1. Meet the Coordinators - Shariel Rodriguez-Echevarria
Year: Class of 2019
Major(s): Sociology
Minor(s): Latino and Latin American Studies & Spanish
Involvement: Latino America Unida, Lambda Alpha Upsilon Fraternity, Inc., Puerto Rican Student Association, Latino Male Initiative
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Hometown: New Haven, CT

2. Meet the Coordinators - Valeria Popolizio
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Political Science & Human Rights
Involvement: Model United Nations, Leadership Office, Operation Rhino, HuskyTHON
Ethnicity: Peruvian
Hometown: Manchester, CT

3. Meet the Mentors - Jolene Addi
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): Physiology and Neurobiology
Involvement: WiMSE, Campus Curlz, African Student Association (ASA), National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), Medical Association of Pre-med Students (MAPS), & Nubian Dance Team
Ethnicity: Ghanian
Hometown: Middletown, CT

4. Meet the Mentors - William Aleman
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): Business Exploratory
Involvement: Towers Hall Association, Husky Ambassadors, Finance Society, & Business Management Society
Ethnicity: Mexican
Hometown: New Haven, CT

5. Meet the Mentors - Ashley Amaro
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Human Development and Family Studies & Latino and Latin American Studies
Involvement: Latinx Student Leadership Council (LxSLC) Co- Coordinator & Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc.
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Hometown: New Britain, CT

6. Meet the Mentors - Mishelle Andersen
Year: Class of 2019
Major(s): Biology
Minor(s): Women Gender and Sexuality Studies
Involvement: Collegiate Health Corp, Campus Big Buddies
Ethnicity: Mexican and Costa Rican
Hometown: West Haven, CT

7. Meet the Mentors - Ashley Andino
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): Political Science
Minor(s): Business Fundamentals
Involvement: Law Society, Bridges, SUBOG, Puerto Rican Student Association
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Hometown: Bridgeport, CT

8. Meet the Mentors - Stephanie Andrade
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Political Science
Minor(s): Latino Studies
Involvement: Homecoming Co-Chair, Ecuadorian Student Association
Ethnicity: Ecuadorian
Hometown: Norwalk, CT

9. Meet the Mentors - Daniella Angulo
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): English & Human Rights
Involvement: Love146, Women’s Center Outreach Committee, Law Society, UConn’s Legal Clinic
Ethnicity: Peruvian
Hometown: West Hartford, CT

10. Meet the Mentors - Alani Arias
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): Psychology (Pre-Medicine)
Involvement: WiMSE, Puerto Rican Student Association, Pre-Med Society, Hearts Over Latin America (HOLA), Paws and Claws
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Hometown: Waterbury, CT

11. Meet the Mentors - Angel Arzola
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): Biology
Involvement: Puerto Rican Student Association
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Hometown: Waterbury, CT

12. Meet the Mentors - Lucas Bachiller Sanchez
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): ACES
Involvement: WHUS, Global House
Ethnicity: Colombian
Hometown: Westwood, MA

13. Meet the Mentors - Eduardo Badillo-Colberg
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): Biology
Involvement: Honors Program, STEM Scholar Community Chair of Student Engagement, Honors 2 Opportunities House
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Hometown: San Juan, PR

14. Meet the Mentors - Juliana Bonett
Year: Class of 2019
Major(s): Communication
Minor(s): Public Relations
Involvement: HerCampus, Colombian Student Association
Ethnicity: Colombian
Hometown: Canaan, CT

15. Meet the Mentors - Yalismarie Colon
Year: Class of 2019
Major(s): Communication
Minor(s): Latino Studies
Involvement: Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc., Victoria Secret Pink Campus Team
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Hometown: West Hartford, CT

16. Meet the Mentors - Andrea Criollo
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): Nursing
Involvement: SSS Committee, She’s the First, COPE (MYS), Pre- Med Society, FYE Mentor, Global House, Student Nurses Association
Ethnicity: Ecuadorian
Hometown: Deep River, CT

17. Meet the Mentors - Owusu Darko
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Psychology
Involvement: Spring Valley Student Farm, Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society, Community Outreach
Ethnicity: Ghanian
Hometown: Hartford, CT

18. Meet the Mentors - Alexander Diaz
Year: Class of 2019
Major(s): Economics
Involvement: Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc.
Ethnicity: Colombian
Hometown: Windsor, CT

19. Meet the Mentors - Robert Eagan
Year: Class of 2019
Major(s): Political Science
Minor(s): Geography and Sociology
Involvement: Transfer Student Association, Tau Sigma National Honor Society, National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Hometown: Sandisfield, MA

