, affective praxis inside sometimes oppressive structures and systems. He holds a B.A. in Rhetoric and Media Studies as well as a Master of Arts in Teaching from Lewis & Clark College. Aukeem received a Master of Arts in Education from the University of California, Berkeley in 2023.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/Zg7EHk2dHfBHiGpj8" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Aukeem</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--right"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default image-frame--flipped"><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46501" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="1536" height="2048" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Benjamin-Fields-scaled.jpeg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Benjamin Fields" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Benjamin-Fields-scaled.jpeg 1536w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Benjamin-Fields-225x300.jpeg 225w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Benjamin-Fields-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Benjamin-Fields-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Benjamin-Fields-900x1200.jpeg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Benjamin Njila Fields</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. student in Sociology</strong></h4> <p>Benjamin Njila Fields is a Ph.D. student in Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his Master of Arts in Sociology from UC Berkeley and his Bachelor of Science in Development Sociology and Global & Public Health Sciences from Cornell University. Benjamin’s research interests are bifold, focusing primarily on the African diaspora engaging back into their home countries and Americans abroad. The world is changing, including in how emigrants leave and re-engage back within their countries, and global mobility is shifting towards new norms. Benjamin hopes to investigate and explain these two pivotal trends.</p> <p>Benjamin loves to support and engage with students who have different lived experiences, especially those who come from non-traditional backgrounds. As a Diversity and Community Fellow, he hopes to make an impact via supporting students who are future changemakers in entering graduate programs, succeeding in graduate programs, and obtaining opportunities post-graduation.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/FY6CqHKNsbXi5bqj7" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Benjamin</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--left"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default "><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="40358" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="1362" height="2048" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/R_XwfFmJarbH4sD2F_ElenaOjeda2-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Elena Ojeda" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads//R_XwfFmJarbH4sD2F_ElenaOjeda2-scaled.jpg 1362w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads//R_XwfFmJarbH4sD2F_ElenaOjeda2-199x300.jpg 199w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads//R_XwfFmJarbH4sD2F_ElenaOjeda2-681x1024.jpg 681w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads//R_XwfFmJarbH4sD2F_ElenaOjeda2-768x1155.jpg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads//R_XwfFmJarbH4sD2F_ElenaOjeda2-1021x1536.jpg 1021w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads//R_XwfFmJarbH4sD2F_ElenaOjeda2-900x1354.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 1362px) 100vw, 1362px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Elena Ojeda</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. student in Economics</strong></h4> <p>Elena Ojeda (she/her/ella) is a fifth-year doctoral student in the Department of Economics. She received her B.B.A. in Economics and B.A in Spanish from Oklahoma City University and her M.S. in Applied Mathematics Statistics from the University of Central Oklahoma. Her current research interests lie at the intersection of macroeconomics and economic history. She has served as one of the Empowering Womxn of Color Conference Co-Coordinators within the Graduate Assembly’s Womxn of Color Initiative, and as co-president of Economists for Equity at Berkeley, a graduate student organization centered around increasing representation in economics of historically oppressed identities. She is excited to continue working towards inclusion, equity, and belonging of all Berkeley graduate students. In her free time, she can be found beach bumming, exploring local plant nurseries, tending to her many, many houseplants and trying to grow tomatoes, and doing yoga.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/iprqLViC21952Nqt8" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Elena</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--right"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default image-frame--flipped"><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46493" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="1536" height="2048" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Iwasa_Headshot-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Erina Iwasa" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Iwasa_Headshot-scaled.jpg 1536w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Iwasa_Headshot-225x300.jpg 225w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Iwasa_Headshot-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Iwasa_Headshot-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Iwasa_Headshot-900x1200.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Erina Iwasa</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences</strong></h4> <p>Erina is a second year Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences PhD student and Chancellor’s Fellow. Her research focuses on developing DNA-based self-assembling approaches for electronics, particularly microelectromechanical systems. Before coming to Berkeley, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College. During her undergraduate studies, she developed a passion for mentoring and is now excited to continue promoting inclusivity and supporting students as a Diversity and Community Fellow. Outside of research, she enjoys baking, weightlifting, video game testing, and learning various languages.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/Mktp82cPYjm2YMNCA" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Erina</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--left"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default "><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46489" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="426" height="430" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/AYoon_Picture.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Ha Yun Anna Yoon" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/AYoon_Picture.jpg 426w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/AYoon_Picture-297x300.jpg 297w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/AYoon_Picture-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Ha Yun Anna Yoon</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering</strong></h4> <p class="p1">Ha Yun Anna Yoon (she/her) is a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering. Anna received her BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. Her research lies at the intersection of biophotonics and neuroscience, specifically on developing innovative optical microscopy techniques to study cortical circuitry. In her free time, Anna enjoys running, traveling, and playing the flute.