{"id":950,"date":"2017-11-13T20:07:49","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T20:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-cec\/studentstaff\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T19:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:46:07","slug":"studentstaff-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/about\/studentstaff-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

2025 – 2026 Community Engagement Organizers (CEOs)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Adi Toe ’28
Organizing Themes:\u00a0<\/strong>Environment & Sustainability<\/strong>
Saint Paul, Minnesota \u2013 Economics & Environmental Studies
Favorite place: Swimming in any body of water
<\/em>CEC-environment@macalester.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Eline Visser \u201926
Organizing Theme:<\/strong>\u00a0Immigrants & Refugees
<\/strong>Assen, Netherlands \u2013 Political Science
Happy Place: Anywhere dogs are present
CEC-immigrants@macalester.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Amelia Worthington \u201926
Organizing Theme: Language Opportunities
<\/strong><\/strong>Seattle, Washington \u2013 International Studies, Political Science
Happy Place: In a tree’s shade on a sunny day
CEC-spanishlanguage@macalester.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jocelyn Romero ’28
Organizing Theme:\u00a0Youth & Tutoring \/\/ College Access
<\/strong><\/strong>Minneapolis, Minnesota \u2013 Biology (major) & Educational Studies (minor)
Favorite Place: Wherever my dogs are
CEC-youthtutoring@macalester.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Yair Castillo Palacios \u201926
Organizing Them<\/strong>e:\u00a0College Access
<\/strong><\/strong>Saint Paul, Minnesota \u2013 Sociology
<\/strong><\/strong>Happy Place: the Cheese Shop
CEC-collegeacess@macalester.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Maddie Salunga ’27
Organizing Them<\/strong>e:\u00a0Youth & Tutoring \/\/ College Access
<\/strong><\/strong>Washington, D.C. \u2014 Psychology \/ Media & Cultural Studies (majors) & Environmental Studies (minor)
<\/strong><\/strong>Happy Place: Mushullakta, Ecuador
CEC-collegeacess@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> (aka Economic Justice)<\/strong>
<\/strong><\/strong>Portland, Maine \u2014 Economics & Geography
<\/strong><\/strong>Happy Place: Maine’s Midcoast
<\/a>CEC-economicjustice@macalester.edu<\/a>
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Emma Runchey Smalley \u201926
Organizing Theme: Public Policy & Justice<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
<\/strong><\/strong>Marshall, Minnesota \u2013 International Studies, Economics, Political Science & International Development
Happy Place: Any place with friends and family
<\/a>CEC-publicpolicy@macalester.edu<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jessica LeBlanc ’28
Office Assistant<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
<\/strong><\/strong>Okinawa, Japan \u2013 Biology & Sociology
Happy Place: Snorkeling at my local beach
<\/a><\/a>CEC@macalester.edu<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jaz’Manique Hinton ’26
Health & Wellness
<\/strong>Newark, Delaware \u2013 Psychology (major) & Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies (minor)
Happy place: A cute caf\u00e9
CEC-HealthWellness@macalester.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/strong><\/em>Mai Dinh ’28<\/strong>
Bonner Program Assistant
<\/strong>New Orleans, Louisiana \u2013 Biology & Neuroscience (major) & Psychology (minor)
Happy place: A cozy cafe with tasty drinks and sweet treats
<\/a>bonnerseniorintern@macalester.edu<\/a>\u00a0
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Mersen Bekele ’27
Bonner Program Assistant
<\/strong>Minneapolis, Minnesota \u2013 History & Art History
Happy place: Addis Ababa
<\/a>bonnerseniorintern@macalester.edu<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Christian Avila ’28
Bonner Program Assistant
<\/strong>Houston, Texas \u2013 Biology & Anthropology (majors) & Community & Global Health (concentration)
Happy place: Either in the gym or in my room with a cozy book in my hand
<\/a>bonnerseniorintern@macalester.edu<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2025 – 2026 Community Engagement Organizers (CEOs) Adi Toe ’28Organizing Themes:\u00a0Environment & SustainabilitySaint Paul, Minnesota \u2013 Economics & Environmental StudiesFavorite place: Swimming in any body of waterCEC-environment@macalester.edu Eline Visser \u201926Organizing Theme:\u00a0Immigrants & RefugeesAssen, Netherlands \u2013 Political ScienceHappy Place: Anywhere dogs are presentCEC-immigrants@macalester.edu Amelia Worthington \u201926Organizing Theme: Language OpportunitiesSeattle, Washington \u2013 International Studies, Political ScienceHappy Place: […]<\/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":176,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9879,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/950\/revisions\/9879"}],"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}]}}