Meet The Representatives

Home­town: El Cen­tro, CA

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

BMU 221 | Office Hours:
Mon­day & Wednes­day | 10:00am – 11:30am
Tues­day | 11:00am – 1:00pm
Thurs­day | 10:00am – 1:00pm

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

BMU 221 | Office Hours:
Tues­day | 12:00pm – 1:45pm (online/​fish­bowl)
Wednes­day | 1:15pm – 4:00pm
Thurs­day | 12:00pm – 1:45pm (online/​fish­bowl)

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

Major: Account­ing

BMU 221 | Office Hours:
Mon­day & Tues­day| 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Thurs­day | 2:30pm – 3:30pm

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

BMU 221 | Office Hours:
Mon­day | 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Wednes­day | 1:00pm – 3:00pm

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: as-​vpfs@​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

BMU 221 | Office Hours:
Mon­day & Wednes­day | 11:00am – 1:00pm
Tues­day | 11:00am – 12:00pm

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

BMU 221 | Office Hours:
Mon­day & Thurs­day | 11:00am – 12:00pm

Tues­day | 10:00am – 11:00am

Wednes­day | 10:00am — 12:00pm

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.

Home­towns: San Jose/​Elk Grove

Major: Busi­ness Infor­ma­tion Systems

BMU 221 | Office Hours:
Fri­day | 9:00am – 2:00pm

Hi! My name is Mujta­ba Azam and I am hon­ored to be serv­ing as your Com­mis­sion­er of Com­mu­ni­ty Affairs and work­ing with the Uni­ver­si­ty and Com­mu­ni­ty to ensure their goals are being met. I am cur­rent­ly major­ing in Busi­ness Infor­ma­tion Sys­tems but when I am not study­ing I am pas­sion­ate about meet­ing new peo­ple and learn­ing their sto­ries and the won­der­ful things about them. Addi­tion­al­ly, I love ani­mals, sports, and ice-cream. As your Com­mis­sion­er of Com­mu­ni­ty Affairs I will do my best to make sure every aspect of this role is being met to the high­est stan­dards and improv­ing Chico State. Go Wildcats! 

Home­town: Carmichael, CA

Major: Inter­na­tion­al Relations

BMU 221 | Office Hours:
Wednes­day | 1:00pm – 3:00pm

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

BMU 221 | Office Hours:
Mon­day | 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Tues­day | 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Wednes­day | 1:00pm – 4:00pm

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: South San Fran­cis­co, CA

Major: Envi­ron­men­tal Sci­ence with a Focus on Ener­gy and Earth Resources

BMU221 | Office Hours:
Mon­day | 11:00am — 1:00pm
Tues­day | 2:00pm — 4:00pm
Thurs­day | 2:00pm — 3:00pm

Hi, I’m Gian­na Echavez-LaRoc­ca and I am so excit­ed to be your new Com­mis­sion­er of Sus­tain­abil­i­ty Affairs! I am cur­rent­ly major­ing in Envi­ron­men­tal Sci­ence with a focus on ener­gy and earth resources. I am involved in mul­ti­ple orga­ni­za­tions on cam­pus such as Sig­ma Kap­pa Soror­i­ty and the Chico State Wom­en’s Club Soc­cer Team. I was born and raised in South San Fran­cis­co, CA and I love call­ing the Bay Area home! After col­lege, I hope to inte­grate both my love for sports and envi­ron­men­tal stud­ies into my future career and pur­sue a posi­tion on a sus­tain­abil­i­ty team for a major league sports orga­ni­za­tion. I’m extreme­ly eager to serve the Chico State com­mu­ni­ty and pro­mote sus­tain­able prac­tices on cam­pus. Please don’t hes­i­tate to come to my office hours to get ques­tions answered or just to chat! 

Home­town: Acam­po, CA

Major: Agri­cul­ture Sci­ence with an Option in Education

BMU 221 | Office Hours:
Mon­day | 9:00am – 12:00pm
Wednes­day | 9:00am – 11:00am

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

BMU 221 | Office Hours:
Mon­day | 11:00am — 12:30pm & 1:30pm — 3:00pm

Wednes­day | 11:00am – 1:00pm

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

BMU 221 | Office Hours:
Mon­day & Wednes­day | 10:00am – 12:00pm

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!

Home­town: Lin­coln, CA

Major: Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Studies

BMU 221 | Office Hours:
Mon­days & Wednes­day | 3:45pm‑5:00pm in The Col­lege of Com­mu­ni­ca­tion & Edu­ca­tion Stu­dent Suc­cess Cen­ter locat­ed in Tehama Hall, Room 111
Fri­day | 11:00am – 1:30pm BMU220

