Jeimy Adriana López García

Community Director

Sophomore

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Undecided 

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Mexican

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Hometown: Detroit, MI

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Favorite La Casa Event: 

Latin@ Culture Show 

She/Her/Hers

Rebeca

Yanes

External Director

Junior

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Majoring in Psychology, minoring in Spanish

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Guatemalteca and Salvadoreña

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Hometown: Wayland, MI

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Favorite La Casa Event:

BUYA 2018

She/Her/Hers

Xalma

Palomino

Lead Director

Sophomore

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Undeclared

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Mexican

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Hometown: Detroit, MI

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Favorite La Casa Event:

BUYA!

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She/Her/Hers

Lesley

Tayagua Lua

Internal Director

Sophomore

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Double major: Political Science & Latino/a Studies and minor in sociology

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Proud Mexican

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Hometown: Syracuse, IN

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Favorite La Casa Event: 

BUYA!

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She/Her/Hers

JC

Garcia

Financial Chair

Junior

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Psychology; Minor: Community Action and Social Change (CASC), Sociology of Health & Medicine

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Salvadoran

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Hometown: Fort Washington, Maryland

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Favorite La Casa Event: 

ALMA 2018

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They/Them

Maureen

Thomas

Historian

Sophomore

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Mechanical Engineering

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Ecuadorian/Colombian

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Hometown: Chicago, IL

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Favorite La Casa Event:

BUYA!

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She/Her/Hers

Stephanie 

Rosas

Communications Chair

Sophomore

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Architecture, Minor in

Sustainability 

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Mexican

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Hometown: South Haven, MI

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Favorite La Casa Event: 

ALMA 2019

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She/Her/Hers

Airy

Garcia

Member Liaison

Sophomore

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Biology, Health, and Society

Minors in Latina/o Studies and Gender and Health

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Mexican

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Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI

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Favorite La Casa Event: 

ALMA 2019

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She/Her/Hers

Juan Pablo  Angel Marcos

Internal

Project Coordinator

Sophomore

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Undecided

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Mexican

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Hometown: Wyoming, MI

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Favorite La Casa Event: 

La Casa's 3rd Birthday Celebration

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He/Him/His

Joselyn

Quintana

External

Project Coordinator

Sophomore

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Neuroscience and Women Studies

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Orgullosa Mexicana de Michoacán, Mexico

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Hometown: Chicago, IL

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Favorite La Casa Event: 

ALMA and the opening ceremony for LHM with Sylvia Mendez

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She/Her/Hers

Christian Vega

Outreach & Recruitment Chair

Sophomore

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Computer Engineering

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Hometown: Chicago, IL

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He/Him/His

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"It’s a community where different cultures and identities can come together to talk and collaborate"

He/Him/His

Saida Valdivia

Annual Initiatives Liasion

Senior

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Political Science 

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Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI

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She/Her/Hers

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"I enjoy seeing what other Latine students doing with their time at Umich and the collective sense of community"

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She/Her/Hers

Andres Garcia

Annual Initiatives Liason

Freshman

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Mechanical/Civil Engineering

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He/Him/His

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Hometown: Chicago, IL

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I love La Casa for being networking safe haven for me, somewhere where I knew I would find like minded individuals with the same goal. The community works hard to make an impact every way, to chip away at the inequality we face.

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He/Him/His