Meet The Representatives

Home­town: El Cen­tro, CA

Major: Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Sci­ences and Dis­or­ders with a Minor in Child Development.

Hey Wild­cats! My name is Krys­tal Alvarez and I’m so thrilled to be serv­ing as your AS Pres­i­dent. I am from El Cen­tro, CA, and a fourth year study­ing Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Sci­ences and dis­or­ders with a minor in Child Devel­op­ment. Dur­ing my term as the Sen­a­tor for the Col­lege of Com­mu­ni­ca­tion and Edu­ca­tion, I have had many oppor­tu­ni­ties to learn more about the Asso­ci­at­ed Stu­dents and can hope­ful­ly make an impact not only for the school but as well for stu­dents. Not only am I involved with AS, but I am also a sis­ter of Upsilon Kap­pa Delta­Mul­ti­cul­tur­al Soror­i­ty. I look for­ward to help­ing empow­er stu­dents and to ampli­fy their voic­es on cam­pus. Feel free to stop by or reach out with any ques­tions or con­cerns you may have!

Home­town: San Ramon, California

Major: Psy­chol­o­gy with a minor in Fam­i­ly Relations

Hi Wild­cats! My name is Jade Tsao and I am so hon­ored and excit­ed to be your Exec­u­tive Vice Pres­i­dent! I am a fourth-year Psy­chol­o­gy major with a minor in Fam­i­ly Rela­tions from San Ramon Cal­i­for­nia. In terms of career goals, I hope to get my mas­ter’s in Mar­riage and Fam­i­ly ther­a­py and to prac­tice as a ther­a­pist. On our cam­pus, I have been the stu­dent Chief of Staff which has giv­en me so much insight into Asso­ci­at­ed Stu­dents and the world of Gov­ern­ment Affairs. I hope to move some projects for­ward along with cre­at­ing new projects to make our cam­pus com­mu­ni­ty bet­ter! My goals as EVP is to raise aware­ness of the resources avail­able at Chico State as well as get more stu­dent opin­ion on what stu­dents would like to see on our cam­pus. I know that the tran­si­tion from ful­ly online class­es to in-per­son class­es has been a tumul­tuous process, but I am so glad things seem to be turn­ing a new leaf. I am so hap­py to serve you this year, please do not hes­i­tate to reach out and con­nect with me!

Home­town: Corn­ing, CA

Hey fel­low Chico State Wild­cats. I am Johnathan C Montes, (the spelling is cor­rect) and my home­town is Corn­ing. I am new to Chico State, but not new to work­ing with the stu­dent body asso­ci­a­tions. I had the priv­i­lege to serve one year in the AS Stu­dent Gov­ern­ment office as the Busi­ness Affairs Direc­tor at Butte Col­lege dur­ing the semes­ter when the Camp­fire hap­pened. As a stu­dent offi­cer, we cre­at­ed a fund for emer­gency sup­plies for Camp­fire vic­tims. I cur­rent­ly work as a vol­un­teer for a non-prof­it as their accoun­tant while major­ing in account­ing and I plan to focus my account­ing career in the non­prof­it sec­tor of busi­ness after I grad­u­ate in Fall 2023. I am look­ing for more expe­ri­ences in areas that could help me be a bet­ter accoun­tant, and this includes lead­er­ship oppor­tu­ni­ties. This is impor­tant to me per­son­al­ly as a father. The future is uncer­tain and the more pre­pared I am for any con­tin­gency the bet­ter I can teach my son how to be a leader in what­ev­er capac­i­ty he desires.

Home­town: Wal­nut Creek, CA

Major: Soci­ol­o­gy and Crim­i­nal Jus­tice with a minor in Gen­der and Sex­u­al­i­ty Studies

Hel­lo Wild­cats! My name is Michelle Davis and I am serv­ing as your AS Vice Pres­i­dent of Facil­i­ties and Ser­vices. I am a fourth-year stu­dent major­ing in soci­ol­o­gy and crim­i­nal jus­tice with a minor in gen­der and sex­u­al­i­ty stud­ies. I decid­ed to run for this posi­tion because of my pas­sion for advo­cat­ing for stu­dent needs as well as my desire to improve our AS facil­i­ties and pro­grams. If you have any ques­tions, com­ments, or con­cerns, please reach out to me via email:medavis@csuchico.edu. I am thrilled to be serv­ing our Chico State community!