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/bSQ1ei9HQuX2tya19" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Ha Yun Anna</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--right"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default image-frame--flipped"><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46496" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="2048" height="1365" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Irene-Franco-Rubio-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Irene Franco Rubio" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Irene-Franco-Rubio-scaled.jpg 2048w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Irene-Franco-Rubio-300x200.jpg 300w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Irene-Franco-Rubio-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Irene-Franco-Rubio-768x512.jpg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Irene-Franco-Rubio-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Irene-Franco-Rubio-900x600.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Irene Franco Rubio</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. student in Ethnic Studies</strong></h4> <p>Irene Franco Rubio is a first-year PhD student in Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and the first in her family to pursue a doctoral degree. As a first-generation college student, Irene is committed to the movements for social and racial justice, focusing on community-engaged approaches that center the voices and experiences of historically oppressed communities of color.</p> <p>Growing up in a working-class, immigrant family of Guatemalan and Mexican descent, Irene’s lived experiences have fueled her passion for dismantling systemic inequality. With roots in Phoenix, AZ, Irene is an abolitionist, activist, scholar, writer, and grassroots community organizer. Her work is deeply grounded in the principles of intersectionality and abolition, advocating for systemic change through both scholarship and activism. Her research and activism are centered at the intersection of academia and justice, aiming to dismantle oppressive systems and build a more equitable society.</p> <p>Irene is a public thought leader, leveraging her platform to amplify community voices and foster collective liberation. Beyond her academic and activist pursuits, Irene remains committed to movement building, always striving to create inclusive, community-driven solutions that resonate with those on the frontlines of social justice.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/bCAZ1T7cpB46oM178" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Irene</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--left"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default "><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46476" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="602" height="551" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/JaNya.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Ja'Nya Banks" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/JaNya.png 602w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/JaNya-300x275.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Ja'Nya Banks</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. student at Berkeley School of Education</strong></h4> <p>Ja’Nya is a second year PhD student in the Education Policy, Politics and Leadership cluster. She is a proud East Coast native, raised in the “DMV”: DC, Maryland, Virginia region. She started her career as a Special Education Teacher and case manager, eventually transitioning into roles around youth mentorship, and race and identity facilitation for educators. As a practitioner and researcher she is interested in understanding communal ties amongst school based stakeholders (parents, students and teachers) during the plight of policy shifts. In particular, she focuses on the resilience of marginalized groups in sustaining community based schools. She is passionate about teaching families and educators about critical policy issues in education, and keep traditional public schools accessible.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendly.com/nyamae/meet" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Ja'Nya</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--right"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default image-frame--flipped"><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46494" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="1536" height="2048" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Jocelyn-scaled.jpeg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Jocelyn Castillo" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Jocelyn-scaled.jpeg 1536w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Jocelyn-225x300.jpeg 225w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Jocelyn-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Jocelyn-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Jocelyn-900x1200.jpeg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Jocelyn Castillo</h3><h4><strong>Masters student at the School of Public Health</strong></h4> <p>Jocelyn is a second-year Master of Public Health student at UC Berkeley, concentrating in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. She graduated from Dominican University of California in 2022, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Molecular Cell Biology with minors in Chemistry and Ecology/Environmental Science. Following her undergraduate studies, she worked as a Community Health Worker with Sonoma County’s Health Services Department, where she conducted community outreach, provided health education, and facilitated access to essential resources. This experience deepened her understanding of the communities she served, allowing her to build trust and form meaningful relationships with community members.</p> <p>At UC Berkeley, Jocelyn’s research is centered on exploring how demographics influence the development of chronic diseases in marginalized communities. She is particularly focused on using this research to inform and improve health care policies, with the ultimate goal of reducing health disparities. Jocelyn is passionate about public health, epidemiology, and community engagement, and she is dedicated to giving back to her community through her work.</p> <p>As a first-generation student, Jocelyn understands the challenges of navigating financial and academic barriers. She is committed to closing the knowledge gap for others like her, using her experiences to mentor and support students from similar backgrounds. Jocelyn hopes to continue advocating for underrepresented communities and aims to pursue a career that blends research, policy, and community engagement.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/ZuZbH2V36ntgKKhy7" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Jocelyn</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--left"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default "><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46477" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="214" height="300" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Headshot_PEREZ.