{"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":"2026-06-30T15:28:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:28:28","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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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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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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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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Finley Roman ’28
Organizing Theme: Policy & Justice<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/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-publicpolicy@macalester.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jocelyn Romero ’28
Organizing Theme: College Access
<\/strong><\/strong>Minneapolis, Minnesota \u2014 Biology \/ Environmental Studies (majors), Chemistry (minor)
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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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:
CEC-youthtutoring@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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Mersen Bekele ’27
Bonner Program Assistant
<\/strong>Minneapolis, Minnesota \u2014 History \/ Art History
Happy place: Addis Ababa
<\/a>bonnerseniorintern@macalester.edu<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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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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2025 – 2026 Community Engagement Organizers (CEOs) Coming Soon! Basil DiBenedetto ’28Organizing Theme: Housing, Work & Food JusticePortland, Maine \u2014 Economics \/ GeographyFav Twin Cities Food Spot:CEC-economicjustice@macalester.edu Jessica LeBlanc ’28Organizing Theme: Health and WellnessOkinawa, Japan \u2014 Biology \/ Sociology (majors), Chemistry (minor)Fav Twin Cities Food Spot: Pho Pasteur on SnellingCEC-healthwellness@macalester.edu Miles Remmel ’29Organizing Theme: Policy […]<\/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":181,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10419,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/950\/revisions\/10419"}],"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}]}}