SSEA 2021 Staff
Professional Staff
Lourdes Andrade (she/her)
Position: Senior Director, Equity & Inclusion
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Bethlehem Aynalem (she/her)
Position: Assistant Director, Equity & Inclusion
Hometown: American Canyon, CA
Gaby Velazquez (she/her)
Position: Office and Programs Administrator
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Resident Fellows (RFs)
Current Stanford graduate students responsible for the residential well being of the SSEA program.
Rachel Portillo (she/her)
Degree: MA Environmental Communication
Hometown: Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Jess de la Paz (she/her)
Degree: MS Civil & Environmental Engineering
Hometown: San Jose, California
Resident Assistants (RAs)
Current Stanford undergraduate students responsible for the residential well being of the SSEA program.
Celine Escarmant (she/her)
Major: Biomechanical Engineering
Fun fact: Fastest Rubik’s cube solve was 9 seconds.
Elias Aceves (he/him)
Major: Philosophy & Sociology
Fun fact: My favorite musical genre is posthuman/transhuman experimental; favorite artist is Arca.
Princess Vongchanh (they/them)
Major: Computer Science
Fun fact: I’ve bruised my ribs in a mosh pit.
Steven Li (he/him)
Major: Computer Science or Management Science & Engineering
Fun fact: I was born in South Dakota, but raised near Chinatown in Chicago!
Anna Hudson (she/her)
Major: Human Biology
Fun fact: I’ve have 5 pet turtles.
Yaayaa Pajibo (she/her)
Major: Product Design
Fun fact: I can eat ghost pepper and not cry.
Ji Hong Ni (he/him)
Major: Computer Science
Fun fact: I’ve recently fallen into a Genshin Impact hole…
Kimberly Juarez (she/her)
Major: Environmental Systems Engineering
Fun fact: I once made an EDM song out of the sound of dorm fire alarm going off at 4 a.m.
Julia Simon (she/her)
Major: Chemical Engineering
Fun fact: I’m trained and licensed in underwater helicopter escape.
Emily Bunnapradist (she/her)
Major: Mathematics/Symbolic Systems
Fun fact: I thought reindeer were fake until I saw one in seventh grade.