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Jonathan Perez" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Jonathan Perez</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. student at Berkeley School of Education</strong></h4> <p>Jonathan Pérez is a 4th year PhD student in education with a designated emphasis critical theory. Jonathan is from Richmond, Va, but has also lived in Antigua, Guatemala, Louisville, KY, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and NYC. He is a first-generation student whose research focuses on how students understand their racialization with a focus particularly on how California’s Ethnic Studies Curriculum can equip students to better make sense of how schools and society racialize them. Outside of UC Berkeley, Jonathan is adjuncts at San Francisco State University and works in curriculum design for The School of The New York Times.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/7t1izAi3qTA2JGNq9" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Jonathan</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--right"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default image-frame--flipped"><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46487" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="1365" height="2048" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/AguilarJoseHeadShot-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Jose Aguilar" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/AguilarJoseHeadShot-scaled.jpg 1365w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/AguilarJoseHeadShot-200x300.jpg 200w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/AguilarJoseHeadShot-682x1024.jpg 682w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/AguilarJoseHeadShot-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/AguilarJoseHeadShot-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/AguilarJoseHeadShot-900x1350.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Jose Aguilar</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. student at Berkeley School of Education</strong></h4> <p>Jose is a doctoral student and Computational Research for Equity in the Legal System Training Program (CRELS) Fellow in the Policy, Politics, and Leadership program at UC Berkeley’s School of Education. His research interests include using computational social science methods to understand the factors influencing the aspirations of men of color in higher education, access and equity in higher education for first-generation and traditionally underrepresented students, and students’ career pathways within educational contexts. Before this, Jose was a Computer Science & Math Teacher in Los Angeles, and he dedicates his work to his former students, ensuring he keeps up with his promise to change post-secondary education for the better. Additionally, he has contributed to advocacy organizations such as Education Trust West (ETW), The Campaign for College Opportunity, and the Lumina Foundation, where he provided support in policy analysis and research data analytics. Born out of his personal experiences as a first-generation college student and a keen observer of the challenges faced by underrepresented communities, Jose has dedicated his career to dismantling the barriers that hinder the educational aspirations of Latino students.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/1iTaP8EJoz37J25b9" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Jose</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--left"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default "><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46497" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="757" height="676" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Juan-Flores-e1725329211281.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Juan Flores" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Juan-Flores-e1725329211281.png 757w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Juan-Flores-e1725329211281-300x268.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Juan Flores</h3><h4><strong>Dual Masters student at the Goldman School of Public Policy and the School of Social Welfare</strong></h4> <p>Juan Flores is a dual Master’s student at the Goldman School of Public Policy and the School of Social Welfare (MPP/MSW). At the Goldman School, his studies focus on critically analyzing the intersection of policy, policing, and health to improve the welfare of individuals affected by state-sanctioned violence and systemic injustice. Within the School of Social Welfare, he specializes in Strengthening Organizations and Communities, emphasizing the wellness of those impacted by the carceral state.</p> <p>As a formerly incarcerated Chicano from San Diego, California, Juan’s transformative journey fuels his dedication to uplifting marginalized communities and addressing systemic inequities. He played a role in implementing the Racial Justice Act in California prisons, giving voice to those impacted by the carceral system. As a former facilitator of evidence-based practices, he provided compassionate support to individuals facing substance use disorders and mental health challenges. Juan’s commitment to holistic wellness and advocacy drives meaningful change, reflecting his vision of justice and equity.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/f5Y9BudPrLscHBwt7 " class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Juan</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--right"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default image-frame--flipped"><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46423" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="2048" height="1365" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Julio_Salas-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Julio Salas" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Julio_Salas-scaled.jpg 2048w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Julio_Salas-300x200.jpg 300w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Julio_Salas-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Julio_Salas-768x512.jpg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Julio_Salas-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Julio_Salas-900x600.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Julio Salas</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. student in Sociology</strong></h4> <p>A second-generation Mexican and Colombian immigrant born and raised in Corona, Queens, New York City, Julio Fernando Salas is a Chancellor’s Fellow and Sociology PhD student at the University of California, Berkeley. Centering immigrant families, his research interests and projects lie at the nexus of immigration, emotion, race & ethnicity, social stratification, and health. Before coming to Berkeley, Julio was a researcher at the Income and Benefits Policy Center housed at the Urban Institute, the Figueroa Interdisciplinary Group at Cornell University, and the Affect and Cognition Lab at Cornell University. Julio received an associate’s degree in health sciences from Queensborough Community College and a bachelor’s degree in human development from Cornell University.