Meet the Peer Mentors

Peer Mentors

Josue Alvarado 

Josue Alvarado peer mentor

Pronouns: He/His/Him
Home town: Houston, TX
Class Year: 2023
Major: Sociology 
Campus Involvement: Movimiento Estudiantil Progressive Action (MEPA), AVID Tutor, and Sociology and Anthropology Committee.

 

 

 

Shannon Antonio

shannon antonio peer mentor

Pronouns: She/her/hers
Home town: Clermont, FL
Class Year: 2023
Major: International Studies
Minor or Concentration: Asian Studies
Campus Involvement: Advocating Student Interest in Asia (ASIA)

 

 

 

 

Melanie Beato

melanie beato peer mentor

Pronouns: She/her/hers
Home town: Bronx, NY
Class Year: 2023
Major(s): Anthropology & Spanish double major
Minor or Concentration: Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies
Campus Involvement: Student Programs for Urban Development (SPUD), Latin American Student Organization (LASO), Latinidad Identidad

 

Mya Beausoleil

mya beausoleil peer mentor

Pronouns: She/her/hers
Home town: Dighton MA
Class Year: 2023
Major: Chemistry
Minor or Concentration: Biochemistry
Campus Involvement: Eco-Action, Developing and Educating South Asian Ideologies (DESI)

 

 

 

Aaron Bernardez 

aaron bernardez peer mentor

Pronouns: He/Him/His
Home town: Boston, MA
Class Year: 2023
Major: Sociology
Minor or Concentration: Education
Campus Involvement: Club Soccer, Black Student Union (BSU)

 

 

 

Betty Derege

betty derege peer mentor

Pronouns: She/her/hers
Home town: Cambridge, MA
Class Year: 2023
Major: Health Studies
Minor or Concentration: Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies and Africana Studies
Campus Involvement: Women of Color Athlestes (WOCA), Black Student Union (BSU), Resident Assistant

 

 

Emily  Faghan

emily faghan peer mentor

Pronouns: She/her/hers
Home town: Kingston, MA
Class Year: 2024
Major: Chemistry
Campus Involvement: XChrom, Science Ambassadors

 

 

 

 

Brianna Fisher

brianna fisher peer mentor

Pronouns: She/her/hers
Home town: Worcester, MA
Class Year: 2023
Major: English
Minor or Concentration: Education, Africana Studies 
Campus Involvement: Black Student Union (BSUE), Ultimate Frisbee, Relationship Peer Educators (RPEs), Writer's Workshop consultant

 

 

Tremayne Garrett

tremayne garrett peer mentor

Pronouns: He/His/Him
Home town: Bridgeport, CT
Class Year: 2023
Major: Psychology
Campus Involvement: Black Student Union (BSU), Caribbean African Student Assembly (CASA), Male Involvement Coalition (MIC)

 

 

 

Jada Gutierrez

jada gutierez peer mentor

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers 
Home town: Lynn, MA 
Class Year: 2023
Major: Psychology
Campus Involvement: Latin American Student Organization (LASO), Black Student Union (BSU), Caribbean African Student Assembly (CASA)

 

 

 

Wendy Gutierrez-Perez

wendy gutierrez peer mentor

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Home town: Milwaukee, WI
Class Year: 2023
Major: Economics
Minor or Concentration: Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies
Campus Involvement: Latin American Student Organization (LASO), Black Student Union (BSU), Caribbean African Student Assembly (CASA), Latinidad Identidad

 

 

Jocelyn  Hernandez 

jocelyn hernandez peer mentor

Pronouns: She/her/hers
Home town: Belleville, NJ 
Class Year: 2023
Major(s): English and Political Science 
Campus Involvement: Mock Trial, Donelan Office of Community Based Learning

 

 

Victoria Liu

victoria liu peer mentor

Pronouns: She/her/hers
Home town: South Yarmouth, MA
Class Year: 2023
Major: Economics
Minor or Concentration: Environmental Studies
Campus Involvement:  Advocating Student Interest in Asia (ASIA)

