Executive Board
Jeimy Adriana López García
Community Director
Junior
Organizational Studies and American Culture
Mexican
Hometown: Detroit, MI
“But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.”
She/Her/Hers
Rebeca
Yanes
External Director
Senior
Majoring in Psychology, minoring in Spanish
Latinx
Hometown: Wayland, MI
Favorite La Casa Event:
BUYA 2018
She/Her/Hers
Xalma
Palomino
Lead Director
Junior
Latina/o Studies & Political Science
Mexican
Hometown: Detroit, MI
Favorite La Casa Event:
BUYA!
She/Her/Hers
Lesley
Tayagua Lua
Internal Director
Junior
Political Science and Sociology (Law, Justice, & Social Change)
Mexican
Hometown: Syracuse, IN
"If someone says no, you're talking to the wrong person" -Kris Jenner
She/Her/Hers
Alexis Camarena
Financial Chair
Sophmore
BBA and Computer Science Dual Degree
Hispanic
Hometown: Tepatitlán, Jalisco
He/Him/His
Victor Luis Garcia
Communications Chair
Sophomore
Art and Design
Mexican
Hometown: Chicago, IL
"Life is like Crabwalking. You start off on two legs, get pushed down on all fours, and next thing you know you learn to sprint and jumop because of it!"
He/Him/El
Leilani Fonseca
External Projects
Coordinator
Sophomore
Psychology and Sociology (Law, Justice, Social Change)
Mexican
Hometown: Chicago, IL
"Even though the journey is marked with unknowns, may you always remember all the ways you have grown."
She/Her/Hers
Vanessa Gonzalez
Annual Initiatives Liasion
Sophmore
Biopsychology, Cognition, Neuroscience (BCN)
Mexican
Hometown: Detroit, MI
“ What actually sustains us, what is fundamentally beautiful, is compassion--for yourself and for those around you.” -Lupita Nyong’o
She/Her/Hers
ADVISORS
Julianna
Collado
Undergraduate Student
Tania
Zaragoza
Undergraduate Student
CATALINA
ORMSBY
Associate Director, Center for Educational Outreach
JOHN
BURKHARDT
Founding Director, National Forum on Higher Education