Fall 2021 Staff

**Name & Pronouns:** Cogie Celzo (he/him)
**School & Year:** Pomona Class of 2022!
**Astrological Sign:** Geminiiiiiiii ♊️
**Committee(s):** Production
**What is your vision for the AARC?**: For the AARC to be a space that emanates joy and uplifts APIDA celebration. For the AARC to be a space that stands in solidarity with other communities of color and always works to build upon its shortcomings. For the AARC to be a physical space where APIDA students feel welcomed and comfortable and at home. For the AARC to get back up on its feet and continue growing after the year whisked away in the virtual world.
**What is on your on-campus bucket list?:** I am dropping hints that I want my friends to throw me a “surprise” half-birthday party. I spent two birthdays in quarantine; you best bet I want my lost time back😎
**What is your most obscure interest/hobby?:** Collecting colognes, color theory as it pertains to dyeing hair, mamma mia!

**Name & Pronouns:** Kylie Wong (she/her)
**School & Year:** Pomona 2022
**Astrological Sign:** Capricorn ♑️
**Committee(s):** Production, FLIGHT
**What is your vision for the AARC?**: I wish for the AARC to be a physical space and a resource that more students utilize to create a stronger community on campus, because over quarantine, I have realized the importance and the meaning behind how valuable a physical space is.
**What is on your on-campus bucket list?:** Get fountained for my birthday HAHA or just go to go the other dining halls again :”(
**What is your most obscure interest/hobby?:** I really like maps. In my free time, I just scroll around Google Maps :”)

**Name & Pronouns:** Kirby Lam (he/him)
**School & Year:** Pomona 2023
**Astrological Sign:** Taurus ♉️
**Committee(s):** STEP
**What is your vision for the AARC?**: I envision a space for healing, forgiveness, and solidarity with each other in our communities. Each of our unique identities brings a different background to the space we share, so I want to be part of an AARC that encourages voices that speak out with respect and care for each other.
**What is on your on-campus bucket list?:** Hike Mount Baldy and learn how to ride those sick freelines I see around HMC
**What is your most obscure interest/hobby?:** I can solve a Rubik’s cube!

Name & Pronouns: Marina Aina (she/her)
School & Year: Pomona 2023
Astrological Sign: Aquarius ♒️
Committee(s): PIE, RISE
What is your vision for the AARC?: place where empathy and accountability are mutual
What is on your on-campus bucket list?: befriend someone who also likes berry flavored Oreos!
What is your most obscure interest/hobby?: editing fictional characters into photos w me to create the illusion that I have a social life

**Name & Pronouns:** Natalie Vu (she/her)
**School & Year:** Scripps 2022
**Astrological Sign:** Aquarius♒️
**Committee(s):** FLIGHT, Production
**What is your vision for the AARC?**: I want the AARC to be a comfortable space where we can host events for APIDA students!
**What is on your on-campus bucket list?:** I want to experience Pitzer’s pad thai again…or Mudd poke
**What is your most obscure interest/hobby?:** I’m really into reading webcomics!

**Name & Pronouns:** Brendan Ly (he/him)
**School & Year:** Pomona Senior/Class of ’22
**Astrological Sign:** Scorpio♏️
**Committee(s):** RISE, Production
**What is your vision for the AARC?**: The AARC has always been another home on campus, a space for stories that aren’t always told or heard when we say the term APIDA. My vision of the AARC is to build community in spite of the pandemic. Even though we were scattered across the world for over a year, we have returned to smile and savor this year together :).
**What is on your on-campus bucket list?:** climb roofs, rooves?
**What is your most obscure interest/hobby?:** collect pinecone, watch cloud, doubling numbers?

**Name & Pronouns:** Sophie de Castro (she/her/hers)
**School & Year:** CMC 2023
**Astrological Sign:** Aries♈️
**Committee(s):** RISE
**What is your vision for the AARC?**: I’m excited to build a space for individual and communal care at the AARC this year, especially as a liaison to the CARE (Civility, Access, Resources, and Expression) Center at CMC. I’m looking forward to bringing further awareness of AARC programming and resources to CMC, thus fostering more 5C community and solidarity.
**What is on your on-campus bucket list?:** I want to record music with friends at one of the recording studios at the 5Cs! Reach out if you ever want to jam together!
**What is your most obscure interest/hobby?:** More of a habit but I love discovering new artists on Spotify and listening to their entire discography in one sitting 😛

Name & Pronouns: Saomai Nguyen (she/they)
School & Year: Pomona 2023
Astrological Sign: Sagittarius♐️
Committee(s): STEP
What is your vision for the AARC?: Helping to facilitate collaborative learning communities and (re)imagining ways to turn to our elders and ancestors as sources of inspiration for intergenerational healing, rather than just sources of trauma, rejection, or pain.
What is on your on-campus bucket list?: going on a cross country train trip
What is your most obscure interest/hobby?: fermentation (yogurt, kombucha, soy sauce, sourdough, pickled vegetables, etc.)