Itzel Vasquez-Rodriguez

Itzel Vasquez-Rodriguez is a 2017 Harvard College graduate, where she majored in Sociology and minored in Economics. Itzel is from Lakewood, CA, and identifies as Xicana, Latina, or Indigenous Mexican-American. On campus, she was actively involved in Latinx and Native American cultural groups, as well as student labor and ethnic studies advocacy coalitions (to name a few). This past year, Itzel volunteered with Indigenous-focused NGOs in Peru, and she is now serving as an Assembly Fellow in Sacramento, CA. In her free time, she loves long-distance running and going out for dessert.

Sally Chen

Sally Chen is a current senior at Harvard, originally from San Francisco. She identifies as a first-generation college student from a working-class Chinese American family. She is joint concentrating in History & Literature and Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, with a secondary in Ethnicity, Migration, Rights. More broadly, she has shaped her education to ask questions about community formation, social movements, and emotional labor in Asian American Studies. On campus, she is involved with different public service and advocacy groups, currently acting as Adult Services Programming Group Officer with the Phillips Brooks House Association and co-coordinating the Task Force on Asian and Pacific American Studies at Harvard College. She is interested in working with a union or worker center after graduation and hopes to then continue her education in graduate school. In her free time, she loves grabbing meals with friends and working on independent graphic design projects.

Thang Diep

Thang Diep is currently senior at Harvard studying Neurobiology and Ethnicity, Migration, Rights. Thang was born in Vietnam and immigrated to the U.S. with his family when he was 8 years old. At Harvard, Thang hopes to foster a strong community amongst the Vietnamese students through the Harvard Vietnamese Association (HVA). Thang also works with the immigrant population in Boston to provide academic, professional, and personal support for youth in the area through the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA). Thang hopes to become a pediatrician and study the effects of traumatic experiences on youth development.

Sarah Cole

Sarah Cole was born and raised in Kansas City, MO. She currently resides in the Washington, D.C. area, where she teaches 5th Grade Humanities. She holds a Master of Education in Learning and Teaching from Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Bachelor of Arts with a Special Concentration in Education and American Society from Harvard College. During her undergraduate years, Sarah dedicated much of her time to racial justice and Harvard’s black community, ultimately serving as the President of the Harvard College Black Students Association.  She enjoys cooking, eating, reading YA novels, and generally fighting the power.

Catherine Ho 

Catherine Ho is currently a student at Harvard University in the class of 2021, majoring in Neuroscience with a secondary in Government. She grew up in Louisville, KY. At school, she is involved in the Asian American Women's Association, Harvard Vietnamese Association, Harvard College Alzheimer's Buddies, Access Health, and on-campus memory research. On Monday mornings, she enjoys watching Last Week Tonight with John Oliver while getting ready in the morning. Her favorite thing on Netflix is Hasan Minhaj's "Homecoming King" and Margaret Atwood is one of her favorite authors. Finally, her favorite on-campus hobby is chasing after dogs to ask to pet them. 

Madison Trice

Madison Trice is currently a Harvard student in the class of 2021 studying Government. She grew up in Houston, TX and Clarksville, MD. At school, she is a part of ABHW, BSA, and BlackCAST. When she needs to deal with stress, she likes to knit and listen to rap, especially together.