2018-2019 Futures Initiative Leadership Fellows
Undergraduate Leadership Fellows
- Maryam Asker, Hunter College
- Jacquelin Bautista, The City College of New York
- Fauzia Choudhury, Borough Manhattan of Community College
- Cherishe Cumma, New York City College of Technology
- Jocelin DeLeon, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Jesse Delacruz, LaGuardia Community College
- Bernarda DeOliveira, Baruch College
- Margaret Fyfe, LaGuardia Community College
- Sholom Gutleizer, Kingsborough Community College
- Jermaine Hall, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Calvin Herman, Hunter College
- Tahamina Hossain, The City College of New York
- Jahir Lazaro, Borough Manhattan Community College
- Frantzy Luzincourt, The City College of New York
- Monami Nagai, LaGuardia Community College
- Steven Pacheco, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Yosanny Perez, Lehman College
- Joseph Portelli, Macaulay Honors College at The City College of New York
- Kyle Reid, Borough Manhattan Community College
- Vasiliki Savvides, Baruch College
- Rahsaan Seabury, LaGuardia Community College
- Ky’Naisha Severe, Borough Manhattan Community College
- Kia Thomas, Borough Manhattan Community College
- Tasmin Ullah, Borough Manhattan Community College
- Claudio Valdez, Bronx Community College
- Jham Valenzuela, LaGuardia Community College
- Christina Valeros, Hunter College
- Yadira Vargas, LaGuardia Community College
- Mashaya Williams, College of Staten Island
- Yana Zheng, Queens College
Graduate Leaders
- Lauren Melendez, Director, Undergraduate Leadership Program and Administrative Specialist, Graduate student in Hunter College M.S.ED Program
- Kashema Hutchinson, Co-Director, Undergraduate Leadership Program and Doctoral Fellow, Urban Education, The Graduate Center
2017-2018 Futures Initiative Leadership Fellows
Undergraduate Leadership Fellows
- Tuka Al-Sahlani, York College
- Khadiza Begum, Baruch College
- Sujoy Bhowmik, The City College of New York
- Raquel Calero, Lehman College
- T’yana Coutrier, Queens College
- Cherishe Cumma, New York City College of Technology
- Yelena Dzhanova, Baruch College
- Claudia Etienne, York College
- Annmarie Gajdos, Macaulay Honors College at Baruch College
- Karen Gonzalez, LaGuardia Community College
- Calvin Herman, Hunter College
- Tahamina Hossain, The City College New York
- Megan Jean Louis, Brooklyn College
- Duane Lawrence, New York City College of Technology
- Elaine Lendebol, Hunter College
- Thiago Lucena, LaGuardia Community College
- Siera Martinez, LaGuardia Community College
- Michelle Mejia, Queens College
- Yubelka Nunez, Bronx Community College
- Fernanda Parrado, CCNY
- Jenny Perez Bruno, The City College of New York
- Maritza Rodriguez Bonola, John Jay College
- Hafsa Tahir, Baruch College
- Janessa Waiters, CCNY
- Alexis Paulin-Edwards, Hunter College
Graduate Leaders
- Lauren Melendez, Director, Undergraduate Leadership Program and Administrative Specialist, Graduate student in Hunter College M.S.ED Program
- Mike Rifino, Co-Director, Undergraduate Leadership Program and Doctoral Fellow, Human Development, The Graduate Center
- Kashema Hutchinson, Communications and Peer Mentoring Specialist, Undergraduate Leadership Program and Doctoral Fellow, Urban Education, The Graduate Center
2016-2017 Futures Initiative Peer Mentors
Undergraduate Peer Mentors
- Kristina Aganova, Queens College
- Ehab Aly, City College
- Khadiza Begum, Baruch College
- Sujoy Bhowmik, City College
- David Brandt, Hunter College
- Julissa Camilo Valerio, Queens College
- Lauren Capellan, Lehman College
- Cassandra Castelant, Baruch College
- Lindsey Cibelli, Brooklyn College
- Cherishe Cumma, New York City College of Technology
- Yelena Dzhanova, Baruch College
- Michelle Feng, Hunter College
- Lesley Fernandez, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Nicolas Fuertes, Baruch College
- Estefany Gonzaga, Baruch College
- Luis Gonzalez, Brooklyn College
- Katherine Melissa Gutierrez Rios, Laguardia Community College
- Meiyin Hago, York College
- Brenell Harrison, Hunter College
- Hurriya Hassan, Queens College
- Alexander James, Medgar Evers College
- Elizabeth Lutale, New York City College of Technology
- Renee McCarthy, Baruch College
- Victoria Menasce, Kingsborough Community College
- Jenny Perez Bruno, City College
- Teneille Pryce, Hunter College
- Sergio Ernesto Salinas Cortes, Brooklyn College
- Laila Siddiqui, Hunter College
Graduate Leaders
- Lauren Melendez, Undergraduate Peer Mentoring Director and FI Administrative Specialist. Current Hunter graduate student and Lehman College alumna
- Mike Rifino, Futures Initiative Fellow and Peer Mentoring Co-Director. Current GC PhD student in Human Development; alumnus of LaGuardia Community College and Hunter College
- Thomas DeAngelis, Peer Mentoring Specialist, Fall 2016. Current GC PhD student in Earth and Environmental Sciences; alumnus of Brooklyn College
2015-2016 Futures Initiative Peer Mentors
Undergraduate Peer Mentors
- Nancy Acosta, Lehman College
- Curtis Appiah, City College
- Luvenia Aucapina, Queens College
- Christina Billotto, Kingsborough CC
- Rivka Bondar, Kingsborough CC
- Nick Calabro, John Jay College
- Orri Cohen, Brooklyn College
- Francisca Eghan, City College
- Tova Engel, Queens College
- Yvenalie Gardere, City College
- Sarah Gavartin, Hunter College
- Ayomide Gbadamosi, Kingsborough CC
- Luis Gonzalez, Kingsborough CC
- Gabriella Grimes, Hunter College
- Hurriya Hassan, Queens College
- Nadette Haywood, Lehman College
- Caitlin Higgins, Lehman College
- Fariha Khan, Hunter College
- Nayab Khan, Hunter College
- Kseniya Kravtsova, Hunter College
- Yakov Leonov, John Jay College
- Michelle Mack, Lehman College
- Isamar Martinez, Lehman College
- Wadgma Masab, Queens College
- Neelrup Mitra, City College
- Baker Mohammed, City College
- Allan Muchnik, John Jay College
- Kyra Ong, Hunter College
- Maria Osorio, Brooklyn College
- Jhanil Peralta, Lehman College
- Clarissa Pichardo, Lehman College
- Rachel Pressberg, Brooklyn College
- Chava Suionov, Queens College
- Sharene Vaughn, Lehman College
- Biao Wang, John Jay College
- Bingqian Zhang, John Jay College
Graduate Leaders
- Hilarie Ashton, GC, English
- Rachel Oppenheimer, GC, MALS and LaGuardia CC
- Natalie Oshukany, GC, Music
Learn more about this program, generously supported by the Teagle Foundation, on the Peer Mentors’ own website.
