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Home > Students > Academic support > Student assistants

Student assistants

Lead student assistants

Alex Silva

He/Him/His

Civil Engineer

Bio: Hi everyone! My name is Alex Silva, I am a 4th year Civil Engineering major from La Puente, CA. I love to watch movies, listen to music, and play pokemon/sudoku. 

Fun fact: I am the youngest of 11 cousins and 2 siblings.

Bella Reyes

She/Her/Hers

Environmental Engineering Science

Bio: Hi! I am a first-gen, fourth-year Environmental Engineering Science major from Santa Ana, CA. I’m passionate about ecology, love watching movies, and enjoy writing thoughtful reviews on Letterboxd.

Fun fact: My sister and I are 10 years + one day apart!

Kimberly Ramos

She/Her/Hers

Mechanical Engineering

Bio: I am a third-year Mechanical Engineering student, originally from Los Angeles. I am passionate about design and love reading, spending time with friends, and exploring the Bay Area. I enjoy listening to music and binge-watching shows, so if you have any recommendations, feel free to let me know!

Fun fact: I played volleyball for 10 years and have a dog named Casper.

Miro Garrett

He/Him/His 

Mechanical Engineering

Bio: I am a 4th year studying mechanical engineering with a crippling caffeine addiction. My hobbies include, sleeping, cooking, and getting rag-dolled in Jiu Jitsu.

Fun fact: I have summitted the three highest peaks in southern California.

Student assistants

Amy Cossyleon

She/Her/Hers

Civil Engineering

Bio: Hi, my name is Amy! I am a 3rd year studying Civil Engineering, from Bakersfield, CA. I enjoy listening to music, playing tennis, pickleball, getting sweet treats and overdressing. I love being involved within the engineering community and getting to know everyone so feel free to say hi!

Fun fact: I dye my hair a different color at least once a year.

Ava Aryana Rouzmehr

She/Her/Hers

EECS

Bio: Hi everyone! I’m a second year EECS major, with a strong interest in medical applications of machine learning. In my free time, I love to draw cursed renditions of my friends, play video games (I have over 400+ hours in Risk of Rain), and eat lots of yummy food! I’m super excited to be working with everyone this semester 🙂

Fun fact: One of my cats has three grey toe beans :0

Daniel Suarez Chavez

He/Him

Civil Engineering 4th Year focusing on Construction Management. First Generation College Student.

Bio: Civil Engineering 4th Year focusing on Construction Management. First Generation College Student.

Fun fact: I can type the alphabet in under 2.5 seconds.

Eduardo Garcia

Eduardo Garcia

He/Him/Él

Mechanical Engineering (Major) – Chicanx/Latinx Studies (Minor)

Bio: Hi everyone, I’m Eduardo! I’m a 3rd year Mechanical Engineering student here at Cal. I’m from Coachella, California (yes, that Coachella) and a proud first generation college student! Feel free to stop by for any tutoring, resources, or to just take a break. We’ll see you here!

Fun fact: I love listening to Clairo and Laufey while drinking my matcha. I also love to read my feminist literature after shopping at women owned businesses for tote bags!

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Eilyn Garcia

She/Her/Hers

Mechanical Engineering

Bio: Hey guys!! I’m Eilyn Garcia and I am overjoyed to be working with everyone this year as a student assistant. If you see me say hi and know that I’m happy to help with anything 😀

Fun fact: Im in my DIY era 🎨

Emoni Gilbreath

Emoni Gilbreath

She/Her/Hers

Mechanical Engineering

Bio: I am a 4th year studying Mechanical Engineering. I’m from Los Angeles,CA. I love to travel and spend time with family and friends 🙂

Fun fact: I am moving to Louisiana next year for a full time job position 😉

Enrico Luis Reyes Moreno

Enrico Luis Reyes Moreno

He/Him

Mechanical Engineering

Bio: I am a third year mechanical engineering transfer, coming from Chabot College! I enjoy doing CAD, small coding projects, playing different instruments, and playing video games. I am excited to serve the CAEE community!

Fun fact: I was born in England!

Gerardo Daniel Zamora

Gerardo Daniel Zamora

He/Him

Mechanical Engineering

Bio: Hello my name is Gerardo Zamora I am a 3rd year mechanical engineer from Fresno California. On my free time like skate(I’m bad) and Dj with my friends.(Hint there is a YouTube channel out there)

Fun fact: I trained a hawk to guard my house during quarantine

Johnny Jose Chacon-Alfaro

Johnny Jose Chacon-Alfaro

He/Him

Mechanical Engineering

Bio: I am a first-generation student and a Mechanical Engineering Major here at UC Berkeley. Also, I am Salvadoran and from South Central, Los Angeles.

