College of Arts and Sciences Ambassadors support events and programming from the Dean’s Office and represent the College to our guests—prospective students, families, alumni, friends, and partners of the College. As Ambassadors, they share their experiences as students at Santa Clara University and also help educate people about programs and opportunities provided through the College of Arts and Sciences.
Please feel free to reach out with questions to CASAmbassadors@scu.edu.
Meet the College of Arts and Sciences Ambassadors
Lead Ambassadors - Marketing and Communication
Migo Hizon ’27
Majors: Psychology
Campus Involvement: UNITY RLC, Global Engagement, International student adjustment, Intramural basketball.
Sophie Copple ’26
Majors: English, French and Francophone Studies
Minors: Philosophy, Theatre
Campus Involvement: Santa Clara Review, English Research
Internship: Arts and History Internship - City of Boise, Idaho
Lead Ambassador - Academics and Logistics
Cheryl Jenkins ’26
Major: Psychology
Minor: Sociology
Campus Involvement: Honors Program, Greek Life, Orientation Programs, Cultural Clubs, Psychology Research Labs, Associated Student Government, OML/RRC, Clubs on Campus
Ambassadors
Josephine Nguyen ’28
Major: Mathematics
Minor: Entrepreneurship
Campus Involvement: Vietnamese Student Association, NorCal VSA, Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity, Intramural Volleyball, Intramural Basketball
Devan Dooling ’26
Major: Biochemistry
Minor: Biotechnology
Campus Involvement: Research on campus
Future Plans: Working at J.P. Morgan after graduation
Yona Choi ’26
Majors: Psychology, Economics
Minor: Management Information Systems
Campus Involvement: International Business Club, Media Services Front Desk Assistant, International student adjustment, Banking, intramural sports
Chiara Garcia ’27
Major: Biology
Minors: Ancient Studies, Biotechnology
Campus Involvement: Rock Climbing Club, Intramural Sports, Biology Student Advisory Board, Off-Campus Greek Life, On-Campus research
Muriel Oosthuizen ’26
Major: Biochemistry
Minor: Biotechnology
Campus Involvement: Rho Psi Eta, HPPA, UHP, Pre-Med, Biochemistry Research
Hanna Tedla ’26
Major: Environmental Studies
Minor: Sociology
Campus Involvement: tUrn Climate Crisis Awareness & Action, LEAD Scholars
Jeresen Dikilato ’27
Major: Biology
Minor: Public Health
Campus Involvement: Barkada, Ka Mana’o, APHIO, Transfer student adjustment/process
Sam Lei ’26
Major: Environmental Science
Minors: Biology, Public Health, Sustainability
Campus Involvement: First-Gen, Researcher in 3 labs, Women’s Bball Manager, Library Help Desk Assistant
Catalina Valle ’27
Majors: Political Science, Philosophy
Campus Involvement: President of IMPACT
Internships: Public Defender's Office
Hesed Coctecon-Cruz ’28
Majors: Communication, English
Campus Involvement: SCU Improv Club, LEAD Scholars Program, SCU Gameday Support Marketing Staff Member
Jacob Mendonsa ’27
Major: Computer Science
Interests: ACM, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Indoor soccer, Oracle AI certified
Derik Seymour Jr. ’26
Major: Biochemistry
Research: Deegan’s Inorganic Chemistry Lab
Research Awards: Foehr Family Fellow, ALZA Scholarship, Bastiani Summer Research Award, Sigma Xi Honors Research Society
Donna Garcia-Ramirez ’28
Majors: Child Studies, Psychology
Campus Involvement: Future Teachers Project Fellow, LEAD Scholar, Latiné Student Union Co-Chair, Peer Educator
Sahana Kumar ’26
Majors: Computer Science, French and Francophone Studies
Minors: Political Science, Responsible AI
Campus Involvement: Scriptless Improv, KSCU
Research: HSI Lab, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Jerry Wang ’26
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Mathematics
Campus Involvement: Student Assistant, SCU ITW, Passionate about learning and applying data to improve real-world solutions.