Nouhamin (she/her) is a first generation, historically underrepresented, bay-area native, third-year student at the University of California Berkeley. She is currently double majoring in Legal Studies and African American Studies on a Pre-Law track and intends to minor in Race and Law. She is involved with communities on campus such as the Black Recruitment and Retention Center (BRRC), Educational Opportunities Program (EOP), and the Black Pre Law Association (BPLA). Additionally, she has conducted research concerning Covid-19 cases in prisons across the United States....
Nayeli Pena Arias (She/her/ella) is a first generation, low income, Chicana from Richmond, CA. She is currently a senior, majoring in Psychology and English, at the University of California, Berkeley. In her time at Berkeley, she has worked with organizations such as the Basic Needs Center (BNC), as an outreach and branding intern, primarily working to promote basic necessity focused resources for students such as CalFresh, the Food Pantry, Emergency Housing and Financial Aid, etc. She was an active member on an Inclusivity project within the BNC to make online content...
Dani Plascencia Delgado (they/them) is a transfer student from De Anza Community College majoring in Social Welfare at UC Berkeley originally from Eastside San Jose. Prior to transferring, Dani attended De Anza Community College and received their AA in Social and Behavioral Sciences. As a first generation and formerly undocumented student, Dani’s interest in health equity research and grassroots organizing stems from their lived experiences. Additionally, Dani has worked with Promotoras/Community Health Workers in Eastside San Jose with professor, Dr. Patricia Rodriguez...
Natalie Rivas or "Nat" (she/her/ella) is a first generation (eldest daughter), Mexican-American, fourth year student at the University of California, Berkeley. She is majoring in Data Science with Business & Industrial Analytics and is from Richmond, CA. Nat was a part of NAVCAL and NAV2CAL as a student and as their previous Alumni Relations Manager. She continues to be in contact with the NAVCAL family and occasionally is involved with administrative work, behind the scenes. Since then, she has worked with Paragon Consulting as their Senior Vice President of External Affairs. Nat is...
Ashley (she/her) is a first-generation, Latina transfer student from San Pablo, CA. She is currently studying Data Science with an emphasis in Business Analytics at the University of California, Berkeley. At the moment, she is working as a student data researcher for the Urban Displacement Project on the Eviction Research Network team. She works with research and completes State data analysis alongside Senior Data Scientists on the team. Additionally, she is an active member of the Latinx Business Student Association and she also manages the NAVCAL Linkedin page where she shoutouts all of...
Tatiana Butte, a Geography Major with a Minor in Public Policy, is dedicated to empowering individuals and amplifying the voices of underrepresented communities in environmental justice. A first-generation Afro-Latina, Tatiana grew up in Southeast San Diego in a single-parent, Caribbean-immigrant household under challenging circumstances. Throughout her life, Tatiana has shown her exemplary leadership talents: from heading her high school JROTC battalion to advocating for outdoor equity and environmental education programs for Black and Brown youth to being a student leader at UC Berkeley...
Lydia Vasquez-Trucios (she/her/ella) is a senior Comparative Literature major at UC Berkeley, and part of many communities on campus including EOP, DSP, the TransferCommunity, Stiles Hall, PATH to Care, and the Berkeley School of Education. She began her journey with NAVCAL in her first semester at Cal in the Fall of 2020 and has since become a femtor to many students, especially her fellow Latinas, and has been the Facilitator of NAVCAL for over two years. At Cal, she finds opportunities that allow her to follow her lifelong passion of teaching and empowering others. She is currently...
