Martha Aguirre
Lady Safir, Arthur (she/her)
Martha hails from Houston, Texas and is majoring in Latin America, Latinx and Caribbean Studies. For research projects, Martha and her hometown friends created the Institute of Engagement to further civics education for Houston Youth. Their current project is Shift Press, a publication that highlights the ways young people build, influence, and experience Houston. Although it seems like Martha’s work mostly centers around thinking and writing, that often becomes secondary to the necessary work of supporting and building community with those around her. Martha’s favorite space at Dartmouth is the stacks! Annex A is her favorite spot because it’s home to a lot of scholarship on Central America.
Martha is involved on campus with Dartmouth Democrats, Dartmouth Design Collective, QPOC, FYSEP and she is passionate about Student Voice, Central America (namely El Salvador), and on a lighter note, Harry Styles! Post-grad, Martha is thinking that she wants to go into writing for progressive publications and is leaning towards eventually doing nonprofit fundraising or marketing work as her career progresses. Fun fact about Martha – she’s a first generation student! Favorite DDS hack? Stealing, fruit cups are $6 so they prompted this behavior
Virgil Alfred
Sir Constantine, Co Social Chair, (he/him)
Virgil is from Miami, Florida and is majoring in Earth Sciences with dual minors in African and African American Studies and Environmental Studies. Virgil is involved in a Collaborative Research/ Geoscience Research: Basin-scale geomorphic response to a climate gradient in the Aklavik Range, NWT (Canada); The goal of the project is to quantify the linkage and feedbacks between climate and rates of surface processes in the arctic. Climate change is leading to rapid landscape change in the Arctic, which has implications for hazard mitigation, water quality, as well as Arctic community planning and infrastructure. This determination is critical for informing and calibrating models to predict Arctic landscape evolution over the next century. The results are important locally for community planning, and globally for carbon budget planning. Virgil doesn’t study it anymore, but he is a heritage speaker of French. His favorite space on campus is the the Cube – it’s close to where Virgil usually lives on campus, and he’s worked there since his first term at Dartmouth.
Virgil is also interested in the many different intersections of race and gender, and race and geography, especially as they relate injustice. Particularly interested in carceral feminism, violence against black women, anti-essentialism and intersectionality, Afro-France/Afro-Paris. He is also interested in remote sensing and anything GIS, I love it. Most of my GIS projects revolve around land use change and analysis of environmental consequence from land use change, at least to the extent that land use change and consequence can be quantified with GIS applications. I don’t know, you can still get pretty far with it.
In terms of post-grad plans, Virgil ideally would want to stay and study in Hanover and stick with Dartmouth Earth Sciences as a graduate student. Fun facts about Virgil – he lives in Sunny South Florida and has a diagnosed Vitamin D deficiency; he’s also a tri-national; US, France, and Panama. I use a poop tracking app, that doubles as a social media application. Highly recommend it, it’s called poop map (my user is virgilalfred) 🙂 Favorite DDS hack? Put an X on the side of the Collis pasta container when you write your name down with the sharpie. I can’t explain it, but it works wonders at checkout. Other favorite hack, befriend the Novak employees, it’s a win win (food and great people). Other hack, be nice to Novak workers, they’ll be nice to you.
Ezi Anozie
Lady Clarent, Secretary & Communications Chair, (she/her/hers)
Ezi hails from Houston Texas and she is a Psychology Major with a Human-Centered Design minor.
With the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, I’m working on a project that aims to create a student manual that equips undergraduate students on how to successfully navigate work and team environments. The manual is an active learning tool that participants can use to practice deep individual and group reflection. Taking from the lived experiences of current Dartmouth students and recent grads with work experience, the purpose of this project is to equip undergraduate students at Dartmouth and beyond with advice and approaches if they were to find themselves in similar situations throughout their future careers. Ezi did a French LSA in Blois. Her favorite room is the Tower Room as Ezi is anemic so every other space makes me cold except for the Tower Room. On campus, Ezi is involved in Management & Leadership Development Program, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc, Peer Support, Dartmouth Design Collective. She’s also passionate about mental health awareness and being a fashion beaux!
