ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ

ace.maharjan@csueastbay.edu

• Major and year: Computer Science - Senior
• Dream career: Entrepreneur
• Hometown: Kathmandu, Nepal
• What you love about ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ: Perry the not platypus is cool
• What you do in your free time: Make websites /AI Projects for fun ;)
• Fun fact: I speak 3 languages

• Major and year: English major, 3rd-year transfer student 📚✨
• Dream career: College Administrator/Dean/Director who advocates for student voice 💼🎓
• Hometown: Union City, California 🌆
• What you love about ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ: I love how many options there are to get involved. It’s easy to find your people and make a difference here 🫶🏽🌟
• What you do in your free time: Any form of self-care and pampering 💅🏽🧖🏽‍♀️ I love getting my nails done, getting massages, going on walks, discovering new coffee, drink, and food spots (shoutout Yelp), checking out food & edm festivals, and going shopping (flea markets, thrift stores, malls) 🛍️☕🍲
• Fun fact: 1. I find new music by searching emotions on Spotify, like “I need to angry scream in my car” or “i love my life happy playlist” 🎶😤🚗
  2. My love language is sending TikToks of new places we have to check out: especially if they serve soup or meat-forward Asian dishes. I <3 hotpot! 🍜🥩📲

daidrian.deguzman@csueastbay.edu 

• Major/Year: Fourth Year Music Education Major
• Dream career: College Counselor at a Community College/Music Therapist
• Hometown: San Lorenzo, California
• What I love about ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ: What I love about ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ is the endless opportunities for involvement and leadership. The campus encourages students to step outside their comfort zones, connect with others, and build meaningful experiences.
• What I do in my free time: In my free time I love to spend time with my family and friends, I love spontaneous adventures with no set schedules. Im apart of a traditional Filipino dance troupe that performs all over the bay, I love singing and writing my own music, and Im an avid gym go-er :)
• Fun fact: Im a private music teacher :) so if you want to learn how to sing and/or play piano or guitar hit me up

• Major and year: Transfer student from Chabot and bachelor's in psychology! Current Master's student
• Dream career: Doing something I’m passionate about and where I can grow as a person!
• Hometown: West Covina, CA but was raised in the Bay Area!
• What you love about ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ: I love the community and how diverse our campus is. ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ offers a lot of opportunities for students to grow! I love seeing the sunsets from the core bridge! 
• What you do in your free time: I enjoy going to the movies! (I’m a big movie goer!) I also enjoy going to concerts!
• Fun fact: I collect vinyl records! Mainly pop, since I am a pop culture fanatic as well! (I own around 200+)

• Major and year: I was a transfer student from Chabot Community College and I graduated with my B.A. in Ethnic Studies in Spring 2025. Then decided to pursue a Masters of Public Administration, concentration in Public Management and Policy Analysis. #firstgen #educated
• Dream career: I want to be a freelance National Geographics photographer
• Hometown: Born in San Francisco but was raised + currently reside in the city of Hayward #haystack
• What you love about ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ: I love the community I engage with and the incredible view from the top of the hill
• What you do in your free time: I enjoy annoying my cat, tending to my plants, collecting smiskis and writing in my journal (I recommend junk journaling!)
• Fun fact: I was named after my great paternal grandmother because we share the same birthday. 

• Major and year: Senior, Communication Studies
• Dream career: Academic Counselor for Universities
• Hometown: Brentwood
• What you love about ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ: What I love about ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ is the scenery around the campus and how supportive everyone is.
• What you do in your free time: What I do for my free time is walk, play video games, and doodling
• Fun fact: A fun fact about me is that I enjoy car shows and going to a local go-kart track and spend hours there.

• Major and year: Finance/Accounting Second Year
• Dream career: Accountant
• Hometown: Hayward lol
• What you love about ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ: My friends :D
• What you do in your free time: Weightlifting and playing games!
• Fun fact: I like to make art!

• Major and year: Business Administration 4th year
• Dream career: Public Relations Manager
• Hometown: Vallejo, CA
• What you love about ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ: I love the POC representation at East Bay
• What you do in your free time: Go to the gym and treat every day like Cinco de Mayo
  
• Fun fact: I broke my skull when I was 13 :(

nandini.jhaveri@csueastbay.edu 

• Major and year: Communications and Media Studies, 2nd year
• Dream career: Something in the beauty industry where I can make voices heard and make people feel beautiful in their individuality.
• Hometown: Fremont, California
• What you love about ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ: I love the warm environment at ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ full of people that have welcomed me with open arms. Whenever I've wanted to spread my wings out of my comfort zone, I have found people with huge smiles and kind hearts that have been willing to help me navigate these experiences. ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ always feels like a place where you can do anything or as Barbie says, you can be anything.
• What you do in your free time: I love to shop, do makeup, eat sweet treats, buy everything that's pink, listen to music, go to concerts, travel, attempt to make jokes, volunteer, and sleep.
• Fun fact: My only personality trait is that I love the color pink 🩷🩷!!

• Major and year: Accounting and Analytics, Second Year
• Dream career: Teacher
• Hometown: Hayward
  
• What you love about ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ: The community
  
• What you do in your free time: I like to draw in my free time
  
• Fun fact: I love to travel
  

• Major and year: Criminal Justice, 4th year
• Dream career: Law Enforcement
• Hometown: Union City
• What you love about ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ: Student Life
• What you do in your free time: Draw
• Fun fact: I really really like spicy food

trinity.marshall@csueastbay.edu

• Major and year: I’m a third year student, and my major is business administration w/ a concentration in Marketing! I’m also a transfer student from Los Medanos College!
• Dream career: Brand Manager
• Hometown: Concord
• What you love about ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ: How welcoming everyone is here!
• What do you do in your free time: I love to bake and read a good thriller or romance book 🧁
• Fun fact: I’m a huge Snoopy stan

walter.perez@csueastbay.edu

• Major and year: I am a Biological Science, major with a concentration in forensic science.
• Dream career: My dream career would be to work anything in my related field but if I have to pick I’d be a criminalist.
• Hometown: My hometown is Oakland CA born and partly raised there in my youth then my parents relocated our family to San Leandro, CA.
• What you love about ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ: What I love about East Bay is the community that it carries and the diversity it blossoms.
• What do you do in your free time: What I love to do in my free time is either I’ll part take in boxing recreationally or I’ll drop the dough on the boxing cards with my dad lol (my dad buys the card).
• Fun fact: One fun fact about me is that I’ve actually filmed an ad for Cal State East Bay with my older sister!