Dharana Rija '08
President
Home Town: Kathmandu, Nepal
Major/Minor: Mathematics / Economics, International Relations
Favorite ISP moment: Watching the “Hi. How are you?” video with my favourite “aliens"
Favorite cuisine: I honestly can't pick ONE...
Place wanted to visit the most: Childhood
Say ‘Hello’ in your native language: Namaste!
Quote: “To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget.”
–Arundhati Roy
drija@email.smith.edu

Alisa Stratulat '09
Vice President

Home Town: Galati
Major/Minor: Engineering/Physics
Favorite ISP moment: Bowling night
Favorite cuisine: Boef salad
Place wanted to visit the most: Australia
Say ‘Hello’ in your native language: Buna!
Quote: “As long as you don’t quit climbing, the stairs won’t end; underneath your climbing steps, they will multiply forever.” (Franz Kafka)

astratulat@email.smith.edu

Adeola Awodele '11
Co-Social Chair

Home Town: Lagos, Nigeria
Major/Minor: Biochemistry and Psychology
Favorite ISP moment: The games at night
Favorite cuisine: Jollof Rice, Fried Rice and Moi-Moi
Place wanted to visit the most: Japan
Say ‘Hello’ in your native language: Bawo ni
Quote: Write every bad deed done to you on sand, so the wind can blow it away but carve the good deeds on stone so that the wind cannot.

aawodele@email.smith.edu

Heng Tam '10
Social Chair

Home Town: Hong Kong
Major/Minor: Economics, Theatre
Favorite ISP moment: musical chair, talent show
Favorite cuisine: Chinese, Japanese
Place wanted to visit the most: Africa
Say ‘Hello’ in your native language: nei ho ah!
Quote:

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Ingrid Davalos '10

Cultural Chair

Home Town: Asuncion, Paraguay
Major/Minor: Anthropology, International Relations
Favorite ISP moment: Karaoke Night
Favorite cuisine: Anything with beef but I also love Italian and Middle Eastern food
Place wanted to visit the most: Egypt
Say ‘Hello’ in your native language: Hola! (Spanish) and Mba’eichapa! (Guarani)
Quote:

Margaret-Avis Akofio-Sowah '10
Cultural Chair

Home Town: Accra, Ghana
Major/Minor: Engineering
Favorite ISP moment: Karaoke Night
Favorite cuisine: Fried Plantains and Chicken
Place wanted to visit the most: Jamaica
Say ‘Hello’ in your native language: There’s no word for ‘hello’ but the greeting when you meet people is “?te s?n?” (twi) which means how are you.
Quote:

makofio@email.smith.edu

Hui Hsing Su '10
Conference Chair

Home Town: Kuching, Malaysia
Major/Minor: Government and Economics
Favorite ISP moment: Shopping at Holyoke Mall!
Favorite cuisine: Malaysian Chinese
Place wanted to visit the most: The ends of the Earth (no pun intended!)
Say ‘Hello’ in your native language: Wei! Eh! Oi!
Quote: "Basically all the world's computer parts come from the same supply chain that runs from Korea, down through coastal China, over to Taiwan, and down to Malaysia." Thomas Friedman

hsu@email.smith.edu

Isabel Barrios '10
Publicity Chair

Home Town: Guatemala City, Guatemala
Major/Minor: Architecture/Sociology
Favorite ISP moment: Eating ice cream at Herrell's
Favorite cuisine: vietnamese, chinese, thai, spanish, italian, mexican, indian and guatemalan (of course)
Place wanted to visit the most: Barcelona, Bolivia, Sao Paulo, Lisboa, Hong Kong, Peru and many other places
Say ‘Hello’ in your native language: Hola!
Quote:
Less is a bore.
-Robert Venturi

ibarrios@email.smith.edu

Su Fu ‘10

Publicity Chair

Home Town: Beijing, China
Major/Minor: Chemistry
Favorite ISP moment: Jogging at night and getting lost
Favorite cuisine: Chinese, Korean
Place wanted to visit the most: South Pole
Say ‘Hello’ in your native language: Ni Hao!
Quote: Illusion is the first of all pleasure--Oscar Wilde

sfu@email.smith.edu

Mine Dogucu '09
Treasurer

Home Town: Mersin, Turkey
Major/Minor: Mathematics
Favorite ISP moment: meeting Saundarya in the dining room at 3am because we were both jetlagged.
Favorite cuisine: Thai
Place wanted to visit the most: Peru
Say ‘Hello’ in your native language: Selam
Quote: Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein