laso EXECUTIVE board 2018-2019
President
Emily Garcia is a 3rd year Psychology major with a minor in Public Health. Emily's parents are from El Salvador. Emily likes to travel-she visits El Salvador almost every year. On her spare time, she likes to work on puzzles, listen to music, and sing.
Fun Fact: Emily has zip lined off of "Puerta Del Diablo" in El Salvador.
Fun Fact: Emily has zip lined off of "Puerta Del Diablo" in El Salvador.
Vice President
Tyler-Micheal Rivera is the LASO UCI Vice President. He is a 4th year and has family from El Salvador and Puerto Rico.
Fun Fact: his grandfather was an MA student in Spanish Literature at UCI and his Aunt studied at UCI for a year.
Fun Fact: his grandfather was an MA student in Spanish Literature at UCI and his Aunt studied at UCI for a year.
sECRETARY
Clarissa Barragan is a 3rd year public health policy major. She is from Mexico. She hopes to travel the world in the future and help save the environment. She loves to swim, watch Netflix, and listen to music.
Fun fact: She has 5 siblings and one of them being her twin.
Fun fact: She has 5 siblings and one of them being her twin.
FUNDRAISING CHAIR
Jesse Moran Jr. is a first-generation college student majoring in Criminology. Jesse’s father is from Mexico and his mother was born here to parents also from Mexico. He hopes to enter a career that will help people, and aims to travel to every country in the world. As fundraising chair, he hopes to help improve the club with successful pupusa sales and meeting new people.
Fun fact: Jesse goes to comic-con every year.
Fun fact: Jesse goes to comic-con every year.
PUBLIC RELATIONS chair
Diana Garcia is a second year Public Health Policy major, her family is from a subsection within Western Mexico. She loves dogs, listening to One Direction and aims to study abroad in Ireland with hopes of learning more about Urban Housing and Planning.
Fun Fact: Diana traveled to the British Isles as a senior in high school and is almost positive she met John Travolta in a Mcdonalds.
Fun Fact: Diana traveled to the British Isles as a senior in high school and is almost positive she met John Travolta in a Mcdonalds.
social chair
Nicole Sierra Mejia is a first-generation college student majoring in Environmental Science and Policy. She was born in San Pedro Sula Honduras, as well as her family. She is very passionate about music, fashion but most of all making a difference in low-income communities in Los Angeles and in Central America by spreading awareness about environmental injustice. As social chair in L.A.S.O, she hopes to meet more students who continue to be proud of their culture and want to make a difference.
Treasurer
Stephanie Armenta is a second-year Political Science major. Her father is from Mexico and her mother is from El Salvador. A fun fact about Stephanie is that she was previously voted the most likely to quietly take over the world by LASO. She enjoys listening to Paramore, Khalid, and Sam Smith. Her dream is to travel to several parts of the world, such as Japan and S. Korea in order to feed the deers and monkeys and to visit ramen shops