Student Workers

Khant Wai Yan(He/Him)

Home: Yangon, Myanmar
Majors/Minors: International Studies/ Media & Cultural Studies/ Critical Theory
Interests: Movies, Reading, Football
Places you want to visit: Japan, Kenya, Ecuador

Alex Bordelon(She/Her)

Home: Washington, ME
Majors/Minors: Religious Studies
Interests: Volleyball, lacrosse, reading, going on long walks
Places you want to visit: South Korea, Hungary, Nova Scotia

Shakthi Palraj(He/Him)

Home: Tirunelveli, India
Majors/Minors:  Economics
Interests:  Hiking
Places you want to visit: Antartica

Fiona Brown(She/They)

Home: Brunswick, Maine
Majors/Minors: Anthropology and International Studies
Interests: reading, playing lacrosse, listening to music
Places you want to visit: Chile and Argentina

Zadie Heitzeg(She/Her)

Home: Saint Paul, MN
Majors/Minors: Biology with a biochem emphasis
Interests: Hiking, playing and listening to jazz, and canoeing!
Places you want to visit: backpacking in Patagonia or go to Sweden

Skye Sun(She/Her)

Home: China
Majors/Minors: Econ and Maths
Interests: Hiking, Swimming and Music
Places you want to visit: Paris and Bali

Lifelihle Kunene(She/Her)

Home: Mbabane, Eswatini
Majors/Minors: Economics
Interests: Swimming, cooking, dancing, spending time with my friends and family
Places you want to visit: Mauritius, Cape Town, Mexico, Thailand, South Korea

Alexander Matthews(He/Him)

Home: Portland, Oregon
Majors/Minors: Undecided
Interests: Running, Reading Science Fiction, Listening to Music, Comedy, Hanging out with Friends, Exploring
Places you want to visit: Copenhagen, Denmark or India are definitely at the top of my list.

Zehra Kosebalaban(She/Her)

Home: Ankara, Turkey
Majors/Minors: Biology
Interests: Cooking, trying new recipes, photography
Places you want to visit: Como Park Zoo and the Science Museum of Minnesota

Scout Holding Eagle-Bushaw(She/Her)

Home: Moorhead, MN
Majors/Minors: Political Science
Interests: Geocaching, reading, knitting and crocheting
Places you want to visit: A desert! I’m not picky on which one. Olympic National Park.

Olivia Worcester(she/her)

Home: Dallas, TX
Majors/Minors: English literature, Religious Studies minor
Interests: reading, writing, watching movies, bothering my cat
Places want to visit: Edinburgh, Lisbon, Florence, Galway

Calla Lee(she/her)

Home: Saint Paul, MN
Majors/Minors: English and Psychology
Interests: Reading
Places want to visit: Korea, Japan, Thailand, Denmark, France

Kyle Riffner (he/him)

Home: Long Grove, Illinois
Majors/Minors: Neuroscience
Interests: Creating art, reading, and spending time in nature.
Places want to visit: Fiji, the Galápagos Islands, and Montana