20. Meet the Mentors - Kimberly Escobar
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): Business
Minor(s): Spanish & Marketing
Involvement: Hearts Over Latin America (HOLA), Special Olympics, GIVE, Husky Reads, Women in Business
Ethnicity: Colombian and Ecuadorian
Hometown: New Milford, CT

21. Meet the Mentors - Justin Feliciano
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): Physiology and Neurobiology
Minor(s): Chemistry
Involvement: Physiology and Neurobiology Lab, First Summer Mentor, Leadership Learning Community, Alzheimer’s Association
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Hometown: Bridgeport, CT

22. Meet the Mentors - Lucca Frieri
Year: Class of 2019
Major(s): Philosophy
Involvement: Transfer Connections House, Sailing Team
Ethnicity: Colombian
Hometown: Cartagena, Colombia / Stratford, CT

23. Meet the Mentors - Jasmin Garcia
Year: Class of 2019
Major(s): Political Science
Involvement: Peruvian Student Association
Ethnicity: Peruvian and Puerto Rican
Hometown: New Haven, CT

24. Meet the Mentors - Meg Garcia
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Speech Hearing Learning Sciences
Minor(s): American Sign Language
Involvement: Husky Ambassador, BAILE, Film Crew (UConn Football/Sporting Events), American Sign Language Club
Ethnicity: Mexican and Spanish
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas

25. Meet the Mentors - Marina Gonzalez
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): Nursing
Involvement: BAILE
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Hometown: New Haven, CT

26. Meet the Mentors - Vanesa Guadalupe
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): Molecular and Cellular Biology
Involvement: CLAS Leadership Board, Collective Uplift Club, Pre-Med Society, ALD Honor Society
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican and Dominican
Hometown: Hartford, CT

27. Meet the Mentors - Bryant Guerrero
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): Cognitive Science
Minor(s): Computer Science
Involvement: UConn Library IT
Ethnicity: Mexican
Hometown: New Haven, CT

28. Meet the Mentors - Kiana Guzman
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): Psychology & Sociology
Minor(s): Africana Studies
Involvement: Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Society, Collective Uplift, HuskyTHON
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican & Dominican
Hometown: New Britain, CT

29. Meet the Mentors - Ashley Holmes
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Allied Health Sciences
Minor(s): Psychology
Involvement: Research for Psychology & Allied Health/Statistics Department, UConn Connects, Humanity First, Peruvian Student Association, McNair Scholar, Community Outreach
Ethnicity: Peruvian
Hometown: Manchester, CT

30. Meet the Mentors - Greg Lapeine
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Sport Management
Involvement: Latino America Unida, Lambda Alpha Upsilon Fraternity, Inc.
Ethnicity: Haitian
Hometown: Norwalk, CT

31. Meet the Mentors - Felicita Kuperwasser
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Physiology and Neurobiology & Latino/Latin American Studies
Minor(s): Psychology
Involvement: Minority Pre-Med Society (MAPS), Husky for a Day
Ethnicity: Nicaraguan
Hometown: Boston, MA

32. Meet the Mentors - Arlene Lazo
Year: Class of 2021
Minor(s): French
Involvement: HuskyTHON, Husky Ambassador, Dominican Student Association
Ethnicity: Ecuadorian
Hometown: Middletown, CT

33. Meet the Mentors - Amy Loja
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): ACES
Involvement: Big Brothers Big Sisters, Husky Ambassadors
Ethnicity: Ecuadorian
Hometown: West Haven, CT

34. Meet the Mentors - Sarah Maciel Lopes
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Political Science
Involvement: Alpha Epsilon Phi
Ethnicity: Brazilian
Hometown: West Haven, CT

35. Meet the Mentors - Siara Maldonado
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): Exercise Science
Involvement: Husky Ambassador, Afro-Latinx Chair, Puerto Rican Student Association, Poetic Release, BAILE, Honors Program
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican & Ecuadorian
Hometown: Astoria, NY

36. Meet the Mentors - Natalya Marquez
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): Fashion Merchandising
Involvement:Poetic Release & Project Fashion
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Hometown:Ansonia,CT

37. Meet the Mentors - Brenda Milla
Year:Class of 2019
Major(s):Molecular and Cell Biology and Neurobiology
Involvement: Clinical translator, Research Intern, Collegiate Health Service Corps., American Society of Microbiology, and LSAMP
Ethnicity: Mexican
Hometown: Stamford, CT

