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Anjulei Agbayani Aurelio
By: Angela Veloza Hernandez
Posted: 5/15/2013
Anjulei Agbayani Aurelio is a 2013 senior at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her parents are from the Philippines and her father was a survey engineer for a company who relocated him to Hawaii. Anjulei is originally from Hilo, Hawaii. Seeing people already settling down and wishing to rearrange the cycle for female empowerment, she decided to move to the East Coast. “I need to achieve things in my life independently as a woman,” Anjulei states. She wanted something drastically different; to learn new experiences, and see something new so she decided to attend UMass. She is majoring in Political Science and Journalism with a concentration in sports.
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Patricia Cardoso
By: Angela Veloza Hernandez
Posted: 5/08/2013
Patricia Cardoso has been on campus for eleven years, and is currently an Assistant Dean of Students. Her role as an Assistant Dean is to deal with student conduct cases which she sees as intervention to behavior that is not conducive to learning environment and/or student success. In student conduct, the goal is not only to address and or redress behavior but also to look at the underlying issues.
As a Dean, she also works with students going through difficult times and helps them stabilize the situation; she connects them to on and off campus resources and advocates for them when needed. She thinks that students should be aware of their rights and responsibilities and see themselves as a part of a community. When this is achieved, students will understand how their action or inaction can impact the community and themselves.
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David Ke: Ardent Advocate
By: Angela Veloza Hernandez
Posted: 4/30/2013
I first heard about David Ke from CMASS when I was assigned to interview him as an undergraduate student to be featured in our website. Everyone was so eager to commend him as a student who can overcome any obstacle that stands in the way of his inevitable success. David, who is working towards a Bachelor’s Degree with an Individual Concentration in “Social Justice in Education” with a minor in Education, is a rising senior at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Krysten Lobisch: Dynamism Personified
By: Angela Veloza Hernandez
Posted: 3/29/2013
Krysten Ella Lobisch
Social Justice Education M.Ed. Candidate
Advanced Feminist Studies Certificate Candidate Graduate Assistant of Student Development
Peer Mentor Program Coordinator
Center for Multicultural Advancement and Student Success
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
(973) 713-0902