Home­town: Tope­ka, Kansas

Major: Mul­ti­cul­tur­al Gen­der Stud­ies with a Minor in Man­ag­ing Diver­si­ty in Organizations

My name is Autumn Alaniz-Wig­gins (she/​her/​hers) and I will be serv­ing you as the Direc­tor of Social Jus­tice and Equi­ty for the Fall 2022-Spring 2023 Year. I am a Mul­ti­cul­tur­al Gen­der Stud­ies Major with a Minor in Man­ag­ing Diver­si­ty in Orga­ni­za­tions. A com­pressed auto­bi­og­ra­phy of me is that I was raised in Mil­i­tary Fam­i­ly (Sem­per Fi) and grew up trav­el­ing the US and Oki­nawa, Japan. I grew up par­tic­i­pat­ing in social aware­ness and aca­d­e­m­ic readi­ness clubs from Aca­d­e­m­ic Decathlon to being the Pres­i­dent of the ASL Club in High School. My cur­rent com­mu­ni­ty ser­vice is most­ly as a Gar­den Pro­gram Man­ag­er at the Sum­mer Camp I work at, phil­an­thropy work in the Chico State Stu­dent Phil­an­thropy Coun­cil, and this role! I strong­ly encour­age wild­cats to not only improve your­self be it pro­fes­sion­al­ly or men­tal­ly but also the com­mu­ni­ty around you in what­ev­er capac­i­ty you see fit! I seek to be acces­si­ble in any mode of com­mu­ni­ca­tion, so if you want to get con­nect­ed, please reach out and I will do the rest!

Home­town: Hol­lis­ter, CA

Major: Psy­chol­o­gy

Hel­lo! My name is Alli­son Wag­n­er and I will be a 3^rd-year stu­dent for the 2022 – 2023 aca­d­e­m­ic year. I am beyond excit­ed to be serv­ing as the Direc­tor of Uni­ver­si­ty Affairs and get to know all that it entails. I am cur­rent­ly Major­ing in Psy­chol­o­gy hop­ing to attend grad­u­ate school after I obtain my degree. I am pas­sion­ate about get­ting to know the world around me and ful­ly engag­ing in all aspects of com­mu­ni­ty. I am a com­plete extro­vert and I absolute­ly love meet­ing new peo­ple. I love nature, I cur­rent­ly have too many plants at home and adore the out­doors. I’ve always loved to vol­un­teer, read and swim. I grew up with piles of books on my night­stand. I was the cap­tain of my swim team for two years in high school and the founder/​pres­i­dent of mul­ti­ple vol­un­teer orga­ni­za­tions on my cam­pus. I was a facil­i­ta­tor in First-Year Lead­er­ship oppor­tu­ni­ties and a Coor­di­na­tor for Ani­mal con­nec­tions in CAVE. I feel like there’s always new things to learn and explore and I absolute­ly plan to learn and explore as much as I can this upcom­ing year and for as long as I can.

Home­town: Elko, NV | West­ern Temoak Shoshone Tribe Reservation

Major: Polit­i­cal Science

I am a first-year con­di­tion­al sta­tus mas­ter’s stu­dent in polit­i­cal sci­ence. I am a mom to three adven­tur­ous boys who I attempt to raise tra­di­tion­al­ly while being in an urban city. I grew up on the Shoshone reser­va­tion in Elko, NV, lis­ten­ing to my elders tak­ing their role in our trib­al com­mu­ni­ty as a sov­er­eign gov­ern­ment. I am look­ing for­ward to col­lab­o­rat­ing with fac­ul­ty, stu­dent clubs, and com­mu­ni­ty orga­ni­za­tions to strength­en uni­ver­si­ty connections. 