Post-grad, Ezi is looking to earn degree in I/O Psychology or become a psychologist. And if she could replace her hand, it might sound weird but she would have a port o’ pottie or something as a tool because she hates getting up to use the bathroom!
Tom Bosworth
Historian, (he/him)
Tom is from Fort Worth, Texas. At Dartmouth, he’s majoring in English with a concentration in poetry, and he’s currently working on Presidential Scholars research officially titled “Poetry Apprenticeship with Matthew Olzmann.” Tom studies “Latin :/“, and if 2020 had been a normal year, he was planning on going on the English FSP to London. He would love to to get an MFA in poetry at some point! Outside of the classroom, he continues to be a prolific poet and editor and has contributed to The Adroit Journal and In Your Face!, a radical, queer, student-run zine. Tom also does lots of work with the Dartmouth Student Union, particularly overseeing the org’s 2020-2021 Dis-Orientation Guide and Wynter Coffeehouse poetry series. Sanborn Library is, not so surprisingly, Tom’s favorite spot to hang out on campus and satiate all his writerly needs.
Tom, a very multi-faceted individual, does have a few other interests beside poetry, and they include: yoga, running, chess, volleyball, and music. He also can play one (1) song on the banjo (which, admittedly, is one more song than I can play), and he runs a stellar wine blog. When asked if he were a blade of grass, where would he like to grow, Tom responded that he would love to be some moss on a log because he loves log moss, which does not entirely answer the question but does indeed sound quite pleasant.
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Jason Carpio
(he/him/his)
Jason is from New York City. He is an engineering sciences major who has studied Italian and gone abroad for Spanish. He is involved with the Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering project, the Society of Professional Hispanic Engineers and Tabard, and his favorite place on campus is Novack, especially when he is working there. Jason’s favorite DDS hack is a chocolate milk with two shots from Novack.
Michelle Chen
(She/her)
Michelle is a computer Science and Digital Arts double major. A key project she’s been involved in is building a social interaction lounge in Virtual Reality for Dartmouth’s campus with others in the Digital Arts department & studying how mixed reality technologies can be used to aid others (and herself) with inattentiveness disorders. Her passion is creating visual art (2D & 3D), reading poetry and attending to her cat’s every need. No post-grad plans yet, and if Michelle could replace her hand with a tool it would be a wood carver! She also yearns to be a cyborg.
Alejandra Fuentes-Vasquez
Lady Percival (she/her/hers)
Alejandra is from Miami, FL and is majoring in Anthropology modified with LALACS and is currently a Mellon Mays Fellow. Her favorite place on campus is The Tabard (where she is a member) as that’s where her community and the people that she loves the most at Dartmouth reside. Some of her favorite things to do are listening to music, singing and eating, but she also hates messes and the cold. As for post-grad, there are no solidified plans yet but we’re excited to see where she will go!
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Eduardo Hernandez
Sir Lionel, (he/him)
Eduardo is from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and he is double majoring in Comparative Literature and German. He has studied German language and culture for about 10 years. Current projects Eduardo is involved with include the Lives Farm Mural with Professor Doug Moody, Cinematic Illumination with Professor Iyabo Kwayana, and Documentary Filmmaker for Professor Voekel. His favorite place on campus? Storrs Pond recreational area and Twitter – places dedicated to the pursuit of real gossip. Eduardo is also active in the Farm Club, Museum Club, Negative DBA club and FYSEP. For fun, Eduardo enjoys speeding, punctuality, picking my Prada from the cleaners, dinner with my wife at the Bellagio, laying down.
Post grad, Eduardo is considering commercial advertising industry: high fashion creative, music video production. Fun fact: he likes laying down in peace. And Eduardo’s DDS Hack? Collis and Novack five-finger deals!
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Arielle Isedenu
Lady Galatine, Spirit & Community Chair,
Wellness Chair (she/hers)
Arielle is a 2022 from Queens, New York. She is a dedicated film and media studies major and participated in the Film Domestic Study Program in Los Angeles last winter. Her favorite space on campus is Collis because she loves to study there (lots of good sunlight!) and because it is a hub of student involvement. She is a part of the Collis Programming Board and is a proud member of AKA Sorority, Inc. Arielle is an incredible singer and maker of music and post grad she wants to keep fostering those passions. She also hopes to go into marketing!
