CSA 2023-2024 Board
Executive Board
Veronika Ventura, President
Nutrition Science, 3rd Year
Hi everyone! My name is Vero and I'm so excited to serve as your President for this next year. I like to play Tetris, take care of my plants, and matcha!
Nathan Tran, Vice President
Biomedical Engineering, 3rd Year
Hey everyone, my name is Nathan Tran and I am CSA Vice President for the 2023-2024 term! An interesting fact about me is that I can solve a rubik’s cube in under a minute. In my free time, I love to cook, play volleyball, and hang out with friends!
Secretary
Nicholas Bruk, Secretary
Electrical Engineering, 2nd Year
Hello! I am Nick, I'm from Reno Nevada, and I am CSA's secretary for 2023-24. A few things I like to do in my (limited) free time are learn languages, watch Kdramas, and play video games! I listen to a fair bit of Cpop and Khip-hop but my music taste is pretty varied. Other than that you can probably catch me taking a nap or failing to play chess.
Fundraising
Tiffany Kha, Treasurer
Biochemistry, 3rd Year
My biggest pet peeve is for sure inefficieny, and in my free time I do old people things: read, bake, puzzles when I have them, etc...
Social Chairs
Tiffany Liu, Social Chair
Civil Engineering, 2nd Year
My favorite genres of music are cpop, kpop, and rnb. On my free time I like to watch shows, hang out with friends, and sleep. My favorite animal are hedgehogs. I love reading webtoons, building jigsaw puzzles, and matcha.
Nathan Kim, Social Chair
Nutrition, 2nd Year
I love talking to new people and hanging out with others so feel free to come up to me and chat about anything. My favorite artists include IU and Ariana Grande. In my free time, I like reading, drawing and playing games.
Vince Doan, Social Chair
Computer Engineering, 2nd Year
I'm from the bay area specifically San Jose. I love hanging out with people and playing video games in my free time. I also like building random things with an Arduino. As for music, I love the artist, Alan Walker!
Justin Chan, Social Chair
Computer Science, 2nd Year
Hi! My name is Justin and I’m from Los Gatos, California and I'm super hyped to be one of your social chairs! In my free time I like to cook, binge watch shows, lift, and listen to music (i have Hell N Back on repeat right now). Looking forward to seeing you all this year!
Cultural Ambassadors
Sammy Louie, Cultural Ambassador
Political Science, 2nd Year
My favorite music genres are edm, kpop, rnb, or oldie karaoke music. Artists include ATEEZ, Mamamoo, Avicii, and The Backseat Lovers. My favorite shows are Criminal Minds, Supernaturals, and The Originals (Klaus <3). I like hiking in my free time, listening to music, watching shows/movies or sleeping :-p
Hillary Chu, Cultural Ambassador
Nutrition, 2nd Year
Hi! I’m Hillary, a first year nutrition major concentrating in nutrition science. In my free time I love spending time out with friends, cooking, dancing, and scrapbooking :)
Media Team
James Pan, Videographer
Electrical Engineering, 3rd Year
I love all genres of music but I have a particular taste for jpop and kpop. Some of my hobbies include anime, keyboards, and photography. I love to swim, go bowling, and the occasional volleyball.
Hailey Bae, Graphic Designer
Graphic Design, 2nd Year
I enjoy listening to music, specifically edm, and going to music festivals and concerts! I love spending time with friends, shopping, bowling, and going to the gym! A fun fact about me is that i have 4 cats back at home. i’n my free time i enjoy finding new music and places to go eat!
Edrick Wong, Graphic Designer
Graphic Communication, 2nd Year
Hey! My name is Edrick and I'm from Belmont, CA. In my free time, I enjoy listening to music, trying new foods, and learning languages. I listen to mostly (K)RnB, Soul, Hip Hop, and Latin genres (reguetón, dembow). I look forward to getting to know everyone, feel free to reach out!