Home­town: Carmichael, CA

Major: Inter­na­tion­al Relations

Hel­lo, my name is Joshua Rubi­noff and I’m a senior get­ting a degree in Inter­na­tion­al Rela­tions. I am from Carmichael, Cal­i­for­nia, pret­ty much Sacra­men­to. I like pol­i­tics a lot, but I don’t know if it’s for me! I do care about the place I live and want to make a pos­i­tive civic change though, so I’m at a cross­roads. Just anoth­er per­son that took Pla­to too seri­ous­ly. I love rock climb­ing, One Piece, and watch­ing bas­ket­ball. I am obsessed with the out­side world and have dreams of trav­el­ing with my girl­friend and estab­lish­ing a New World Lib­er­al Order. I’m excit­ed to car­ry out this posi­tion to the best of my abil­i­ty and hope to take a step to help my community.

Home­town: San Fran­cis­co, CA

Major: Psy­chol­o­gy with a Minor in Child Development

Hi Wild­cats! My name is Chloe Ren­ner and I can’t wait to serve as your Com­mis­sion­er of Stu­dent Engage­ment and Advo­ca­cy for the 2022 – 23 year! I am a 4^th-year Psy­chol­o­gy major with a minor in Child Devel­op­ment. After I grad­u­ate in 2023, I will be mov­ing to Boston to teach mid­dle school Eng­lish with Teach­ForAmer­i­ca! Cur­rent­ly, I am the Vice Pres­i­dent of Pub­lic Rela­tions for the Chico State Pan­hel­lenic Coun­cil. I want­ed to join AS because I want­ed an oppor­tu­ni­ty to give back to the com­mu­ni­ty that has giv­en me so much. I’m so excit­ed to work with you all to get stu­dents more involved on cam­pus and to tru­ly make every­one’s voice heard!

Home­town: San Diego, CA

Major: Parks and Nat­ur­al Resource Man­age­ment with a Minor in Envi­ron­men­tal Studies

Hey Wild­cats! I’m Daisy Chavez and I am serv­ing as your Com­mis­sion­er of Sus­tain­abil­i­ty Affairs for the 2022 – 2023 school year:) I am cur­rent­ly study­ing to get my degree in Parks and Nat­ur­al Resource Man­age­ment with a minor in Envi­ron­men­tal Stud­ies. I enjoy spend­ing a lot of my time around nature whether I am going on a hike or just sit­ting in my back­yard. When I first came to Chico I instant­ly fell in love after see­ing all the beau­ti­ful nature that is on our cam­pus and around all of Chico. I have been involved with sus­tain­abil­i­ty at Chico State since my first year. I am super excit­ed that I get to rep­re­sent the stu­dent body and our sus­tain­abil­i­ty affairs. I will always ensure that sus­tain­abil­i­ty is tak­en into account with­in the A.S. and con­tin­ue to strive in our sus­tain­abil­i­ty efforts. Please feel free to reach out to me about any­thing via my office hours or email! Go Wildcats!

Home­town: Acam­po, CA

Major: Agri­cul­ture Sci­ence with an Option in Education

Hey every­one! I’m Mia Aris­man, an Agri­cul­ture Sci­ence major with an option in Edu­ca­tion. I am elat­ed to be serv­ing as the Col­lege of Agri­cul­ture Sen­a­tor this year! I grew up just south of Sacra­men­to, in a small rur­al com­mu­ni­ty called Acam­po. Both agri­cul­ture and lead­er­ship are areas that I am incred­i­bly pas­sion­ate about. After my high school grad­u­a­tion in 2020, I was elect­ed to serve over 95,000 stu­dents in the Cal­i­for­nia FFA Asso­ci­a­tion as the State FFA Sec­re­tary. As your Col­lege of Agri­cul­ture Sen­a­tor, my mis­sion is to see, know and under­stand all stu­dents that call the Col­lege of Agri­cul­ture their home. I am a dream­er and a doer. I envi­sion a year of build­ing com­mu­ni­ty, forg­ing new con­nec­tions, and the cre­ativ­i­ty to bring us to new heights. I’m look­ing for­ward to doing what it takes to make Chico State and the Col­lege of Agri­cul­ture a place for all stu­dents to shine.

