Our Members
2023-24Executive Board
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
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
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
Executive Board Co-Chair, Community & Engagement Chair
Email: mslaug4@uchicago.edu
General Board
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
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
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
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
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
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
Humanities Division
I am an artist and academic with a BFA from the University of Michigan.
Email: siverson@uchicago.edu
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
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
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
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
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
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
Biological Sciences Division
I’m pursuing a PhD in evolutionary biology, studying macroevolutionary patterns in synapsids.
Email: mercado@uchicago.edu
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
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
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
Biological Sciences Division
I am a PhD Student in Evolutionary Biology focussed on climate change science.
Email: washingtontm@uchicago.edu