Experience
Senator, ASUC (09-10)
Co-Founder,Coalition Against 2012 Admissions Policy
Housing Commissioner City of Berkeley 2009
Member, Dean of Students Advisory Council (08-09)
Story Editor, hardboiled Magazine (08-09)
Small Group Leader, Intervarsity Cal Christian Fellowship (08-09)
Task force member, API Education and Languages Now! (09-10)
Intern, Asian Pacific American Student Development Office (09-10)
Platform
Promoting the Student Voice
Students have been excluded from decision-making processes that directly affect our education and overall experience at Cal. As President, I will prioritize student input at all levels and make the ASUC a resource and a support system for the student movement to protect public education. To ensure that administrators listen to student needs, I will post a calendar of my meetings with campus administrators on ASUC website as well as updates after every meeting with a summary of what was discussed and what promises were made.
Creating an Efficient and Student-Centered Budget
The ASUC’s poor finances hinder its ability to provide resources to student groups. As President, I will establish a financial auditing system to pinpoint “miscellaneous” ASUC Auxiliary expenses that have been absorbing student money. Bold decisions must be made about parts of the ASUC budget that consistently lose student money, like the Cal Lodge which loses $100,000 a year, and is rarely utilized by student groups. I will make the hard but necessary choices to better allocate funds to student groups and scholarships in these hard economic times.
Pursuing Social and Environmental Responsibility
The ASUC, with regard to its commercial activities, has been known to make profit-oriented decisions that disregard social and environmental accountability. As President, I will make decisions that are socially conscious and environmentally sustainable and that will ensure the holistic viability of the ASUC. Additionally, as President, I will be an advocate for the entire student body including students of color, undocumented students and low and middle-income students. I will push to make a campus that’s accessible, diverse and a safe place for all.
Endorsements
Isaac Miller,
Coordinator, Berkeley Students Against the Cuts*
Christina Oatfield,
ASUC Senator Cooperative Movement Party*
ClaireViall,
President, Cal Berkeley Democrats*
Jordan Tauber,
President, Queer Alliance Resource Center*
Justin Hinton,
Editor in Chief, Onyx Magazine*
Lillian Schenck,
President, UC Berkeley Model UN*
Huda Adem,
Independent ASUC Senator*
Stephanie Chiao,
Editor in Chief, To An Unknown God*
Torrence Tran,
President, Unit 2 Residence Hall*
Alison Ostendorf,
President, Berkeley National Organization for Women*
Maria Kim,
President, EGO*
Sammy Lee,
Covenant Team, Cal Intervarsity Cal Christian Fellowship*
Elisabeth Bailey,
Covenant Leader, Black Campus Ministries*
Katherine Lee,
Co-Founder, Coalition Against the 2010 Admissions Policy*
Gabriel Cortez,
Board Member, Students for Hip Hop*
David Oda,
President, Nikkei Student Union (NSU)*
Alice Tse,
Managing Editor, hardboiled magazine*
Wenting Xi,
Founder and President, International Justice Missions*
Nhi Tran,
Co-Operations and Finance Chair, Southeast Asian Student Coalition (SASC)*
Julie Tse,
Vice President, Project Vision*
Karen Baker,
Founder, The Berkeley Rhetoric Society*
Kifah Shah,
Board Member, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)*
Lydia Centeno,
Operations Coordinator, Raza Recruitment and Retention Center*
Kat Trujillo,
Chapter Coordinator, Hispanic Scholarship Fund*
Ana Loera,
Co-Chair, Hermanas Unidas*
Rosa Baeza,
Co-Chair, Trenza*
Victor Sanchez,
President, UC Students Association*
Palmer Buccholz,
President, Berkeley Student Co-Op*
Meghan Ballard,
Chief Deputy, Cal Lobby Corps*
Legal Affiairs Committee Chair, Phi Alpha Delta*
Kortney McBride,
Community Labor Liaison, United States Student Association (USSA)*
Daniele Rosa,
President, Italian International Students Association*
Max Zhang,
Player, Cal Men’s Basketball Team*
Anna Li,
President, Fall 09, Unit 1 Res Hall*
Shreyans Kothari,
Internal Vice President, International Students Association and Berkeley (ISAB)*
Travis Lee Darrow,
External Liaison Officer, Berkeley Club of Hong Kong*
Jeffrey Pu,
President, Bridge Across Borders*
Zachery Jacobson,
Co-President, Electrical Engineering Graduate Student Association*
Kiev Wan,
President, Project S.M.I.L.E.*
* Titles for Identification Purposes Only