 

 

 

Stacy Paulino

stacy paulino peer mentor

Pronouns: She/her/hers
Home town: Providence, RI
Class Year: 2023
Major(s): Sociology and Latin American, Latinx, & Caribbean Studies
Campus Involvement: Resident Assistant, Tour Guide, Latin American Student Organization (LASO)

 

 

 

Anhthi Phan 

anhthi phan peer mentor

Pronouns: He/him/his
Home town: Springfield, MA
Class Year:2024
Major: Sociology. 
Minor or Concentration: Education, Gender, Sexuality, and Women studies
Campus Involvement: Resident Assistant, A.S.I.A., and Pride

 

 

 

Nicole Pimentel

nicole pimental peer mentor

Pronouns: She/her/hers
Home town: Boston, MA
Class Year: 2024
Major: Psychology
Minor or Concentration: Education
Campus Involvement: Latin American Student Organization (LASO), Black Student Union (BSU), Caribbean African Student Assembly (CASA), Latinidad Identidad

 

 

 

Genesis Pimentel Lugo

genesis lugo pimental peer mentor

Pronouns: She/her/hers
Home town: Providence, RI
Class Year: 2023
Major(s):  Spanish and Latin American, Latinx, & Caribbean Studies
Minor or Concentration: Education
Campus Involvement: Caribbean African Student Assembly (CASA), ROOTS

 

 

Sam Poyant

sam poyant peer mentor

Pronouns: He/they
Home town: Orleans, MA
Class Year: 2023
Major(s): Psychology and Anthropology
Campus Involvement: Pride, Spring Break Immersion Program

 

 

 

 

Emily Primavera

emily primavera

Pronouns: She/her/hers 
Home town: North Haledon, NJ
Class Year:2023
Major: Psychology
Minor or Concentration: Philosophy and Gender, Sexuality, and Women studies
Campus Involvement: Holy Cross Dance Marathon, Nurse Practitioner club, Tour Guide

 

 

Catryn Rhoden 

Pronouns: She/her/hers
Home town: Cromwell, CT
Class Year: 2023
Major: Neuroscience
Campus Involvement: Women of Color Athlestes (WOCA), Black Student Union (BSU)

Ashley Rodriguez Lantigua 

ashley lantigua rodriguez peer mentor

Pronouns: She/her/hers
Home town: Providence, RI
Class Year: 2023
Major(s): Spanish and Latin American, Latinx, & Caribbean Studies
Minor or Concentration: Education
Campus Involvement: Project Empathy, Latinidad Identidad

 

 

 

Samantha Scoco

sam scoco peer mentor

Pronouns: She/her/hers
Home town: Pittsfield, MA
Class Year: 2024
Major: Political Science and Sociology
Minor or Concentration: Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies
Campus Involvement: Latinidad Identidad, Latin American Student Organization (LASO), Resident Assistant

 

 

Ricardo Suchite

ricardo shuchite peer mentor

Pronouns: He/him/his
Home town: Providence, RI
Class Year: 2024
Major: Anthropology and Latin American, Latinx, & Caribbean Studies
Minor or Concentration: Education
Campus Involvement: Latin American Student Organization (LASO), Resident Assistant  

 

 

Louisa Wetzel

louisa wetzel peer mentor

Pronouns: She/her/hers
Home town: Mashpee, MA
Class Year: 2024
Major: Psychology
Campus Involvement: Student Programs for Urban Development (SPUD), Advocating Student Interest in Asia (ASIA), and Friends of St. Francis

 

 

 

Stephany Zabala

stphany zabala peer mentor

Pronouns: She/her/hers
Home town: Providence, RI
Class Year: 2023
Major: Sociology
Minor or Concentration: Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies 
Campus Involvement: Latin American Student Organization (LASO), Student Health Ambassador