Her random fun fact is that she lived on an island for a year in the 3rd grade. Also, it is important to note that if she were to replace one of her hands with a tool it would be a spatula so that she can makes eggs (singing so beautifully is hard work, she has to fuel it somehow!). Arielle loves meeting new people and is almost as excited to join C&G as we are honored to have her.
Attiya Khan
The Lady of The Lake, (she/they)
Attiya is a government major who comes to Dartmouth by way of Kent, WA. At Dartmouth, she is a member of Tabard, EKT, the Dartmouth Minority Pre-Law Association, Dear Dartmouth, and the Tucker Center. Attiya is multi-talented and multilingual! She is fluent in English, Urdu, and Punjabi, and conversational in Mandarin and Arabic.
Attiya’s favorite spot on campus is the Orozco Mural room in the Reserve Corridor – a beautiful space to study and write. They are a talented poet and writer, and in their free time can be found documenting protests or binge-watching true crime documentaries. They are passionate about prison abolition and have plans to attend law school after graduation. Attiya was a smoothie maker at Collis and knows that anything you purchase at Collis (A N Y T H I N G) can be put into a smoothie.
Connie Lu
Lady Caelia, Treasurer (she/her/hers)
Connie is from San Jose, California and is a double major in Quantitative Social Sciences and Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies. She’s very involved in Divest, Asian/American Students for Action, and for fun Connie enjoys reading fiction, finding new music to like, watching Jeopardy! and sitcoms. Fun Fact: her middle name is only one letter (bonus fun fact is that Connie almost always use this when she has to say a fun fact while doing intros). And if she were a blade of grass, Connie would grow in her grandmother’s garden.
Anastasia Perez Tement
Merlin, (She/Her/Hers)
Anastasia hails from Miami, Florida and is a Film major modified with LALACS with a Government minor. She did a Latin America DSP trip and on campus is very involved with MMUF, Presidential Scholars, Humanities and Arts Scholars. In terms of favorite places on campus, Anastasia likes to get lost in the golf course, the pool is also really great. She’s also involved on campus with SPCSA, TEDxDartmouth, Dartmouth Law Journal, Humans of Dartmouth, Tour Guide, Dartmouth News Radio Show, Collis Governing Board, Palaeop, OPAL student ambassador/coordinator, Club Vball, Club Water Polo, Mental Health Student Union, Dartmouth Bound. Anastasia developed an enjoyment of running during quarantine, but I really love swimming for extended periods of time. She also really loves to talk about the construction of Latinx identities in the media and how that influences youth Latinx culture in the US. Anastasia is also a huge geek about ML/AI policy, and could speak about gender based violence and power based violence extensively.
Post grad, Anastasia would love to get an MFA, MBA, or MPP (or all three at some point). She’s particularly really fond of working in the space of gender based violence and could also see myself combatting power based violence in the digital sphere and/or creating policy to regulate tech and media (she really likes researching the creation of identity in relation to media consumption). Fun fact about Anastasia? She has worked at a pyramid scheme. And if she were a blade of grass, Anastasia would be the one blade of grass in between lots of sand at the beach but close enough so the water is always washing over her.
Dev Punaini
Merlin, (he/him)
Dev is from Haryana/Delhi, India and is a Geography major. He’s working on research projects involving migration and climate. For Language Study Abroad, Dev did LSA Spain and France although he speaks Hindi/Punjabi as his native languages. Dev’s favorite spot at Dartmouth is Top of The Top (the tables outside) – good people watching, sunlight is nice, and food is just downstairs.
On campus Dev is involved in Divest and the Dartmouth Student Union. Post-grad, Dev is thinking possibly grad school but if not that then climate policy.
Juan Quinonez Zepeda
Sir Lamorak, Social Chair, (he/él)
Juan is a queer, first generation college student from Coldwater, Mississippi. He is a geography major and is minoring in education. Right now, he´s applying these perspectives in his current research as a Mellon Mays Fellow, working on a thesis highlighting the intellectual contributions that Mexican immigrants bring to the beef cattle industry in the South. Juan is very active with organizations on (and off!) campus, including serving as a co-director of CoFIRED. He also co-founded of the FUERZA Farmworkers’ Fund alongside Gabe Onate and Keren Valenzuela Bermúdez from my delegation and Professor María Clara de Greif. The FUERZA Fund focuses on supporting migrant farmworkers in the Upper Valley during the COVID pandemic (link for more details: https://linktr.ee/fuerza_farmworkers_fund…).
Juan’s favorite space at Dartmouth is La Casa, the Spanish- and Portuguese language house. He writes, “since my first-year at Dartmouth, La Casa has truly been the home (no pun intended) where I have found community and blossomed into the human being I am today.” I first met Juan at a weekly dinner at La Casa over two years ago. After that and before COVID we lived there lived there together, no more than 10 feet between our rooms. It was a joy spending so much time with him. From keeping our groupchat alive with memes to graciously laughing at pokes at his love of expensive clothing, Juan just radiates positivity. He “LOVES” (yes, all caps) meeting new people and finding other people do organize and find happiness with. Because he grew up on a farm, farm animals also have a special place in his heart. Juan has a number of goals after graduation. After taking a break, he plans to pursue a PhD with a focus on Southern Studies. After this, he wants to then either work for the USDA developing bilingual and immigrant related programs and initiatives to aid immigrant farmers or become a professor. He’s very excited to be in C&G and would love to connect with alumni to learn more about their time at Dartmouth and C&G.
Jeremy Rodriguez
(he/him/his)
Jeremy is originally from Queens, New York. His major is Anthropology modified with Public Health with a Minor in Public Policy. Jeremy is currently undertaking an independent research project under the Class of 1964 Policy Research Shop as a continuation of a group project from fall 2020. We are essentially conducting a cost-benefit analysis of a recently debated class of pesticides called neonicitinoids (neonics) in New Hampshire. In recent years, there has been some correlation with neonics and the death of pollinators found across various states so some states have created legislation to restrict the use of neonics. The Environment and Agriculture Committee in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, however, killed the bill and formed a research committee to get a better understanding of the impact of neonics before making a decision. They plan to reconvene in the spring of this year and our research will be presented to the committee to help inform them (along with the research committee’s work) on whether they should enact legislation that restricts the use of neonics. Neonics are really important to farmers because of their low mammalian toxicity, however, beekeepers and other environmentalist groups are concerned about their danger to bees and pollinators. In our cost-benefit analysis, we are gathering data on indicators like bee hive collapses, agricultural output, environmental impact and human health accidents, across states that have enacted neonic legislation and those that haven’t (like New Hampshire). This has been my first research project and I’m really excited to see it come to fruition, but I’m nervous because it could actually have impact on policy.
I have not gone on any study abroads but I have studied Spanish at Dartmouth. I have a bit of a weird relationship with the language – I grew up listening to my family speak Spanish so I can understand It when people speak it to me mostly, but I have difficulty replying back. I get really nervous when I speak it and usually grammatically mess up or the words just don’t come to me, which is why I’ve tried to get better at it in class at Dartmouth.
Depending on the reason, I have a few favorite spaces. One of my favorite social spaces on campus is Alpha Theta. Since becoming a member my sophomore fall, I’ve become really close with the other members. I really value the space because it’s one of the few spaces on campus I feel surrounded by and supported by (mostly) other Queer people. The members are also incredibly understanding and aware of struggles throughout the term, whether it be academic, social, or mental health-related. Socially, I’ve really felt supported by members of Alpha Theta throughout this pandemic on campus. Kresge library/Fairchild is one of my favorite spaces to study on campus. I really value brightly lit and quiet spaces and Kresge provides that perfectly. Whenever I go to one of the floors in the main library (Baker-Berry) I get easily distracted. The green is another one of my favorite spaces, especially during warm weather. I love sun bathing and sitting on the grass with friends and by myself.
The pandemic has made it difficult to continue my participation in clubs and organizations at Dartmouth. Pre-pandemic, I was a member of Street Soul, Globemed, volunteered with the Dementia Scholars Program, and worked at OPAL as a student coordinator. I chaired various organizing committees like PRIDE, Trans Awareness Week, Queer History Month and supported other programming like BLM and Latinx Heritage Month. Since the pandemic has started, I’ve mostly just continued my work at OPAL remotely through virtual organizing and event organizing.
