Study Away Peer Leaders

Every semester, the Center for Study Away Peer Leaders offer their perspectives from their study away experience in order to support their peers, through leadership and facilitation of both study away returnee and study away pre-departure events. Learn more about this semester’s Study Away Peer Leaders below, feel free to reach out to them with questions about their experiences, and say hello to them around campus at various Study Away events.

We are no longer accepting applications for Fall 2023 Peer Leaders. Keep an eye out for Spring 2024 hiring in the fall!

Fall 2023 Peer Leaders

Abi Janzen

Study away program: IES Abroad: Granada Program (Granada, Spain)

Majors/Minors: History, Environmental Studies, Spanish, Latin American Studies

Ask me about these topics & study away: language immersion, sustainable travel, student athlete

Reach me at: [email protected]

Jack Conner

Study away program: King’s College London (London, United Kingdom)

Majors/Minors: Economics / History

Ask me about these topics & study away: Direct enroll, student athlete

Reach me at: [email protected]

Livi Novello

Study away program: Direct Enroll: University of Otago, Dunedin (New Zealand)

Majors/Minors: Neuroscience and Psychology Major, Biology Minor

Ask me about these topics & study away: Student Athlete (soccer) , Direct Enroll

Reach me at: [email protected]

Emanuel Deleon Otazu

Study away program: Macalester Faculty-Led: Globalization, the Environment, and Society (Cape Town, South Africa)

Majors/Minors: Data Science / Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Ask me about these topics & study away: Student of color, Research abroad, Intern abroad, LGBTQIA+ student, International student,  High financial need student, Macalester faculty-led program

Reach me at: [email protected]

Daisy Alcantar

Study away program: SIT Chile: Cultural Identity, Social Justice, and Community Development

Majors/Minors: Sociology Major/ Political Science Minor

Ask me about these topics & study away: First-generation College Student,
Student of Color, High Financial Need Student, Research Abroad, Language Immersion, Living with a Host Family, Provider Program

Reach me at: [email protected]

Hannah O’Connor

Study Away Program: Perspectives on Globalization — The Hague

Major(s)/Minor(s)/Concentration(s): Political Science Major & Legal Studies Concentration

Ask me about these topics & study away: LGBTQIA+ student, disability/health, Macalester faculty-led program

Reach me at: [email protected]

Katie Frye

Study Away Program: IES Quito: Area Studies and Language in Quito, Ecuador

Major(s)/Minor(s)/Concentration(s): Geography major with Urban Studies concentration & Anthropology minor

Ask me about these topics & study away: language immersion, volunteering abroad, hybrid program, living with a host family

Reach me at: [email protected]

Romeo Gomes

Study Away Program: DIS Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark

Major(s)/Minor(s)/Concentration(s):Environmental Studies, Biology

Ask me about these topics & study away:LGBTQIA+ student, high financial need student, first generation college student

Reach me at: [email protected]