38. Meet the Mentors - Kim Morais
Year: Class of 2019
Major(s): Psychology and Human Development and Family Studies
Involvement: Project Fashion, PANDA, Brazilian Student Association
Ethnicity: Brazilian
Hometown: Danbury,CT

39. Meet the Mentors - Jenna Mullet
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): Marketing
Involvement: KUBE, Leadership Certificate Series, Student Union Board of Governors (SUBOG)
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican and Italian
Hometown: Lindenwood,NY

40. Meet the Mentors - Alex Nivelo
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): Mechanical Engineering
Involvement: Latino America Unida, Lambda Alpha Upsilon Fraternity, Inc. and Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
Ethnicity: Ecuadorian
Hometown: Bridgeport, CT

41. Meet the Mentors - John Ogando
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Allied Health
Minor(s): Communications
Involvement: Latino America Unida, Lambda Alpha Upsilon Fraternity, Inc., Honors Program, Rowe Scholars Program, Car Club
Ethnicity: Dominican
Hometown: Waterbury, CT

42. Meet the Mentors - Jessica Olivar
Year: Class of 2019
Major(s): Animal Science
Involvement: Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP), KUBE, Mansfield Middle School Tutoring, Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority, Pre-Vet Club
Ethnicity: Mexican
Hometown: New Haven, CT

43. Meet the Mentors - Brandon Ortiz
Year: Class of 2019
Major(s): Civil Engineering
Involvement: La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Inc., and Peruvian Student Association
Ethnicity: Peruvian
Hometown: Norwalk, CT

44. Meet the Mentors - Brianna Ortiz
Year: Class of 2019
Major(s): Nursing
Involvement: Student Nursing Association
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Hometown: North Haven, CT

45. Meet the Mentors - Omaniel Ortiz
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Exercise Science
Involvement: La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Inc., Peruvian Student Association, Puerto Rican Student Association, BAILE, Latino Male Initiative
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Hometown: Hartford, CT

46. Meet the Mentors - Daniela Paredes
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Political Science
Involvement: National Organization for Women, U Content, Chi Alpha, The Daily Campus, The Odyssey, Human Rights and Action Learning Community, Community Outreach Trip Director, and Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Society
Ethnicity: Mexican
Hometown: Stamford, CT

47. Meet the Mentors - Luis Paulino Jr.
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Communications
Involvement: Latino America Unida, Lambda Alpha Upsilon Fraternity, Inc., Dominican Student Association, Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life
Ethnicity: Dominican
Hometown: Meriden, CT and Bronx, NY

48. Meet the Mentors - Christopher Perez
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): Management
Involvement: Dominican Student Association, BAILE, Business Connections Learning Community, Noche Latina Chair
Ethnicity: Dominican
Hometown: Meriden, CT

49. Meet the Mentors - Robert Popescu
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Pre-Pharmacy
Involvement: SUBOG Concert Committee and Phi Delta Chi Pharmacy Fraternity
Ethnicity: Romanian
Hometown: Manchester, CT

50. Meet the Mentors - Gabriela Resto
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Pharmacy
Involvement: Pre-Pharmacy Learning Community RA, Alpha Zeta Omega Professional Pharmaceutical Fraternity, American Pharmacist Association Academy of Student Pharmacists, BAILE, LSAMP
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Hometown: East Windsor, CT

51. Meet the Mentors- Alex Rivera Jr.
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Economics
Involvement: Latino America Unida, Lambda Alpha Upsilon Fraternity, Inc., Puerto Rican Student Association, Latino Male Initiative
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Hometown: New Haven, CT

52. Meet the Mentors - Iryiana Rivera
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): Psychology
Minor(s): Neuroscience and Crime & Justice
Involvement: Volunteer Tutor for Mansfield Elementary School
Ethnicity: Peruvian and Puerto Rican
Hometown: New Haven, CT

53. Meet the Mentors - Justin Rivera
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Urban and Community Studies
Minor(s): Criminology
Involvement: Latino America Unida, Lambda Alpha Upsilon Fraternity, Inc., BAILE, Puerto Rican Student Association, Latino Male Initiative
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Hometown: New Britain, CT

54. Meet the Mentors - Omar Rodrigues
Year: Class of 2019
Major(s): Economics
Minor(s): Spanish
Involvement: Latino America Unidad, Lambda Alpha Upsilon Fraternity, Inc., BAILE
Ethnicity: Brazilian & Ecuadorian
Hometown: Bridgeport, CT

