Study Away Peer Leaders

Every semester, the Center for Study Away Peer Leaders offer their perspectives from their study away experience in order to support their peers, through leadership and facilitation of both study away returnee and study away pre-departure events. Learn more about this semester’s Study Away Peer Leaders below, feel free to reach out to them with questions about their experiences, and say hello to them around campus at various Study Away events.

We are no longer accepting applications for Fall 2024 Peer Leaders. Keep an eye out for Spring 2025 hiring in the fall!

Fall 2024 Peer Leaders

Emanuel Deleon Otazu

Study away program: Macalester: Globalization, the Environment, and Society (Cape Town, South Africa)

Majors/Minors/Concentrations: Data Science/Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Ask me about these topics & study away: Student of color, Research abroad, Intern abroad, LGBTQIA+ student, International student,  High financial need student, Macalester faculty-led program

Reach me at: [email protected]

Ava Rao

Study away program: DIS: Study Abroad in Scandinavia (Stockholm, Sweden)

Majors/Minors/Concentrations: Biology/Chemistry/Community and Global Health

Ask me about these topics & study away: Study away as a premed student, Student with medical needs while abroad, Student of color

Reach me at: [email protected]

Carling McQuinn

Study away program: IES Abroad: French Language Immersion & Area Studies (Nantes, France)

Majors/Minors/Concentrations: English, Economics/French

Ask me about these topics & study away: Language-Immersion program (when you only sort-of know the language), Living with a host family, Full academic course load abroad, Navigating the European healthcare system, Travel anxiety 

Reach me at: [email protected]

Jenna Hawkes

Study away program: Macalester: Globalization, the Environment, and Society (Cape Town, South Africa)

Majors/Minors/Concentrations: Environmental Studies/Geography/Food, Agriculture, and Society

Ask me about these topics & study away: LGBTQIA+ student, Research abroad, Direct enroll, Macalester faculty-led program, Multinational travel abroad

Reach me at: [email protected]

Leyden Streed

Study away program: IFSA: Universidad de La Habana (Havana, Cuba)

Majors/Minors/Concentrations: English/Sociology/Spanish

Ask me about these topics & study away: Experience as a woman, LGBTQIA+ student, Multiracial student, Direct enroll in a second language, Scholarship options, Homestay experience

Reach me at: [email protected]

Naomi Glunz-Kennedy

Study away program: ISEP Direct: Yonsei University (Seoul, South Korea)

Majors/Minors/Concentrations: Psychology/Community and Global Health

Ask me about these topics & study away: Direct enroll, Student disabilities

Reach me at: [email protected]

Ella Short

Study away program: SIT Chile: Public Health, Traditional Medicine and Community Empowerment (Arica, Chile)
Majors/Minors/Concentrations: Biology/Chemistry/Spanish/Biochemistry

Ask me about these topics & study away: Student athlete, Intern abroad, Language immersion, Living with a host family

Reach me at: [email protected]

Tara Weber

Study away program: SIT India: Public Health, Gender, and Sexuality (New Delhi, India)

Majors/Minors/Concentrations: Asian Studies/American Studies

Ask me about these topics & study away: LGBTQIA+ student, Research abroad, Living with a host family

Reach me at: [email protected]