</p> <p>Work aside, I’m a lover of coffee, yummy food, experiencing life, emotionally laden shows and movies, hip hop and rap, and I love to read, think, wander and wonder, feel, reflect, and spend time with my loved ones sharing space, time, words, and food. Please feel free to connect with me about anything and everything at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7319061f1a1c1516011d121d171c00121f12003311160118161f160a5d161706">[email protected]</a>.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/rQLorjvqzvyFgNZj7" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Julio</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--left"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default "><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46481" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="967" height="1031" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/arnaout_headshot.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Leen Arnaout" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/arnaout_headshot.jpg 967w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/arnaout_headshot-281x300.jpg 281w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/arnaout_headshot-960x1024.jpg 960w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/arnaout_headshot-768x819.jpg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/arnaout_headshot-900x960.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Leen Arnaout</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. student in Bioengineering </strong></h4> <p>Leen Arnaout (she) is a 4th year Bioengineering PhD student, joint with UCSF. Her research studies how infections lead to preterm birth and pregnancy complications, specifically focusing on birth outcomes in Women of Color and socioeconomically-disadvantaged communities. Before coming to Berkeley, she did her BS in Biomedical Engineering (‘21). Leen is looking forward to continuing her work in supporting and advocating for fellow disabled and neurodivergent students as a Diversity and Community fellow, helping them navigate the “hidden curriculum” of graduate school and feel belonging in Berkeley. Outside of Berkeley, Leen enjoys playing Pokémon, exploring the Bay Area using public transit, hiking, bouldering, and brewing the perfect cup of coffee!</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/h7dTqjdnQjuxmbGeA" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Leen</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--right"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default image-frame--flipped"><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46484" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="2048" height="1639" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/MRobbins_Headshot_May2022-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Marlena Robbins" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/MRobbins_Headshot_May2022-scaled.jpg 2048w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/MRobbins_Headshot_May2022-300x240.jpg 300w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/MRobbins_Headshot_May2022-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/MRobbins_Headshot_May2022-768x614.jpg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/MRobbins_Headshot_May2022-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/MRobbins_Headshot_May2022-900x720.jpg 900w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/MRobbins_Headshot_May2022-1280x1024.jpg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Marlena Robbins</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. student at the School of Public Health </strong></h4> <p>Marlena Robbins is a 3rd year Doctor of Public Health student. Her research examines the cultural, social, and policy aspects of psilocybin use in Native American communities, highlighting differences between urban and rural perspectives to inform public health policy. Robbins is a graduate student researcher at the Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics, focusing on program evaluation. Her residency with the SAMHSA led to the development of a tribal engagement toolkit, showcasing the significance of psychedelics in spiritual and recreational contexts among Tribal communities.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://marlenarobbins.youcanbook.me/" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Marlena </a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--left"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default "><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46485" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="2048" height="1365" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ortega_Mendoza_Headshot_2024_1-scaled.jpeg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Martha Ortega Mendoza" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ortega_Mendoza_Headshot_2024_1-scaled.jpeg 2048w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ortega_Mendoza_Headshot_2024_1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ortega_Mendoza_Headshot_2024_1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ortega_Mendoza_Headshot_2024_1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ortega_Mendoza_Headshot_2024_1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ortega_Mendoza_Headshot_2024_1-900x600.jpeg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Martha Ortega Mendoza</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. student at Berkeley School of Education</strong></h4> <p>Martha Ortega Mendoza is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Berkeley Graduate School of Education. Stemming from her experiences navigating the beginning of her graduate education as an undocumented student, her dissertation seeks to uplift the academic, social, and financial experiences of undocumented Latinx/a/o/ graduate students attending the University of California. Through her research, Martha seeks to understand how institutions can attract, retain, and graduate undocumented graduate students. Martha’s doctoral work has been made possible by different research centers at the University of California (UC Berkeley), including the Center for Race and Gender, Greater Good Science Center, and the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues. Martha holds a master’s degree in education from UC Berkeley and a bachelor’s degree in Latin American & Latino Studies from UC Santa Cruz. Martha loves visiting new restaurants and sharing meals with her husband in her spare time.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/K8dnh1tD5gvMrurJ6" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Martha</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--right"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default image-frame--flipped"><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46505" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="1536" height="2048" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ma_si_2023-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Måsi Santos" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ma_si_2023-scaled.jpg 1536w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ma_si_2023-225x300.jpg 225w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ma_si_2023-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ma_si_2023-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ma_si_2023-900x1200.