Life Post Smith

Major(s) Class Year Name Email Address Ethnic Identity/Identities (Afro-Latinx, Indigenous Mexican, Paraguayan, etc.) Hometown (City, State, Country) Are you/were you a MESA member? (E-board for LASO) Please list the year, semester, and position(s) About Your Life After Smith (first job, current employment, current city, etc.)
Neuroscience 2019 Lissandra Camacho lissandra.camacho@gmail.com Dominican Brooklyn, NY, USA Research Assistant
History and Brazilian-Portuguese Studies 2019 Daisy Paez daisypaez0@gmail.com Mexican-American Inglewood, Ca, USA Five College Rep 2015-2016; First Year Liason Spring 2017-2019 New Alum! Undecided Yet.
English and Spanish 2017 Angela Acosta a314acosta@gmail.com Mexican American/ European American Gainesville, Florida, USA I am a PhD student in the Iberian Studies program in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. I am finishing up my second year and will start my third year in fall 2019.
Education and Child Studies & Italian Studies 2019 Jennifer Gutierrez jenngut123@gmail.com Mexican-American Lomita, California, USA elementary school teacher
Speech and Language Sciences 2019 Sara Beltran s.inez.beltran@gmail.com Puerto Rican, Salvadoran Hamden, CT Grad school at SCSU for my masters of science in speech pathology
Theater and Portuguese and Brazilian Studies 2012 Kathy klebron5@gmail.com Dominican Boston, MA Co-chair 2011-2012, Publicity Chair 2010-2011, 5 college rep 2009-2010 Communications Director at Resist Foundation; Anti-Racist and Culturally Responsive Teaching Consultant
Mathematics & Education 2019 Dana Vera danaantonellav@gmail.com Paraguayan Asunción Possibly teaching in Boston area
Government, Latin American Studies 2018 Ivette Viramontes iviramontes1@gmail.com Mexican Phoenix, Arizona Treasurer (2015-2016) Cochair (2017-2018) Legal Assistant at Maria Jones Law Firm in Phoenix
Latin American Studies and History 2019 Denisse Velázquez denissdvelz@yahoo.com Mexican American/Xicanx Santa Clara, CA MESA 2016-2017 (fall and spring), Secretary Immediately after Smith, I intend to return to the San Francisco Bay Area and hopefully find work doing what I love most which is working with low-income youth of color in leadership/youth empowerment programming. I will most likely continue staying in Santa Clara or the surrounding areas like San Jose.
Geosciences 2019 Sofia Johnson sofiajeanjohnson@gmail.com Nicaraguan Washington, D.C., USA fall 2017 – fall 2018: 5-college rep Graduate Student at Penn State. (Pursuing a PhD)
Economics and Portuguese & Brazilian Studies 2019 Jessica Vivar jessicamarylu22@gmail.com Jackson Heights No Fulbright
Religion/Education Minor 2016 Gisele Pineda giseleanp23@gmail.com Colombian Providence, RI First job: Fulbright grantee – English Teacher in South Korea; Current job: Elementary School Teacher at Match Education in Boston, MA
Psychology 2019 Yesenia Olvera y.olvera1634@gmail.com Mexican San Antonio, TX, US Yes; 2017-2018; five college liaison Elementary school teacher for Teach for America in Memphis, TN
Sociology 2016 Mariana Estrella missmarianarivera@gmail.com Puerto Rican San Juan, PR N/A Student Affairs/Area Coordinator, Smith College, Northampton, MA
Education & French 2019 Karla karrlapena@gmail.com Mexican Los Angeles Treasurer 2019
Spanish and Latin American Studies 2013 Mayra Jimenez emhimenez@gmail.com Afro-mexican Los Ángeles, Ca Returned to L.A. and have working in community engagement and advocacy more recently policy lobbying . My first job was as a Data specialist, later a public health community organizer. Currently I am the Advocacy Manager at Alcohol Justice based out of San Francisco.
Sociology/ statistics minor 2016 Karen Mayorga kmayorga.pas@gmail.com Mexican Los Angeles,CA City Year Los Angeles