One of my biggest hobbies is playing the French horn. I was a member of my middle and high school bands, but became disconnected with music at Dartmouth because of time constraints. One of my biggest regrets is not auditioning for a performing group or staying in touch with my French horn. I really miss music and I was reconnecting by taking one on one classes with an instructor at Dartmouth before the pandemic, but I’ve once again become disconnected. I’ve always been a swimmer (not competitively) and I’ve recently picked up running. I’ve come to really enjoy my runs and I hope to get join swim club when the pandemic ends. I’m also really interested in learning how to wood work and play the piano. If possible, I’d also one day love to pick up gardening.
I honestly don’t really know what I’m going to do post-grad, but I’m really passionate about public health and health policy, specifically addressing disparities in healthcare. I’m not sure which route I want to take yet, but I’m considering either a PhD in research or a masters in Public Health or Public Policy or a law degree.
I have 5 sisters and I am the youngest!
If I were a blade of grass, I’d probably grow in my grandma’s backyard in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. I spent most of my childhood summers being chased by chickens and goats and helping my great tias harvest mangoes, platanos, quenepas, and other fruit/veggies in her backyard. Her farmland has fed my family for generations, so I’d love to return there (probably like outside the fence so I don’t get stepped on). I do not have Facebook, but I’d love to connect with alums and other C&G members in any capacity (My instagram is jeremy.rodz; phone number: 516-551-7204)! I’d love to talk about anything and if anyone has any advice on post-grad life in public health or health policy, I’d be super grateful. I’d also love to connect with the larger Queer (and allies) community from C&G and Dartmouth! I’m also just excited to make friendships and hear about alums’ experiences.
Leah Ryu
(any)
Leah hails from Athens, Ohio and is a double major in Computer Science and Studio Art. She did Italian study abroad in Rome, and Leah has also studied Spanish and speaks Korean. Her favorite spot on campus is One Wheelock to take naps in relative privacy. Leah is involved in Fencing club and Friday Night Rock, but also enjoys art, reading, eating, violin and video games.
Post grad plans – Leah is unclear but maybe software development but like in an artsy way hopefully and/or in a socially impactful way. Fun fact about Leah – she wwoofed on a horse farm. And if Leah were a blade of grass, she’d want to grow out of someone’s forehead.
Zachary Spicer
(he/him/his)
Zachary hails from Boca Raton, Florida and is majoring in Geography modified with Economics and Chinese. He went on the Beijing LSA+. Favorite place on campus? Ledyard Bridge because you can get away from campus and just enjoy the scene. Zachary is involved in the Dartmouth Student Union and Black Praxis, and he’s passionate about addressing climate and environmental injustice; Black radical thought; skateboarding. Favorite DDS hack: Not sure if it’s a “hack” but I consistently ate at the Hop for Monday/Thursday lunch special (chicken bowl) and think that everyone should have it after class/before napping.
Brandon Zhou
Sir Degore, Senior Society Liaison, (he/him)
Brandon is from Vancouver, Canada and is double majoring in Government and Linguistics modified with Neuroscience. He’s currently working at an education/workforce development non-profit during his gap(ish) year, Stamps Scholar working on interlanguage phonology of Cantonese English speakers. Brandon loves languages (he dabbled in French and ASL), but hasn’t studied abroad yet, but is hoping to go New Zealand on the Linguistics FSP next year. Brandon’s favorite place on campus is the Linguistics lab as he gets to pretend to work and hang out with his friends. On campus, Brandon is involved with International Students’ Association, Sigma Nu, Wind Ensemble, SEAD/other things at the Centre for Social Impact, Model UN, first year trips, tour guide/admissions, Susty office/sugar crew, SAPA. For fun, Brandon enjoys sugaring, education, learning, travelling, meeting new people.
Post graduate, Brandon is trying to decide between education/non-profit work, academia, and consulting. Fun fact – he has curled (like curling, the sport) in high school! and he first used Zoom in grade 10! Favorite DDS hack: Free Collis iced coffee: 1) Get ice from Collis, 2) make coffee from One Wheelock for free