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Måsi Santos</h3><p><strong>Ph.D. candidate in Linguistics</strong></p> <p>Buenas yan håfa adai! Guahu si Måsi Santos (she/her). She is an Indigenous Pacific Islander, Chamoru/Chamorro, from Luta and Guåhan in the Mariana Islands, Micronesia. She is a third-year PhD student in the Linguistics Department. She received a bachelor’s degree in English Literature in 2017 and a master’s degree in English (Linguistics Emphasis) in 2021 from the Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam). Her research interests primarily focus on the phonetic and phonological foundations of her Indigenous language, especially as it relates to language contact, variation, and change. As a transgender woman, her research also focuses on the intersection of language and gender. But most importantly, her research and community work focuses on language reclamation and revitalization practices for Indigenous languages and communities. In 2021, she was a documenter for an NSF-funded project: “Developing CHamoru Language Infrastructure: Goggue yan CHachalani Mo’na i Fino’-ta (Embrace and Make a Way Forward for Our Language)”. In May 2024, she participated in the Breath of Life Archival Institute for Indigenous California Languages as a linguistic partner tasked with assisting members of Native California communities navigate and acquire archival materials on their respective communities and languages.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/JXFm3d14M23HriK19" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Måsi</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--left"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default "><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46480" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="2000" height="2001" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Maura_Lab_SmallSquare.jpeg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Maura Mcdonagh" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Maura_Lab_SmallSquare.jpeg 2000w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Maura_Lab_SmallSquare-300x300.jpeg 300w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Maura_Lab_SmallSquare-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Maura_Lab_SmallSquare-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Maura_Lab_SmallSquare-768x768.jpeg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Maura_Lab_SmallSquare-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Maura_Lab_SmallSquare-900x900.jpeg 900w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Maura_Lab_SmallSquare-600x600.jpeg 600w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Maura_Lab_SmallSquare-1023x1024.jpeg 1023w" sizes="(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Maura McDonagh</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. student in Neuroscience</strong></h4> <p>Maura McDonagh (they/she) is a Neuroscience Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Berkeley pursuing a designated emphasis in Computational Biology. Their research focuses on the gut microbiome’s role in myelination and neuroinflammation under the guidance of Dr. Sergio Baranzini at the University of California, San Francisco. Maura holds a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering (Cell/Tissue Engineering) and Communication Arts (Radio/TV/Film) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Their passion for teaching has led them to instruct students from high schoolers to undergraduates while at Cal, in addition to various tutoring opportunities at Wisconsin. In their free time, Maura likes to hike, rock climb, organize community events, and advocate for opportunities to expand brain health across the lifespan.</p> <p>Feel free to schedule an appointment with me to discuss neurobiology / microbiome / grad school apps / climate at Berkeley / queerness / mixedness /films / or anything else!</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/appointments/schedules/AcZssZ0qZp5_dxppzc2yPtaysDcyr7vJGWfLSvMAkW2XsSqU5hqBAbaV8vlpNBBrA1mkptt3ix9tjCOz" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Maura</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--right"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default image-frame--flipped"><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46486" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="2048" height="1316" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Mitzia_headshot_mm.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Mitzia E. Martinez Castellanos" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Mitzia_headshot_mm.png 2048w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Mitzia_headshot_mm-300x193.png 300w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Mitzia_headshot_mm-1024x658.png 1024w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Mitzia_headshot_mm-768x493.png 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Mitzia_headshot_mm-1536x987.png 1536w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Mitzia_headshot_mm-900x578.png 900w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Mitzia_headshot_mm-1594x1024.png 1594w" sizes="(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Mitzia Martinez Castellanos</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. student in the Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program</strong></h4> <p>Mitzia E. Martinez Castellanos is a doctoral candidate in the Jurisprudence and Social Policy (JSP) Program at Berkeley Law School. She immigrated from Mexico at the age of nine with her parents and two younger siblings. She is the first person in her family to graduate from college and pursue a graduate education. Her research examines how becoming a green card holder and/or U.S. citizen impacts the self-concept, sense of community, and relationship of formerly undocumented immigrants with the legal system. Her inspiration to pursue this research comes from her lived experience as she was undocumented for 16 years before adjusting her immigration status. Outside of academia, Mitzia enjoys re-watching her favorite sitcoms, cooking, playing with her adorable Pitbull, and spending quality time with her loved ones.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/appointments/schedules/AcZssZ3Bn8ZG_NIOt9G6vMNsd60Qomspy18q3fqCjgu0NGsRZszcsCRd9iOO3H_rc9IawhsQDFvX0WxC" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Mitzia</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--left"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default "><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46479" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="2048" height="1365" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/MD_Headshot23-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Monica De La Cruz" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/MD_Headshot23-scaled.jpg 2048w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/MD_Headshot23-300x200.jpg 300w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/MD_Headshot23-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/MD_Headshot23-768x512.jpg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/MD_Headshot23-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/MD_Headshot23-900x600.