55. Meet the Mentors - Gleimy Rodriguez
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): Management and Engineering for Manufacturing
Involvement: Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), Volleyball
Ethnicity: Dominican
Hometown: New Haven, CT

56. Meet the Mentors - Yadiel Rodriguez
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Latino Studies
Minor(s): Africana Studies
Involvement: Latino America Unida, Lambda Alpha Upsilon Fraternity, Inc., Puerto Rican Student Association, Hip Hop Initiative, Latino Male Initiative
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Hometown: New Haven, CT

57. Meet the Mentors - Edwin Roman
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Mechanical Engineering
Minor(s): Manufacturing
Involvement: Puerto Rican Student Association, Honors Program in STEM, INROADS
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Hometown: Meriden, CT

58. Meet the Mentors - Juwan Rosa
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Psychology and Human Development and Family Studies
Involvement: Latino America Unida, Lambda Alpha Upsilon Fraternity, Inc., Active Mind Clubs, Red Cross Club, Psychology Club, and BAILE
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican and Dominican
Hometown: Danbury, CT

59. Meet the Mentors - Heleena Ruby
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Nursing
Involvement: Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority, UCONN Claws and Paws, Nursing Mentor
Ethnicity: Portuguese and Puerto Rican
Hometown: White Plains, NY

60. Meet the Mentors - Kiara Ruesta
Year: Class of 2019
Major(s): Sociology
Minor(s): Human Development and Family Studies and Latino Studies
Involvement: Transfer Connections, CLAS Student Leadership Board
Ethnicity: Peruvian
Hometown: Vernon Rockville, CT

61. Meet the Mentors - Jean-Marcus Samedi
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Individualized Social Media
Minor(s): Communications
Involvement: Connecticut Investors Association, Brothers Reaching Our Society, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Society
Ethnicity: Haitian
Hometown: Bridgeport, CT

62. Meet the Mentors - Nicole Sanclemente
Year: Class of 2019
Major(s): Urban and Community Studies
Minor(s): Psychology
Involvement:Colombian Student Association, CT Students for a Dream, Commission on Equity and Opportunity, Nutmeg Publishing, AHM Youth and Family Services
Ethnicity: Colombian
Hometown: Marlborough, CT

63. Meet the Mentors - Valeria Sarmiento
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Molecular and Cell Biology and Individualized Major in Global Health & Nutrition
Involvement: LSAMP, CRU, Pre-med Society, Global Health/Public Health Scholars
Ethnicity: Colombian
Hometown: Norwalk, CT

64. Meet the Mentors - Kayla Soares
Year: Class of 2019
Major(s): Psychology and Human Development and Family Studies
Involvement: Community Outreach, MYS Cope, MYS Big Friends, Psi Chi
Ethnicity: Cape Verdean
Hometown: Braintree, MA

65. Meet the Mentors - Jonathan Sosa
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): Biology Pre-Med
Involvement: American Student Association, Aspiring Surgeons, Club Track & Field, Global Brigades,, Doctors Without Borders, Synapse
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican and Dominican
Hometown: New Haven, CT

66. Meet the Mentors - Catherine Soto
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Speech Learning and Hearing Sciences
Minor(s): Human Development and Family Studies
Involvement: Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc., HuskyTHON, Peruvian Student Association
Ethnicity: Peruvian
Hometown: Norwalk, CT

67. Meet the Mentors - Karina Soto
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Management Information Systems
Involvement: Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc., HuskyTHON, Peruvian Student Association, Information Management Association
Ethnicity: Peruvian
Hometown: Norwalk, CT

68. Meet the Mentors - Mauro Veras Acosta
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): Physiology & Neurobiology
Involvement: Undergraduate Research at the Lo Turco Lab
Ethnicity: Dominican
Hometown: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

69. Meet the Mentors - Jovanni Vicenty
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Biology
Involvement: La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Inc., Younglife, Wyldlife, Latino Male Initiative
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
Hometown: Hartford, CT

70. Meet the Mentors - Janissa Vidal
Year: Class of 2021
Major(s): Political Science and Urban and Community Studies
Involvement: UConn Sexperts, SUBOG Concert Committee
Ethnicity: Dominican and Honduran
Hometown: West Haven, CT

71. Meet the Mentors - Laura Yanez
Year: Class of 2020
Major(s): Human Development and Family Studies
Involvement: CRU, Undergrad Research Assistant
Ethnicity: Colombian and American
Hometown: Fairfield, CT