Portia Cannon, Decorations Manager
Computer Engineering, 2nd Year
Hi! My name is Portia Cannon and I am from San Diego, California! I love sketching, reading, and listening to music in my free time. I am also all for going out on adventures and eating good food, and I always have a second stomach for boba! I’m so excited to be on CSA board this year and I can’t wait to meet everyone and see you guys at our events :)
Kasey Liu, Techmaster
Computer Science, 2nd Year
Hi! I’m Kasey, a 1st year computer science major from San Carlos, CA. In my free time, I love playing badminton and guitar. I also love watching anime, kdramas, and listening to music (mostly kpop, krnb, rnb, pop)! Some of my current favorite artists are Stray Kids, TXT, Seori, and NIKI. I look forward to meeting everyone this year!
Sports
John Ieng, Sports Coordinator
Computer Science, 2nd Year
What's good everyone! My name is John and I'm a first year Computer Science major from San Francisco. I love working out (chest day = best day), grubbing with friends, and building custom mechanical keyboards. My favorite artist is Drake, I love Drake, and the person I listen to the most is Drake. I'm super hyped to be y'all sports coordinator and am looking forward to seeing you all on the court/field!
Take Out Kidz
Helen Zhan, TOK Coordinator
Business Administration, 3rd Year
Heyy~ ;) I'm Helen, one of your TOK coordinator from Burlingame, CA! I spend my free time dancing, reading, drawing, or playing videogrames. I am also an active Kpop enjoyer, and my fav groups are Aespa, New Jeans, BlackPink, and Le Sserafim. Looking forward to meeting new people and perform throughout the year!
Syd Tan, TOK Coordinator
Landscape Architecture + Comparative Ethnic Studies, 4th Year
Hi friends! My name is Syd and I'm excited to be one of your TOK coordinators this year :) My favorite dance style is traditional Chinese folk dance, but TOK's open-style vibe has let me venture out of my comfort zone to enjoy femme styles as well. I'm from the Bay Area and food is my love language~ my favorite genre of music is rock and things I would enjoy doing in my non-existent free time are playing video games, sketching/painting, and kidnapping or crocheting hats for my friends' pet cats hehehe
Ava Zhu, TOK Coordinator
Graphic Communication, 4th Year
Hi everyone! I'm Ava, one of your TOK coordinators for this year. I'm from Hacienda Heights, CA and I love all kinds of teas! On my free time I like drawing/crafting, dancing, listening to music, and baking/cooking with my friends. I like listening to a variety of genres music wise, although my most listened to genres are probably kpop/jpop. Some of my favorite artists currently are Stray Kids, ATEEZ, Seventeen, Luck Life, and Sundial. Looking forward to meeting everyone :DD
Lion Dance Team
Audrey Tran, LDT Captain
Business Administration, 3rd Year
Hello, my name is Audrey Tran and I’m this year’s Lion Dance Team Captain! My guilty pleasures are trashy rom coms in any medium and trashier sugary foods, and I like to write or look at memes in my free time. I love any subgenre of pop, but my favorite artists are MARINA and Ed Sheeran.
Kenneth Wong, LDT Co-Captain
Architecture, 3rd Year
Hi! I'm Kenneth Wong, and am originally from Maryland but have lived in New York and Socal for awhile! I'm an architecture major and my hobbies include sketching, playing piano, eating out with friends, and learning new languages like Japanese. I'm also really good at mariocart. I'm excited lead and help grow LDT!
Club Advisor
Grace Yeh, CSA Club Advisor
Ethnic Studies, Professor
Hello! I'm Dr. Grace Yeh, professor of Ethnic Studies, and I'm excited and honored to be the advisor for CSA. I grew up in Georgia, near Atlanta, but I moved to California when I went to UCLA for graduate school before coming to Cal Poly to teach Asian American Studies. I enjoy spending time with my family exploring the outdoors. Right now, we've been watching One Piece (live action), and I just started reading the manga.