Home­town: Sebastopol, CA

Major: Pub­lic Health

Hi, my name is Bren­na Goss­ner and I am your 2022 – 2023 Sen­a­tor of the Col­lege of Behav­ioral and Social Sci­ences!! I am a third-year Pub­lic Health major, and after my time at Chico, I plan to become a health pro­fes­sion­al in women’s health ser­vices. I am orig­i­nal­ly from a small town called Sebastopol, CA, locat­ed in Sono­ma Coun­ty. I am a mem­ber of a Pan­hel­lenic orga­ni­za­tion here on cam­pus, Alpha Phi, where I serve as the Vice Pres­i­dent of New Mem­ber Edu­ca­tion and Mem­ber Expe­ri­ence. I am also a mem­ber of the Health Pro­fes­sion­als Asso­ci­a­tion. I love being involved with dif­fer­ent groups at Chico State and have grown so much as an indi­vid­ual since mov­ing here. I can’t wait for the next year!

Home­town: McArthur, CA

Major: Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion Project Man­age­ment with a Minor in Tourism

Hey Wild­cats! My name is Katie Lakey and I am proud to serve as the Sen­a­tor of the Col­lege of Busi­ness. I am a Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion Project Man­age­ment major with a minor in Tourism. I have served as both the Pres­i­dent and Sec­re­tary of the Asso­ci­a­tion for Women in Busi­ness in the past two years. I am also a mem­ber of the Project Man­age­ment Group, Amer­i­can Mar­ket­ing Asso­ci­a­tion, and Chico Cru. I am so excit­ed to lead the COB­COR and give stu­dents more pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment opportunities!

Major: Recre­ation, Hos­pi­tal­i­ty, and Parks Man­age­ment with a focus in Event Man­age­ment and Hotel and Lodg­ing Admin­is­tra­tion, addi­tion­al Minor in The­ater Arts

Hi friends! My name is Amy Led­erg­er­ber and I can­not wait to serve as your 2022 – 2023 Col­lege of Com­mu­ni­ca­tion and Edu­ca­tion Sen­a­tor. I am set to grad­u­ate in Spring 2023 and I can­not wait to see where life takes me! I am pur­su­ing a degree in Recre­ation, Hos­pi­tal­i­ty, and Parks Man­age­ment with a focus in Event Man­age­ment and Hotel and Lodg­ing Admin­is­tra­tion, as well as an addi­tion­al minor in The­ater Arts. I cur­rent­ly serve as the Vice Pres­i­dent of Pro­gram­ming for our cam­pus’ Pan­hel­lenic board and pre­vi­ous­ly served as the Vice Pres­i­dent of New Mem­ber Edu­ca­tion and Mem­ber Expe­ri­ence for Alpha Phi! I want­ed to become more involved with Gov­ern­ment Affairs after start­ing my posi­tion in the Wild­cat Lead­er­ship Cen­ter as a Stu­dent Involve­ment and Inclu­sion Coor­di­na­tor! Work­ing so close­ly with Asso­ci­at­ed Stu­dents inspired me to become even more involved! I am absolute­ly so excit­ed to serve the stu­dents and help the Col­lege of Com­mu­ni­ca­tion and Edu­ca­tion become the best that it can be! Come by my office hours to get advice, ques­tions answered, or if you just want to make a new friend! What team? Wildcats!