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Monica De La Cruz</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. student at School of Social Welfare</strong></h4> <p>Monica De La Cruz is a doctoral candidate in the School of Social Welfare. She received her Master of Public Health from the University of San Francisco and her Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Cell Biology from San Francisco State University. Monica has experience developing, implementing, and evaluating community-based programs and conducting qualitative research studies. Her research interests broadly include identifying and implementing interventions and policies that ameliorate family poverty. Disproportionate poverty in communities of color is the result of systemic racism and inequity that cannot be reversed through local interventions alone. Monica aims to translate her research into policies that help dismantle these systems and shift the national discourse on family poverty to one that is both racially just and centers subsistence as a human right for all.</p> <p>Monica believes in supporting and centering students with different lived experiences, especially students of color and student parents. As a Diversity and Community fellow, she hopes to impact university culture and advocate for ways to create a more inclusive and welcoming environment so all students feel a sense of belonging. Monica feels indebted to the mentors who encouraged her pursuit of higher education and believes that paying it forward through supporting other non-traditional students is one way she can express her gratitude.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/T2q2LWi2PGL73D1J9" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Monica</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--right"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default image-frame--flipped"><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46488" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="1536" height="2048" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Nadia-Rojas-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Nadia Rojas" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Nadia-Rojas-scaled.jpg 1536w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Nadia-Rojas-225x300.jpg 225w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Nadia-Rojas-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Nadia-Rojas-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Nadia-Rojas-900x1200.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Nadia Rojas</h3><h4><strong>Student in School of Public Health, Doctor of Public Health Program</strong></h4> <p>Nadia Rojas (she/her) is a fourth-year Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) candidate and a proud Bay Area native. She received her Master of Public Health from UC Davis and BA from UC Berkeley with a double major in Ethnic Studies and Integrative Biology. Before attending the DrPH program, Nadia worked at ChangeLab Solutions, a national nonprofit in Oakland, CA, where she developed tools and resources for community-based organizations, policymakers, and public officials across subject matters on upstream policy interventions.</p> <p>Nadia also worked at the School of Public Health at Berkeley, where she led the data collection and management of various projects evaluating Berkeley’s soda tax. Nadia is a DACA recipient and a strong advocate for the undocumented community. She co-founded Graduates Reaching a Dream Deferred Northern California (GRADD NorCal), where she was instrumental in organizing conferences throughout California for undocumented youth interested in attending graduate school.</p> <p>Nadia’s dissertation focuses on the association between sleep, physical activity, and cognitive function among Latinas in California’s Central Valley. Her additional interests include studying the association between diet and cognitive function in the Latinx community. As a Diversity and Community Fellow at Berkeley, Nadia hopes to help build a more inclusive environment for graduate students of color and students from underrepresented communities.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/sPQGYZMuUDbnuV4p7" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Nadia</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--left"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default "><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46506" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="242" height="303" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Elghazali_Nafisa_2020.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Nafisa Elghazali" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Elghazali_Nafisa_2020.png 242w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Elghazali_Nafisa_2020-240x300.png 240w" sizes="(max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Nafisa Elghazali</h3><p><b>Ph.D. student in Bioengineering</b></p> <p>Nafisa Elghazali (she/her) is a 5th-year Ph.D. Candidate in the joint Bioengineering program between UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco. Her research is devoted to developing injectable multifunctional therapeutic platforms aimed at localized and sustained release of therapeutics and antimicrobials to enhance bone healing in infected fractures. Nafisa is passionate about advancing access, diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and justice within academia, particularly in science and engineering.</p> <p>Over the past few years, Nafisa has actively developed and contributed to various initiatives promoting equity and inclusion. She has served as an elected member of her program‚Äôs Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging committee, as a graduate student director with the UC Berkeley Cal NERDS program, which supports underrepresented students in STEM, and as a board member of the Black Graduate Engineering and Science Students group, where she helped improve the experiences of and foster a sense of community among Black graduate students at Berkeley. Additionally, she has been a 2023-2024 Diversity and Community Fellow working directly with the UC Berkeley SEED Scholars Honors Program and is excited to continue in this role for 2024-2025. Nafisa’s commitment to creating equitable environments extends to other graduate groups, including STEM*FYI, LAGSES, SACNAS, and WOCI, across both UC Berkeley and UCSF.</p> <p>Outside of her academic and advocacy work, Nafisa enjoys traveling, dancing, hiking, and engaging with her community, among other interests.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/jecXDbBjYSgWehaF9" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Nafisa</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--right"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default image-frame--flipped"><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46478" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="2048" height="1365" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Nathanael_Gardner.