Impact Center - BIPOC - CDAs

Community Diversity Assistants

Celebrating & supporting campus life in all its vibrancy and diversity.

Community Diversity Assistants (CDAs) help the Â鶹AV community understand and celebrate its diversity across a variety of categories, e.g. race, socioeconomic class, gender identity, sexuality, etc. In the dorms, CDAs act as mediators for conflicts and disputes around issues of diversity, and hold office hours (usually by appointment) to answer any questions that residents might have about issues of diversity on campus. CDAs also hold at least four dorm-wide hangouts per year, which bring the dorm community together to socialize and talk about a particular issue of diversity.

In addition, CDAs organize events and discussions for the larger campus community, celebrating campus vibrancy and tackling more complicated issues that may or may not directly touch our campus.


Resources for Current CDAs

Reimbursement forms should be emailed to the Program Assistant, Catherine Taipe. Forms should be in a single PDF with corresponding receipts. Please contact the Program Assistant with any questions.

Current CDA Co-Heads

Headshot of Veronica Mellado, CDA Co-head

Veronica Mellado

Headshot of Arshia Dolwani, CDA Co-Head

Arshia Dolwani

Current CDAs

Headshot of Viviana Wallace, Brecon CDA

Viviana Wallace

Headshot of Lakshmi Natesan, Denbigh CDA

Lakshmi Natesan

Headshot of Eliana Simmons, ECC CDA

Eliana Simmons

Headshot of Erdman CDA, Gaelle Isophe

Gaelle Isophe

Caitlyn Caya Headshot

Caitlyn Caya

Grace Tsai Headshot

Grace Tsai

Lordina Oduro Headshot, CDA

Lordina Oduro

Bianca Perez Ouhirra, headshot CDA

Bianca Perez Ouhirra

Nayja Shah Headshot

Nayja Shah

Headshot of Jess Smith, CDA

Jess Smith

Anna T. Nguyen headshot

Anna T. Nguyen

headshot of Hadiyah Al-Gahdari CDA

Hadiyah Al-Gahdari

Headshot of Kit Briggs, Rockefeller CDA

Kit Briggs

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