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