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Nathanael Gardner" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Nathanael_Gardner.jpg 2048w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Nathanael_Gardner-300x200.jpg 300w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Nathanael_Gardner-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Nathanael_Gardner-768x512.jpg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Nathanael_Gardner-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Nathanael_Gardner-900x600.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Nathanael Gardner</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. Student in Nuclear Engineering</strong></h4> <p>Nathanael is a fourth year graduate student in the UC Berkeley nuclear engineering department. He completed his undergraduate studies at The Howard University in 2021 with a degree in chemical engineering. His research currently focuses on the chemical and thermophysical properties of nuclear reactor fuel for applications in alternative energy. Nathanael is also involved with the organization Black Graduate Engineering and Science Students (BGESS) working on building community between black graduate students at UC Berkeley.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/3VUs2toHXKHRNtV89" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Nathanael</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--left"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default "><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46504" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="1600" height="1067" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ratu-Orisi.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Ratu Orisi Lalabalavu" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ratu-Orisi.jpg 1600w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ratu-Orisi-300x200.jpg 300w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ratu-Orisi-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ratu-Orisi-768x512.jpg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ratu-Orisi-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ratu-Orisi-900x600.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Ratu Orisi Lalabalavu</h3><p><strong>Masters student at the School of Public Health</strong></p> <p>Ratu Orisi Lalabalvu, or Orisi, was born in Fiji and then grew up in different parts of California, but he claims Sacramento as his hometown. He came to UC Berkeley in 2015 and graduated in 2021 with a dual degree in Anthropology and Social Welfare. He is now a 2nd year at UC Berkeley School of Public Health getting his Masters in Public Health with a concentration in Health Policy & Management. In his free time, he likes to work with his church as a youth mentor for middle schoolers.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/tZZ18AVNaHGBhnDV7" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Ratu</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--right"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default image-frame--flipped"><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46483" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="1536" height="1655" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/rhosean-scaled-e1725314782732.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Rhosean Asmah" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/rhosean-scaled-e1725314782732.jpg 1536w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/rhosean-scaled-e1725314782732-278x300.jpg 278w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/rhosean-scaled-e1725314782732-950x1024.jpg 950w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/rhosean-scaled-e1725314782732-768x828.jpg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/rhosean-scaled-e1725314782732-1426x1536.jpg 1426w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/rhosean-scaled-e1725314782732-900x970.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Rhosean Asmah</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. Student in Linguistics</strong></h4> <p>Rhosean Asmah is a second-year PhD Student in the Linguistics department. Before grad school, she completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania and later worked at the University of Maryland. In general, her research focuses on phonetics and its intersections with sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics. Right now, she has a research project focusing on the phonetics of rap music, where she studies rappers like Megan Thee Stallion and Doechii. Outside of school, she does art (screenprinting, bookmaking, zines!) and (tries to) read.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/kbWgr9uNBWaTmXXf7" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Rhosean</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--left"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default "><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46503" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="1180" height="1355" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Sahim-Wallace-scaled-e1725329710867.jpeg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Sahim Wallace" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Sahim-Wallace-scaled-e1725329710867.jpeg 1180w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Sahim-Wallace-scaled-e1725329710867-261x300.jpeg 261w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Sahim-Wallace-scaled-e1725329710867-892x1024.jpeg 892w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Sahim-Wallace-scaled-e1725329710867-768x882.jpeg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Sahim-Wallace-scaled-e1725329710867-900x1033.jpeg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Sahim Wallace</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. student in Molecular and Cell Biology </strong></h4> <p>Sahim (he/him) is a Ph.D. candidate in the Molecular and Cell Biology program, where he studies the genetic code – how high-powered molecular machines decode human mRNA to produce the vast array of proteins that sustain life. Sahim received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Morehouse College. Before coming to UC Berkeley, he worked in the pharmaceutical industry in process development, designing the bioprocesses used to make medicines and supporting manufacturing campaigns to produce these medicines for clinical trials. As a recent graduate of a Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), he also worked to create and build an early in-career talent pipeline between HBCUs and the biopharmaceutical industry.</p> <p>Sahim is excited to join the Office for Graduate Diversity (OGD) as a Diversity and Community Fellow and support OGD initiatives. As a fellow, he looks forward to continuing his efforts of building connections, cultivating community, and empowering the next generation of leaders and changemakers in science. In his free time, Sahim enjoys reading, podcasts, and being a plant Dad.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/hX9w1ryXVaTYvf7m9" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Sahim</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--right"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default image-frame--flipped"><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46508" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="1365" height="2048" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Santiago-Karam-Padilla-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Santiago Karam Padilla" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Santiago-Karam-Padilla-scaled.jpg 1365w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Santiago-Karam-Padilla-200x300.jpg 200w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Santiago-Karam-Padilla-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Santiago-Karam-Padilla-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Santiago-Karam-Padilla-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Santiago-Karam-Padilla-900x1350.