Event: CHAS Conference 2024 at Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore Colleges

Syona joined Haverford College in 2023 after 8 years as an operations manager in both corporate and non-profit settings. She is an alumna of Bryn Mawr College. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her wife, dog, and four (yes, four…) cats. Syona is pronounced “see-OH-na” and rhymes with Fiona.

Dr. Eric Estes joined Brown University as vice president for Campus Life in July 2016. He oversees a large division of 20 departments, offices, and centers that works with and supports all students, as well as faculty and staff. The division centers its work on building inclusive community, cultivating developmental advising and mentoring, fostering health…

Whitney Rigodon is an Anthropology major and biology minor from Bayville, New Jersey. She is Head of the Health & Wellness Student Advisory Board, a Community Diversity Assistant (CDA), a teaching assistant both in the biology lab and the first-year seminar in Quantitative Reasoning, an e-board member of the Pre-Health Society, a Supervisor at Erdman…

Aysha Syeda has spent most of her life in Carteret, New Jersey, but calls Pakistan her second home. As a sophomore at Haverford, she intends to major in Biology and ultimately looks to pursue medicine, hoping to increase access to care for disadvantaged populations. In her journey, she was presented with the opportunity to advocate…

Aissatou Seck hails from Chicago as a senior anthropology major at Haverford, interested in the dynamics of student activism on American college campuses. She has made a home out of Haverford, with affiliations to organizations such as Black Student League and Muslim Student Association. Being that her thesis is focused on the same topic of…

Yuriko Zhang is an Anthropology major with a minor in Asian American Studies. Her experiences growing up in the beautiful Flushing (Chinatown) of Queens, NYC shape her deep passion for AAPI community advocacy and social justice. Through being Co-Head of the Pan Asian Resource Center, a Writing Center peer tutor, a representative of Student Council,…

Bukky is a Nigerian-American, born and raised in the Bronx, NY. She is pre-law studying Political Science at Haverford. She is an intern at the Abolitionist Law Center in Philly, where she contributes to various criminal justice reform initiatives. On campus, she co-leads the Affinity Group Coalition, serves as a Lead Student Associate in the…

Veronica Mellado is current junior, majoring in Spanish and minoring in Latin American Studies. On campus, she works as a CDA, Breaking Barrier Coordinator (a program aimed at serving underrepresented/FGLI students), as well a writing center tutor. She’s currently the president for Mawrter for Immigrant Justice, a reflection of her future endeavors in serving the…

Sam Kim is a current Senior, majoring in Biology and minoring in Child and Family Studies. Her passion for DEIA, educating and vocalizing immigrant stories derives from her very own identity as an immigrant herself, non-native English speaker, low-income, and first generation college attendee. She hopes to contribute to the collective effort to dismantle systems…