Home­town: Oak­dale, CA

Major: Mechan­i­cal Engineering

Hi Wild­cats! My name is Diego Valdez, and I will be your 2022 — 2023 Sen­a­tor for the Col­lege of ECC. A lit­tle back­ground on myself, I am a third-year Mechan­i­cal Engi­neer­ing major and I am orig­i­nal­ly from Oak­dale, Cal­i­for­nia which is a small town in the Cen­tral Val­ley. I intend on enter­ing the Navy after col­lege as an offi­cer in the NUPOC pro­gram which is their nuclear divi­sion. I have always been inter­est­ed in sci­ence and math­e­mat­ics which has led me to being an engi­neer­ing major and brought me to my deci­sion on going into the nuclear career field. I have enjoyed my time with­in the Col­lege of ECC and would like that to be the same expe­ri­ence for oth­ers. I plan to work on improv­ing the way infor­ma­tion is dis­trib­uted through­out the col­lege so that none of the impor­tant events or infor­ma­tion are lost with­in a slew of emails. Fur­ther­more, I’d like to serve as some­one who could be approached to voice their con­cerns no mat­ter if it per­tains to the Col­lege of ECC or not. I’d like to serve as a trans­par­ent mes­sen­ger from the Stu­dent Aca­d­e­m­ic Stu­dent back to all of the Wild­cats to make sure that their con­cerns are heard and that col­lab­o­ra­tion is enhanced. I look for­ward to work­ing with my fel­low Wild­cats and fac­ul­ty and can­not wait to see what the year has to offer!

Home­town: Oak­dale, CA

Major: Inte­ri­or Archi­tec­ture with a Minor in Marketing

Hey Wild­cats! My name is Myken­zie Mack (she/​her/​hers), and I am proud to be serv­ing as your 2022 – 2023 Sen­a­tor for the Col­lege of Human­i­ties and Fine Arts. I am a fourth-year Inte­ri­or Archi­tec­ture major, minor­ing in Mar­ket­ing from a small town in the Cen­tral Val­ley called Oak­dale. I plan to pur­sue a mas­ter’s degree in Archi­tec­ture and hope to go on to receive a Ph.D. in Archi­tec­ture so I can be a pro­fes­sor at the uni­ver­si­ty lev­el. I hope to serve as a safe space for stu­dents to address their con­cerns and needs with­in the col­lege so I can work with admin­is­tra­tion to find solu­tions that will allow all stu­dents to feel heard, seen, and tak­en care of. I was dri­ven to run for this posi­tion after hav­ing worked for the Asso­ci­at­ed Stu­dents as an Involve­ment Coor­di­na­tor in the Wild­cat Lead­er­ship Cen­ter for the past year. The con­nec­tions and friend­ships I have made through the orga­ni­za­tion led to me want­i­ng to be more involved on cam­pus and with the stu­dent pop­u­la­tion of our cam­pus as a whole. I hope to be some­one the stu­dents in the Col­lege of Human­i­ties and Fine Arts, as well as oth­er col­leges feel they can count on to make their voic­es heard and for guid­ance. I can­not wait to see what this next year will bring us. Go Wildcats!

Home­town: Sacra­men­to

Major: Cel­lu­lar and Mol­e­c­u­lar Biol­o­gy with a Minor in Neuroscience

Hey All! My name is Mia Sanchez- Bejar and I’m your Sen­a­tor for the Col­lege of Nat­ur­al Sci­ences! A big thank you for re-elec­tion. I’ve been a part of the Chico State coun­cil for two years, but I’m real­ly excit­ed to step into this new posi­tion and its chal­lenges- I’m look­ing for­ward to get­ting to work with the rest of AS but also to serve the stu­dents in a new way! A lit­tle about me is that I’m a Peru­vian first-gen­er­a­tion stu­dent from Sacra­men­to, who is flu­ent in three lan­guages! I’m a sec­ond-year major­ing in Cel­lu­lar and Mol­e­c­u­lar Biol­o­gy with a minor in neu­ro­science. Once I grad­u­ate from Chico, I plan to attend med­ical school, hope­ful­ly in Boston. After this, I hope to work along­side Doc­tors With­out Bor­ders and from there I will see where the future takes me. But, oth­er than AS I’m involved in CAVE, some clubs held in Holt Hall, and play on the water polo club team for the school. I plan to be a voice for all and be able to cre­ate a con­nec­tion between the col­lege and the stu­dents. As a woman in STEM, this posi­tion means a lot to me, and I can’t wait to be able to meet more of you! I hope to be able to voice your con­cerns or ques­tions and serve you to my best poten­tial. Please don’t be scared to reach out by email or in per­son, once again, I can’t wait for what this year has in hold for us! Thank you for giv­ing me this oppor­tu­ni­ty to be your senator!