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Santiago Karam Padilla</h3><p><b>Masters student in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research</b></p> <p>Santiago Karam Padilla is an incoming Master’s student in the Industrial Engineering & Operations Research (IEOR) program, with a concentration in Financial Engineering, at UC Berkeley. Santiago grew up in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, before moving to Palm Springs, California, at the age of 13. He recently completed his Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research at UC Berkeley in the spring of 2024. 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His research currently focuses on machine learning applications for protein engineering. He is passionate about making academia a welcoming environment for all, particularly in STEM fields. Outside of work, he love going to concerts, listening to music (mostly KGLW), learning guitar, and going to the gym.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/St3R2TRd9ABn5kai7" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Shafeeq</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--right"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default image-frame--flipped"><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="28614" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="640" height="640" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/blank-profile-picture-973460_640-1.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="clip art outline of photo - no staff photo here." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/blank-profile-picture-973460_640-1.png 640w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/blank-profile-picture-973460_640-1-150x150.png 150w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/blank-profile-picture-973460_640-1-300x300.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Stephen Pearson-Ocaña</h3><h4><strong>Ph.D. student in History</strong></h4> <p>Stephen Pearson-Ocaña (He/Him/His/El) is a second-year graduate student and Chancellor’s Fellow in the History PhD Program. His research studies the unwritten histories of California‚Äôs Chicana/o/e and Latina/o/e barrios, especially those in Southeast Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley. He thematically focuses on racialization, assimilation, masculinity, suburbanization, gang culture, the military-industrial complex, the carceral state, legal history, radical politics, the military, policing, generational divisions, and community formation.</p> <p>He is a born and raised, fifth-generation, working-class resident of Pico Rivera and 15th-generation Chicano-Yo‚Äôeme. His experiences in higher education have been shaped by being a neurodivergent man of color, a first-generation low-income transfer student, a caretaker, and the son of single parents. His journey began in the Puente Program at East Los Angeles College, which helped him transfer to UCLA with a Chancellor‚Äôs Scholarship. At UCLA, he earned his Bachelor of Arts (Chicana/o Studies Major, Central American Studies Minor) and participated in MEChA, Hermanos Unidos, the Chancellor’s LINK program, and the Mellon-Mays-Undergraduate Research Fellowship.</p> <p class="bb-image-text__row__actions"><a href="https://calendar.app.google/cqGtvaN76gb5PFrc8" class="button button--ghost">Make an appointment with Stephen</a></p></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row grid text-col--left"><div class="bb-image-text__row__image-col"><div class="image-frame image-frame--default "><img data-ccwcag-attachment-id="46498" data-ccwcag-attachment='{"disable_page_edit":true}' width="1128" height="1279" src="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Taloa_Cardinal_Snapshot.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Taloa Cardinal" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Taloa_Cardinal_Snapshot.jpg 1128w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Taloa_Cardinal_Snapshot-265x300.jpg 265w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Taloa_Cardinal_Snapshot-903x1024.jpg 903w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Taloa_Cardinal_Snapshot-768x871.jpg 768w, https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/Taloa_Cardinal_Snapshot-900x1020.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px" /></div></div><div class="bb-image-text__row__text-col"><h3 class="bb-image-text__row__title title-2 title--line-cap">Taloa Cardinal</h3><h4><strong>Masters student at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health</strong></h4> <p>Tansi/Halito/Hello everyone! My name is Taloa (tuh-low-uh) Cardinal. I am from Fort Worth, Texas and I currently reside in Denver, Colorado. I graduated from the University of Denver with a B.A., double majoring in Chemistry and Psychology with a minor in Physics. I have been very involved in my Denver community and Indigenous community, which shaped my passion for public health. I’ve worked on both sides of community health and research, from hands-on community experience to college research. I see the need for providers, healthcare navigators, and advocates in my community. My motive for the Master of Public Health program stems from the health inequities in the Native American and Indigenous communities across the country. My focus is the nutritional need and diabetic prevalence in these communities by understanding the disparities and bridging the gaps using modern medicine techniques and AI. Native Americans have the highest rates of diabetes of any race in the world as well as high rates of other chronic illnesses. These illnesses are due to genetic, environmental, economic, and social influences that are present due to colonization and poverty. I have seen the benefit an education makes in any environment. Outside of school, I am passionate about my family, traveling, anything and everything about sports – the mountains, fishing, hiking, camping, cooking, cultural beading and sewing, art, dancing at pow-wows, listening to music, fitness/exercise, reading to expand my knowledge, and late night drives. I am extremely grateful and excited for the opportunity to expand my knowledge at the University of California-Berkeley. 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They hold a joint Political Science and Human Rights Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree from Bard College. Before JSP, Valentina worked at various criminal justice nonprofits, most notably as an editorial Fellow for PEN America’s Prison and Justice Writing program.</p> <p>Valentina has written about how practices of punishment and surveillance erode the civil rights of the formerly incarcerated and is broadly interested in spatial racism, incarceration, and citizenship. Currently, they are developing a project interested in the politics of spatial inequalities. 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