Hel­lo, every­one! My name is Austin Landry, your 2023 Sen­a­tor of the Col­lege of Com­mu­ni­ca­tion & Edu­ca­tion. I am a proud first-gen­er­a­tion col­lege stu­dent from Lin­coln, CA, major­ing in Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Stud­ies with an option in Pub­lic Affairs, dou­ble minor­ing in Gen­der & Sex­u­al­i­ty Stud­ies and Psy­chol­o­gy. As a 3^rd year stu­dent, I have been involved with New Stu­dent Ori­en­ta­tion and Tran­si­tion Pro­grams, where I got to wel­come new stu­dents to our Uni­ver­si­ty and cur­rent­ly serve as the Stu­dent Coor­di­na­tor for the pro­gram. After grad­u­at­ing from Chico, I plan to fur­ther my edu­ca­tion and antic­i­pate earn­ing my Ph.D. in Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Stud­ies. I am eager to serve as Sen­a­tor for the Col­lege of Com­mu­ni­ca­tion and Edu­ca­tion and will focus on con­nect­ing, high­light­ing, and sup­port­ing the stu­dents with­in our col­lege. My goal is to ensure every stu­dent feels safe, sup­port­ed, and seen by serv­ing as the relay­er of our stu­dent voic­es and illu­mi­nat­ing stu­dents’ con­cerns and expe­ri­ences with­in our col­lege to Uni­ver­si­ty admin­is­tra­tion. Please don’t hes­i­tate to reach out to me or stop by the Wild­cat Lead­er­ship Cen­ter in the Bell Memo­r­i­al Union (BMU), where you will find me. 

Home­town: Oak­dale, CA

Major: Mechan­i­cal Engineering

BMU 221 | Office Hours:
Tues­day | 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Wednes­day | 11:00am — 2:00pm

Thurs­day | 12:30pm — 1:45pm

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!

Major: Human­i­ties and Fine Arts

BMU 221 / Office Hours: 

Mon­days & Wednes­days | 2:30pm — 3:30pm

Fri­days | 1:00pm — 3:30pm

Hi every­one, my name is Har­ry Hoang and I am going to have the plea­sure of rep­re­sent­ing the Col­lege of the Human­i­ties of Fine Arts, its inspir­ing fac­ul­ty, and its won­der­ful stu­dents for Spring 2023. A quick intro­duc­tion to who I am and what I val­ue. I am a third-year Eng­lish Edu­ca­tion major from Long Beach, Cal­i­for­nia. Dur­ing my time at Chico State, I have been pro­vid­ed the oppor­tu­ni­ties to rep­re­sent the school as a Stu­dent Learn­ing Cen­ter Writ­ing Cen­ter, Senior Ori­en­ta­tion Leader, Eng­lish Peer Men­tor, and Stu­dent Ambas­sador for the Eng­lish Depart­ment. All of my past involve­ments on cam­pus are direct­ed towards two goals of mine: self-improve­ment and a desire to impact oth­ers as an edu­ca­tor. A val­ue that I car­ry with me is to con­stant­ly be the best ver­sion of myself each and every day, as it is the one vari­able I can con­trol in my life. Whilst car­ry­ing this inter­nal moti­va­tion, in the future, I’d like to teach High School Eng­lish and even­tu­al­ly progress toward becom­ing a pro­fes­sor at a col­lege. How­ev­er, these goals of mine are years into the future. Now, as a Stu­dent Aca­d­e­m­ic Sen­a­tor, I have more oppor­tu­ni­ties to make a dif­fer­ence in and out­side of the class­room. Dur­ing my time in this posi­tion, I’d like to cre­ate more con­nec­tions between stu­dents and fac­ul­ty and cre­ate a bet­ter bond for com­mu­ni­ca­tion. As a first-gen­er­a­tion col­lege stu­dent, mul­ti­ple resources at Chico State have com­mu­ni­cat­ed with me their goals and pur­pos­es in how they could bol­ster my career as a col­lege stu­dent. From these past expe­ri­ences, I want to cre­ate more means of com­mu­ni­ca­tion between stu­dents and fac­ul­ty in order to ensure that all stu­dents at Chico State have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to succeed.

Home­town: Sacra­men­to

Major: Cel­lu­lar and Mol­e­c­u­lar Biol­o­gy with a Minor in Neuroscience

BMU 221 | Office Hours:
Tues­day & Thurs­day | 11:00am – 2:00pm
Wednes­day | 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Fri­day | 11:00am – 1:00pm

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!

Home­town: Orange Coun­ty, CA

Major: Con­struc­tion Management 

BMU 221 | Office Hours:
Mon­day | 11:00am – 12:00pm
Tues­day | 11:00am – 1:00pm
Thurs­day | 11:00am – 1:00pm
Fri­day | 11:00am – 3:00pm

Hel­lo every­one, my name is Bren­den Hoop­er and I am proud to call myself the Chief of Staff for Gov­ern­ment Affairs. I’m cur­rent­ly a fifth-year stu­dent aim­ing to fin­ish my degree in Con­struc­tion Man­age­ment here at Chico State. I’m from South­ern Cal­i­for­nia and grew up in Orange Coun­ty. I hope to fin­ish my degree and begin work­ing as soon as pos­si­ble. I believe that my expe­ri­ence in Con­struc­tion Man­age­ment will help me become a great Chief of Staff for every­one in Gov­ern­ment Affairs as well as for all the stu­dents here at Chico State. As Chief of Staff I want to try and help all my fel­low staff and stu­dents here in Gov­ern­ment Affairs as well as raise aware­ness to stu­dents about the process of cam­paign­ing and vot­ing so stu­dents can have a bet­ter under­stand­ing of how to have more impact on cam­pus and how they can help. Come vis­it me in my office hours or feel free to reach out if you have any questions!