Fun fact: I’ve been to Japan in Spring 2023.

Justin Nguyen

Justin Nguyen

He/Him

Mechanical Engineering

Bio: I am a Sophomore in Mechanical Engineering. I’m interested in the medical field and medical devices. I love creating and building all sorts of things ranging from paintings to burrowing robots! I love sports and laughing with others.

Fun fact: I can do the worm.

Kelly Alexandra Texta

Kelly Texta

She/Her/Hers

Bioengineering

Bio: Hello! I’m a first-year Bioengineering student from Ontario, CA. I love going on side quests, learning, talking to people, cooking, and hiking. My motto is “go hard or go home,” and my hot take is that coffee is not that good.

Fun fact: I have met Snoop Dogg!

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Laura Viera

She/Her/Hers

Civil Engineering

Bio: Hello everyone! My name is Laura, and I am a 3rd civil engineering student. I love to spend my time hiking, watching sitcoms, and spending my weekends at the beach!

Fun fact: This summer I went to Canada with my friends!

Lachlan Richard Robert Watts-Tobin

Lachlan Richard Robert Watts-Tobin

He/Him

Mechanical Engineering and EECS

Bio: My name is Lachlan, and I’m a Mechanical Engineering and EECS student at UC Berkeley. I grew up in the United Kingdom but attended high school in Humboldt County, CA. When I’m not studying, you’ll find me building bikes, working on cars, or playing guitar with my band, Violet Eyes.

Fun fact: I play guitar and make indie/folk music!

Leiliana Brown

She/Her/Hers

Civil Engineering

Bio: Hi everyone! My name is Leiliana and I am a 4th year studying Civil Engineering. I’m from the Coachella Valley and in my free time I enjoy watching movies.

Fun fact: I jumped 20 feet into a cenote in Mexico!

Luis David Fonseca

Luis David Fonseca

He/Him/Él

Aerospace Engineering

Bio: Hello there! My name is Luis David Fonseca, a first-generation student from South Central, Los Angeles. I am interested in anything space related and can ramble on about random facts I learned from random tiktok videos, books, or 3am Google searches.

Fun fact: I have two dogs – Cinnamon and Chico. They bark at everything…even the wind.

Madeline Melendez

Madeline Melendez

She/Her/Hers

Mechanical Engineering

Bio: Hi! My name is Madeline Melendez and I’m a third year studying mechanical engineering. I was born and raised in Orange County. In my spare time I enjoy hanging out with my friends, trying new food spots, and exploring the outdoors. Feel free to stop by and say hi!!

Fun fact: I’ve been skydiving and I love watching marvel movies with my pug-mix.

Michelle Duan

Michelle Duan

She/Her/Hers

EECS

Bio: Hello! I’m Michelle (she/her) and I’m a junior studying EECS! I’m from SoCal and love gaming, reading, and trying new foods!

Fun fact: I’m single-handedly keeping all the boba shops in Berkeley open.

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Negar Morshedian

She/Her/Hers

Bioengineering

Bio: Hi y’all! I’m Negar, a senior majoring in BioE and minoring in data science. I love science– you can find me in the lab doing research almost all the time, and I plan to go on to do my PhD in BioE. For fun, I sing in the university chorus and play the electric guitar. I’m also the president of SWE (Society of Women Engineers) this year, so pull up to our events!

Fun fact: I love nutella so much >-<

Radhika Goel

Radhika Goel

She/Her/Hers

Energy Engineering

Bio: Hey yall! 3rd year energy engineering major interested in sustainability and making connections (not the linkedin kind). Can’t wait to help yall out with anything you might need<3 Feel free to say hi!

Fun fact: I’m really good at carving pumpkins 🎃

Rogelio M

Rogelio Jared Murillo

He/Him/His

EECS

Bio: Hi, my name is Rogelio Murillo and I’m a second-year at UC Berkeley. As a Student Assistant at the CAEE, I enjoy supporting my peers and helping build community.

Fun fact: I’m in a Salsa/Timba Band!

Yesenia Barron

Yesenia Barron

She/Her/Hers

Mechanical Engineering

Bio: Hi, I’m Yesenia! I’m a first-year Mechanical Engineering major from Compton. In my free time, I love playing guitar—whether it’s bass, acoustic, or electric!

Fun fact: I love going to random concerts spontaneously in my free time.

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