Student Staff

Alva Gachupin

Major:  Exercise Science

Goals:  I would like to keep up with my education and go on to get my Doctorate degree in Physical Therapy and work for my people in the Pueblo of Jemez.

Hobbies:  Basketball, running, working out, and spending time with family and friends.  I love spending time with my nephew, I love his big imagination. <3

Leadership role model:  My mother <3

Strengths:  Restorative, Developer, Adaptability, Futuristic, Belief

 


Anna Jany

Major:  Theatre, European History, Rhetoric of Inquiry

Goals:  At this point in life my goal is a process of learning, growing and teaching in the fields of history and theatre. Graduate studies will be a similar process of learning and growing, where I will let my choices in each moment guide my way towards the future.

Hobbies:  I spend all the little moments of free time with my dog and horses and a good fantasy novel or movie. I love writing as well, exploring in the woods, or just swimming around in a lake.

Leadership role model:  Cameron Duncan. Cameron died of osteosarcoma when he was 17 but never wasted much of his time complaining and rather used the little time given to him to help others see the pain of too many young children with cancer.

Strengths:  Context, Intellection, Futuristic, Learner, Deliberative

 


Byron Tsabetsaye

Major:  Humanities (Primary – English)

Goals:  After graduating from Fort Lewis I plan to attend grad school.  I plan to get a career in the realm of a college.  I hope to encourage and inspire students to achieve more than what they are attending college for.  College offers so many opportunities that will make a lasting impression throughout one’s life.

Hobbies:  If I’m not at work or in class, I’m probably working on my blog or reading.  I also like to run, write, make journals and take pictures.  I’m always looking for new ways to explore things around me.  I recently picked up a new hobby: baking. 

Leadership role model:  Minorities in Leadership.  I’m always impressed with people who take the initiative to break barriers and stereotypes. Moreover, I appreciate the fact that they can serve as models for new possibilities. 

Strengths:  Competition, Significance, Achiever, Deliberative, Learner

 


Dylan Lipke

Major:  Graphic Design

Goal:  To earn my Bachelor of Art in Graphic Design

Hobbies:  Snowboard, guitar, art

Leadership role model:  Rudolph Giuliani

Strengths:  Strategic, Adaptability, Positivity, Responsibility, Futuristic

 


Gunnar Bergkamp

Major:  Energetic and Dynamic Systems (self-constructed major) and Math Minor

Goal:  Facilitate cooperation among campus and or community and catalyze helpful programs/events

Hobbies:  Play musical instruments, outdoor recreating, yoga, and service work

Leadership role model:  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar!

Strengths:  Strategic, Self Assurance, Adaptability, Ideation, Belief

 


Jamie Wathen

Major:  Adventure Education

Goals:  To share my love for the great outdoors with others

Hobbies:  Reading, hiking and camping, hanging out with friends

Leadership role model:  Kurt Hahn

Strengths:  Input, Developer, Competition, Positivity, Adaptability

 


Jill Panawa

Major:  Biology

Goal:  To develop my leadership and business skills

Hobbies:  Hiking, camping, backpacking, and photography.

Leadership role model:  Jane Goodall

Strengths:  Learner, Achiever, Responsibility, Harmony, Relator

 


Liz Dahlmann

Major:  Cellular and Molecular Biology

Goal:  To learn the required skills necessary to succeed in life after college

Hobbies:  Sketch, ski

Leadership role model:  Jane Goodall

Strengths:  Input, Achiever, Learner, Intellection, Includer

 


Luke Brandt

Major:  Secondary Science Education, Adventure Education, Math Minor

Goal:  To give others the tools that will help them succeed in their ambitions

Hobbies:  Work out, bike, longboard, camp, and be silly

Leadership role model:  Socrates, the character from Way of The Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman

Strengths:  Connectedness, Communication, Arranger, Restorative, Positivity


Matt Esalio

Major:  Accounting and Marketing

Goal:  To be happy and successful with whatever I choose to do with my life and help as much people as I can while completing this goal

Hobbies:  Running, listening to music, cooking, and talking with friends

Leadership role model:  I’ve had some experience as a leader in my club, American Indian Business Leaders (AIBL), and plan to use the techniques I’ve learned and apply it to my position as a Leadership Programs Assistant.

Strengths:  Includer, Achiever, Positivity, Activator, Input

 


Tim Waterman

Major:  Environmental Studies

Goals:  Bachelor’s degree, do what I love for a living

Hobbies:  Backpack, snowboard, snowmobile, explore, drive, listen to music and hang out with friends.

Leadership role model:  My parents - love 'em

Strengths:  Individualization, Maximizer, Achiever, Learner, Harmony