Our Members
2023-24Executive Board
![Yijia He](https://voices.uchicago.edu/graddab/files/2024/03/Gaga-e34becce43a5605d.png)
Yijia He
Executive Board Co-Chair, Recruitment & Retention Chair
I am pursuing a Master’s degree in Public Policy. As a fun fact, I don’t eat chicken except McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets!
Email: yijiah@uchicago.edu
![Jane Kim](https://voices.uchicago.edu/graddab/files/2024/03/Jane-4ff43abb36214e20.png)
Jane Kim
Executive Board Co-Chair, Recognition and Outreach Chair
I am pursuing a Master’s degree in Public Policy. As a fun fact, I started baking after watching too many seasons of the Great British Bake Off.
Email: jckim@uchicago.edu
![Vernon Li](https://voices.uchicago.edu/graddab/files/2024/03/Vernon-08b413f2fa8a2d40.png)
Vernon Li
Executive Board Co-Chair, Development and Diversity Chair
I am pursuing an MS in Computer Science. I am an avid runner and lover of all things noodles!
Email: vernonli@uchicago.edu
![Melodie Slaughter](https://voices.uchicago.edu/graddab/files/2023/02/Profile-pic-icon.png)
Melodie Slaughter
Executive Board Co-Chair, Community & Engagement Chair
Email: mslaug4@uchicago.edu
General Board
![Biru Anjanie](https://voices.uchicago.edu/graddab/files/2024/03/Biru-872c3827adfe72cf.png)
Biru Anjanie
Harris School of Public Policy
I am pursuing a master’s degree in public policy analysis. I am also a social activist who loves to sing.
Email: biruanjani@uchicago.edu
![Shalise Burch](https://voices.uchicago.edu/graddab/files/2024/03/Shalise-a411795d18ea7573.png)
Shalise Burch
Biological Sciences Division
I am a first generation Maidu Native American from the Sierra Nevada Mountains pursuing my PhD in Biology.
Email: burch@uchicago.edu
![Shimul Goel](https://voices.uchicago.edu/graddab/files/2024/03/Shimul-8487af0ebfabfe84.png)
Shimul Goel
Harris School of Public Policy
I am pursuing a master’s degree in public policy at Harris. As a fun fact, for someone that started skateboarding at 12, I have next to nothing to show for it!
Email: goelshimul@uchicago.edu
![Monique Graham](https://voices.uchicago.edu/graddab/files/2024/03/Monique-1fba06450c98f646.png)
Monique Graham
Harris School of Public Policy
I am pursuing a master’s degree in public policy analysis. I love God, people, food and music.
Email: magraham@uchicago.edu
![Bella Huang](https://voices.uchicago.edu/graddab/files/2024/03/Bella-2673827e3bb66aa9.png)
Bella Huang
Harris School of Public Policy
I’m a second-year MPP student from China, passionate about anything that makes the world unequal.
Email: bellahuang@uchicago.edu
![Pedro Huet](https://voices.uchicago.edu/graddab/files/2024/03/Pedro-14ace20dcd4d2e94.png)
Pedro Huet
Harris School of Public Policy
Born and raised in a Traditional Mexican Catholic family, finding innovative and cost-efficient ways to serve others.
Email: pedroh@uchicago.edu
![Sierra Iverson](https://voices.uchicago.edu/graddab/files/2024/03/Sierra-bd6f0b6fe00a85d0.png)
Sierra Iverson
Humanities Division
I am an artist and academic with a BFA from the University of Michigan.
Email: siverson@uchicago.edu
![Yun Ha Kim](https://voices.uchicago.edu/graddab/files/2024/03/Yunha-f63530a8f1bde8bd.png)
Yun Ha Kim
Humanities Division
I’m pursuing a PhD in Germanic Studies at UChicago. Fun fact: I love eating tangerines in winter.
Email: yunha@uchicago.edu
![Avinash Kumar](https://voices.uchicago.edu/graddab/files/2023/02/Profile-pic-icon.png)
Avinash Kumar
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Avinash is a 2nd-year student at Crown Family School of Social Work, originally from India. He passionately believes in advocating for free speech, free press, and a free Palestine, and he enjoys watching football in his free time.
Email: avinashk@uchicago.edu
![Montserrat Kwan](https://voices.uchicago.edu/graddab/files/2024/03/Monty-ac30307b54610ec1.png)
Montserrat Kwan
Biological Sciences Division
I am pursuing a PhD in Immunology at the University of Chicago. As a fun fact, I can do a full split!
Email: kwanm@uchicago.edu
![Yufei Liu](https://voices.uchicago.edu/graddab/files/2024/03/Yufei-1bbbee42edbe60d7.png)
Yufei Liu
Harris School of Public Policy
I am an MPP student with a focus on Economics, Econometrics, and Data. As a fun fact, I am a Fuji film lover!
Email: yufeil@uchicago.edu
![Kartik Maini](https://voices.uchicago.edu/graddab/files/2024/03/Kartik-24d779557465dc72.png)
Kartik Maini
Humanities Division
PhD-ing in religion and philosophy; love cats, run on caffeine, and forever moved by resilience, courage, and compassion.
Email: kartikmaini@uchicago.edu
![Wyatt Meng](https://voices.uchicago.edu/graddab/files/2024/03/Wyatt-7c646e6f0d4aaa43.png)
Wyatt Meng
Physical Sciences Division
I am a pursuing a Master’s in Data Science at University of Chicago. I love sports, antique collecting, and marine animals.
Email: wyattmeng@uchicago.edu
![Magdalen Mercado](https://voices.uchicago.edu/graddab/files/2024/03/Mags-aa356a2e4e854d4b.png)
Magdalen Mercado
Biological Sciences Division
I’m pursuing a PhD in evolutionary biology, studying macroevolutionary patterns in synapsids.
Email: mercado@uchicago.edu
![Ramses Ngachoko](https://voices.uchicago.edu/graddab/files/2024/03/Screenshot-2024-03-17-at-10.53.32-PM-85f41c3290a5af43.png)
Ramses Ngachoko
Biological Sciences Division
Ramses is a Computational Neuroscience PhD candidate. He is from Boston, Massachusetts and graduated from Amherst College in 2021 with a BS in Neuroscience and Computer Science.
Email: rngachoko@uchicago.edu
![M Ariquzzaman Tiash](https://voices.uchicago.edu/graddab/files/2024/03/Tiash-7f56cd0188c5e7c0.png)
M Ariquzzaman Tiash
Harris School of Public Policy
I am pursuing a Master’s degree in public policy. Fun Fact: I thought UChicago will be fun, naive me!
Email: tiash@uchicago.edu
![Ralph Valery Valiere](https://voices.uchicago.edu/graddab/files/2024/03/Ralph-0449623770158bbd.png)
Ralph Valery Valiere
Harris School of Public Policy
I believe in community and collective support and that’s why I tried to surround myself with people.
Email: ralphvaleryv@uchicago.edu
![Tatjana Washington](https://voices.uchicago.edu/graddab/files/2024/03/Tatjana-64fdb5ca947e0fc6.png)
Tatjana Washington
Biological Sciences Division
I am a PhD Student in Evolutionary Biology focussed on climate change science.
Email: washingtontm@uchicago.edu