MEET THE TEAM
President
Sarah Orejuela (she/her)
Year: U3
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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
VP Finance
Andrew Baumann (he/him)
Year: U3
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Hometown: Basking Ridge, NJ, USA
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Program: Honours International Development with a LACS minor
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Fun Fact: I was a Ukrainian dancer for 12 years and performed at street festivals all over the US and Canada!​​​
VP Academics
Daria Khodabandehloo
Year: U3
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Hometown: Toronto, ON
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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 Events
Talia Legorreta-Latreille (she/her)
Year: U1
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Hometown: Cuernavaca, Mexico
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Program: Political Science Major, Double Minor in GSFS and LACS
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Fun Fact: I have jumped 1.30m with a horse and I used to compete on a professional level.
Co-VP Events
Thalia Ruiz ( she/her )
Year: U1
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Hometown: Havana, Cuba
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Program: double major Political Science & Hispanic Studies​
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Fun Fact: The first artist I saw live was Luis Miguel
VP External
Maggie Allport (she/her)
Year: U1
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Hometown: New Jersey, USA
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Program: International Development Major, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Minor​​
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Fun Fact: I spent two weeks living in the Amazon rainforest on the Rio Negro
Co-VP Communications
Thelma Caye ( she/her )
Year: U4
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Hometown: Bordeaux, France & Bogota, Colombia
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Program: HISP major, double minors in POLI & COMS
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Fun Fact: I was almost eaten by an iguana when I was 4
Co-VP Communications
Giulia Pinto Ribeiro (she/her)
Year: U2
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Hometown: Rio, Brazil
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Program: Honours IDS, HISP minor
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Fun Fact: I’m allergic to Brazil nuts
Co-VP Communications
Andrea Iskandar (she/her)
Year: U2
Hometown: Orlando, FL, USA
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Program: Political Science Major, International Development and Latin American and Caribbean Studies Minors
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Fun Fact: I've lived in 7 different cities!
VP Internal
Jayda Smith (she/they)
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
Gavin McGowan (he/him)
Year: U2
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Hometown: Signal Mountain, Tennessee, USA
Program: ​Honors Hispanic Studies, minors in French and Philosophy
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Fun Fact: I've been trying to run away from home since I was twenty-three months old​​
Co-VP Journal
Rafaela Paquet (she/her)
Year: U3
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Hometown: Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Program: Joint Honours in Political Science and Russian, minor in International Development
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Fun Fact: I was in the cavalry in military school​​