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Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives

Our Community

Our Team

Professional Staff

Stephanie "Steph" Cowling-Rich

Assistant Director, EOP/HEOP / Assistant Director, OADI, Student Advising & Engagement

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

ssc266@cornell.edu

Kristin Dade, Ph.D.

Director, OADI / Director, Student Success Programs (CSTEP/P3 and McNair Scholars Program)

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

kbd44@cornell.edu

Foula Dimopoulos

Advisor, EOP|HEOP|Pre Professional Programs (P3)

Affirming Pronouns: ze/hir/hirs/hirself | he/him/his/his self

kfd36@cornell.edu

Cassaundra (Cassie) Guzman

McNair Advisor/Coordinator

cvg27@cornell.edu

William "Woodg" Horning

Director, OADI / Director, Student Opportunity Programs

Affirming Pronouns: he/him/his

weh8@cornell.edu

Peder Jakobson

OADI Executive Support/Program Coordinator

pdj27@cornell.edu

Shanna Bennell Leipzig

Advisor, EOP/HEOP

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

sll247@cornell.edu

Lisanny Manzueta Custodio

Advisor, EOP/HEOP

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

lm864@cornell.edu

Shannon Musgrove

Advisor, EOP/HEOP and P3

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

smm448@cornell.edu

Carol Raymond

Data and Financial Specialist, NYS Opportunity Programs

Gabrielle Smith

Assistant Director, OADI, Program Innovation / Advisor, Pre Professional Programs

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

gcs24@cornell.edu

Grad Student Staff

Lavaris McCellion

Graduate Writing Coach

Norielis Perez

Graduate Program Coordinator

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Andrea Robinson

Graduate Program Coordinator

ar2353@cornell.edu

Frances Sobolak

Graduate Writing Coach

Besjon Tanuzi

Graduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: he/him/his

Sarena Tien

Graduate Program Coordinator

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Student Staff

Carolina Agurcia

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Helssy Almanzar

Undergraduate Student Assistant - P3

Gabriela "Gaby" Carmona

EOP/HEOP Social Media Intern

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Mariah Chavez

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Mari-Christina Clark

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: She/her

Teresa Crisantos-Prudencio

Peer Mentor

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Brayan Garcia Soriano

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Ken Gonzalez

EOP/HEOP Alumni Connections Intern

Affirming Pronouns: he/him/his

Alice Hu

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Samantha Huanca

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Meryem Legesse

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Qq Lin

EOP/HEOP Alumni Connections Intern

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Arifa Mim

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Kirstie Murillo

Undergraduate Student Assistant - P3

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Jahi Noel

Peer Mentor

Affirming Pronouns: he/him/his

Ruth Osagie

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Yesenia Peregrina

Undergraduate Student Assistant, EOP HEOP Social Media Intern

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Evelyn Ramdhanie

EOP/HEOP Alumni Connections Intern

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Delina Selam

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Chelsea Tenezaca

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Amara Valerio

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Graduate Mentor

Brian Aguilera

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Genetics, Genomics and Development

boa4@cornell.edu

Olubanke Agunloye

Graduate Mentor, MHA Student, Health Administration

Affirming Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

oma23@cornell.edu

Felix Alfonso

Graduate Mentor, Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemistry & Chemical Biology

fsa33@cornell.edu

Subash Bhandari

Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering

Affirming Pronouns: He/him/his

sb2243@cornell.edu

Hsin-Yun (Rachel) Chang

Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical and Biological Science

Affirming Pronouns: she/her

hc965@cornell.edu

Drea Darby

Ph.D. Candidate, Entomology

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/they

amd439@cornell.edu

Patrick George

JD Candidate

pjg98@cornell.edu

Luria Greene

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Biological and Environmental Engineering

lng23@cornell.edu

Jenn Houtz

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

jlh498@cornell.edu

Daniel Imakyure

JD Candidate

di57@cornell.edu

Patricia Leyva

Ph.D. Candidate, Plant Biology

Affirming Pronouns: she/her

pl599@cornell.edu

Jackie Lopez

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Chemistry & Chemical Biology

jcl422@cornell.edu

Anand Kumar Mishra

Graduate Mentor, Postdoctoral Scholar, Robotics

Affirming Pronouns: He/him/his

am2877@cornell.edu

Tram Nguyen

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

tn337@cornell.edu

Horace Owiti Onyango

Ph.D. Candidate, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources

Affirming Pronouns: He/Him

hoo6@cornell.edu

Josh Roth

JD Candidate

Affirming Pronouns: he/him

jar555@cornell.edu

Ben Sovocool

JD/MBA candidate

bws66@cornell.edu

Adam Szetela

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, English

Affirming Pronouns: he/him/his

as4222@cornell.edu

Destiny Van

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology

dbv25@cornell.edu

Anna Wood

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology

aw839@cornell.edu

Brianna Zgurich

PhD Student, Philosophy

Affirming Pronouns: They/Them/Their | She/Her/Hers

bmz9@cornell.edu

Jianing Zhao

JD Candidate

Affirming Pronouns: she/her

jz632@cornell.edu

Kara Zielinski

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Biophysics

kaz42@cornell.edu

Undergraduate Mentors

Cheyanne Headley

Peer Mentor

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Erica Aduasare

Peer Mentor

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Patrick Babatunde Ajayi

Peer Mentor

Affirming Pronouns: he/him/his

Emilia Ceniceros

Peer Mentor

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Brayan Garcia Soriano

Peer Mentor - Student Leader

Fátima Martínez

Peer Mentor - Student Leader

Celeste Naughton

Peer Mentor

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Liam Ordonez

Peer Mentor

Affirming Pronouns: he/him/his

Leonor Robalino

Peer Mentor

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers

Sakiel Ruff

Peer Mentor

Affirming Pronouns: he/him/his

Jada Vyphuis

Peer Mentor

Affirming Pronouns: she/her/hers