MEET THE TEAM
President
Ella Klein
Year: U3
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Hometown: San Mateo, CA, USA
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Program: Honors Psychology, minor in Hispanic Studies
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Fun Fact: I started baking bread while in the dorms and now my sourdough starter (Dorian Grain) has been to 3 different countries
Co-VP Communications
Elsa Vincent
Year: U4
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Hometown: Washington DC, USA
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Program: Sociology, minors in Hispanic Studies and Art History
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Fun Fact: I went to Mexico City for my exchange semester!​
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Co-VP Communications
Gavin McGowan
Year: U1
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Hometown: Signal Mountain, Tennessee, USA
Program: ​Honors Hispanic Studies, minor in International Development
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Fun Fact: I've been trying to run away from home since I was twenty-three months old​​
VP Academics (on hiatus)
Daria Khodabandehloo
Year: U2
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Program: International Development Major, Minors in Management and Hispanic Studies
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Fun Fact: I had trouble spelling my last name correctly until I was about 10 years old ​​
Co-VP Academics
Thelma Caye
Year: U3
Hometown: Bordeaux, France & Bogotá, Colombia ​
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Program: Major in Hispanic Studies & Minors in Political Science and Communication Studies
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Fun Fact: I visited more than 35 countries but was chased by desert elephants in Namibia only once!
Co-VP Academics
Chris Samojedny
Year: U3
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Hometown: The Outerbanks, CA, USA
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Program: Honors in Hispanic Studies & Minors in Linguistics and Russian
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Fun Fact: I saw a humpback whale give birth while in Panamá and the new mother introduced her calf to my family and me by lifting it gently out of the water with her fin as a way of providing it with its first breath!
VP Events
Jayda Smith
Year: U2
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Hometown: Belize City, Belize
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Program: English Literature Major, minors in French and LACS​​
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Fun Fact: I speak English, Belizean Creole, Conversational Spanish, and I'm learning French. Up next on my list of languages to learn is ASL.
Co-VP Journal
Rafaela Paquet
Year: U2
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Hometown: Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Program: Joint Honours in Political Science and Russian, International Development Minor
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Fun Fact: I went to military school and it was actually kinda great.​​
Co-VP Journal
Arthur Barrier
Year: U3
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Hometown: Porto Alegre and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Program: Majors in Political Science and International Development, minor in LACS​
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Fun Fact: I have seen the South Pole!
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VP External
Will Sankey
Year: U2
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Hometown: London, England
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Program: Political Science Major, Economics Minor​​
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Fun Fact: I have seen the rarest big cat in Africa, the African Black Leopard, which hadn't been spotted for 100 years until 2019!
VP Finance
Sarah Orejuela
Year: U2
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Hometown: Bogotá, Colombia
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Program: Double Major Political Science & Honors LACS ​​​
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Fun Fact: I was in the Royal Canadian Air Cadets, and nearly pursued a career in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) as a pilot