Yacquelin Carrasco Vivar is an English Teacher in South Korea. Right after graduating the University of Oregon with a Second Language Acquisition and Teaching certificate, she started working as an English Language Learning Teacher Assistant and a Spanish Teacher, in which she helped students learn ...

Ellison graduated with a BA in Public Relations in March 2020. As an SOJC student, she interned in Barcelona for Wash Rocks, creating press packages and managing social media. Currently, she is a marketing coordinator at Systems West Engineers, handling proposals, website updates, event planning, Li...

McKenna double majored in Spanish and Education and now uses her degrees to work as a public educator in a Spanish dual language immersion school for Portland Public Schools. Her passion for bilingual education drives my commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive learning environment. With a fo...

Jessica Christopulos, LCSW, MPH, is an Oncology Social Worker at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. She holds dual Master's degrees in Social Work and Public Health from Boston University and has been recognized as a Ruth Cowin Award winner for her outstanding academic achievements....

Kenya Jimenez graduated with her BA at the University of Arizona in 2017 and her MA in Italian at the University of Oregon in 2019. Kenya is an Academic Advisor for a Cristo Rey Network School in Tucson, Arizona. She is also a PhD student in the Higher Education program at the University of Arizona....

Stephan Nance (they/them) is the singer-songwriter behind the music project Sparkbird. Their breakout single "November," described as "a masterpiece of contemporary musical artistry" (Sinusoidal Music), amassed millions of streams in the months following its release and led to their signing with Net...

Larissa Williams is a Public Health Informaticist at Oregon Health Authority where she strives to improve the health of Oregonians by facilitating equitable data science. Larissa oversees the exchange of information between hospitals and public health practitioners monitoring for serious health-rela...

Head of Stakeholder Engagement at British Embassy WashingtonWhen Amy Schenk first decided that she wanted to engage in policymaking, she thought it would require becoming a lawyer. Instead, Schenk began her efforts in diplomacy in student government, right here at the UO. Schenk was elected ASUO pre...

Shawna Chrisman graduated from the University of Oregon in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and Spanish. In 2024, she earned her Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Oregon School of Law. Upon passing the bar exam, she will joined an affordable housing company as in-...

Hannah Steinkopf-Frank is an editor at Le Monde in English, helping bring the coverage of France's leading newspaper to a broader audience. After graduating from the University of Oregon, she interned at the Chicago Tribune among other publications, and completed a joint master's in journalism and i...