SSEA 2021 Staff
Professional Staff
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Lourdes Andrade (she/her)
Position: Senior Director, Equity & Inclusion
Hometown: San Diego, CA
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Bethlehem Aynalem (she/her)
Position: Assistant Director, Equity & Inclusion
Hometown: American Canyon, CA
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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.
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Rachel Portillo (she/her)
Degree: MA Environmental Communication
Hometown: Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
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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.
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Celine Escarmant (she/her)
Major: Biomechanical Engineering
Fun fact: Fastest Rubik’s cube solve was 9 seconds.
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Elias Aceves (he/him)
Major: Philosophy & Sociology
Fun fact: My favorite musical genre is posthuman/transhuman experimental; favorite artist is Arca.
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Princess Vongchanh (they/them)
Major: Computer Science
Fun fact: I’ve bruised my ribs in a mosh pit.
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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!
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Anna Hudson (she/her)
Major: Human Biology
Fun fact: I’ve have 5 pet turtles.
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Yaayaa Pajibo (she/her)
Major: Product Design
Fun fact: I can eat ghost pepper and not cry.
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Ji Hong Ni (he/him)
Major: Computer Science
Fun fact: I’ve recently fallen into a Genshin Impact hole…
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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.
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Julia Simon (she/her)
Major: Chemical Engineering
Fun fact: I’m trained and licensed in underwater helicopter escape.
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Emily Bunnapradist (she/her)
Major: Mathematics/Symbolic Systems
Fun fact: I thought reindeer were fake until I saw one in seventh grade.