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2026 – 2027 Community Engagement Organizers (CEOs)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Maddie Salunga ’27
Organizing Them<\/strong>e: Youth
<\/strong><\/strong>Washington, D.C. \u2014 Psychology \/ Media & Cultural Studies (majors), Environmental Studies (minor)
<\/strong><\/strong>Fav Twin Cities Food Spot: Himalayan Restaurant!!!!!
CEC-YouthTutoring@macalester.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Vik Spurn\u00e1 ’27
Organizing Them<\/strong>e: Immigrants and Refugees
<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>Prague, Czech Republic \u2014 Political Science \/ International Studies
Fav Twin Cities Food Spot:
CEC-immigrants@macalester.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Basil DiBenedetto ’28<\/strong>
Organizing Theme: Housing, Work & Food Justice<\/strong>
<\/strong><\/strong>Portland, Maine \u2014 Economics \/ Geography
<\/strong><\/strong>Fav Twin Cities Food Spot:
<\/a>CEC-economicjustice@macalester.edu<\/a>
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Maya Kakegawa-Fern\u00e1ndez ’28
Organizing Them<\/strong>e: Language Opportunities
<\/strong><\/strong>Eau Claire, Wisconsin \u2014 Anthropology \/ Political Science (majors), Critical Theory
<\/strong><\/strong>Fav Twin Cities Food Spot: Pho Pasteur
CEC-spanishlanguage@macalester.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jessica LeBlanc ’28
Organizing Theme: Health and Wellness<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
<\/strong><\/strong>Okinawa, Japan \u2014 Biology \/ Sociology (majors), Chemistry (minor)
Fav Twin Cities Food Spot: Pho Pasteur on Snelling
CEC-healthwellness@macalester.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Finley Roman ’28
Organizing Theme: <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>Language Opportunities<\/strong> \/\/ Immigrants & Refugees<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>Libertyville, Illinois \u2014 Political Science \/ Russian Studies (majors), Urban Studies
Fav Twin Cities Food Spot: Sushi Takatsu
<\/strong>CEC-spanishlanguage@macalester.edu<\/a> \/\/ CEC-immigrants@macalester.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jocelyn Romero ’28
Organizing Theme: College Access
<\/strong><\/strong>Ritchfield, Minnesota \u2014 Biology (major), Environmental Studies and Chemistry (minors)
Fav Twin Cities Food Spot: Pineda Tacos
<\/a>CEC-collegeacess@macalester.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Katie Martin ‘2<\/strong>9
Organizing Theme: Environment & Sustainability \/\/ Arts<\/strong>
<\/strong><\/strong>Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania \u2014 Undeclared
<\/strong><\/strong>Fav Twin Cities Food Spot: Juice Time
CEC-environment@macalester.edu<\/a> \/\/ CEC-arts@macalester.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Miles Remmel ’29
Organizing Theme: Policy & Justice<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>Bellingham, Washington \u2014 International Studies \/ Geography
Fav Twin Cities Food Spot: Sencha
CEC-publicpolicy@macalester.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sebastian Hanson ’29
Office Assistant<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>Twin Cities, MN \u2014 Undeclared International Studies \/ Political Science (majors), Spanish (minor)
Fav Twin Cities Food Spot: Boludo
CEC@macalester.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/strong><\/em>Mai Dinh ’28
Bonner Program Assistant
<\/strong>New Orleans, Louisiana \u2014 Biology \/ Neuroscience (majors), Psychology (minor)
Happy place: A cozy cafe with tasty drinks and sweet treats
<\/a>bonnerseniorintern@macalester.edu<\/a> 
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Christian Avila ’28
Bonner Program Assistant
<\/strong>Houston, Texas \u2014 Biology \/ Anthropology (majors), Community & Global Health
Happy place: Either in the gym or in my room with a cozy book in my hand
<\/a>bonnerseniorintern@macalester.edu<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2026 – 2027 Community Engagement Organizers (CEOs) Maddie Salunga ’27Organizing Theme: YouthWashington, D.C. \u2014 Psychology \/ Media & Cultural Studies (majors), Environmental Studies (minor)Fav Twin Cities Food Spot: Himalayan Restaurant!!!!!CEC-YouthTutoring@macalester.edu Vik Spurn\u00e1 ’27Organizing Theme: Immigrants and RefugeesPrague, Czech Republic \u2014 Political Science \/ International StudiesFav Twin Cities Food Spot: CEC-immigrants@macalester.edu Basil DiBenedetto ’28Organizing Theme: Housing, Work & […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":933,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-950","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950"}],"version-history":[{"count":188,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10505,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/950\/revisions\/10505"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}