Honors Ambassadors 2025-26
Our Honors Ambassadors are available as a resource to all Honors students to share about their experiences in Honors (e.g., balancing Honors & major requirements, requirements of the Honors program) and as Cal Poly students more generally. Please feel free to reach out to any of our ambassadors via email if you have any questions and/or would like to meet a new friend within Honors! They are here for you!
Meet the Ambassadors from each College
College of Architecture & Environmental Design
Myles Handler (he/him)
Major: City and Regional Planning, 1st Year
Hometown: Alameda, CA
Campus Involvement: Associated Students in Planning Cal Poly Urbanists Field Studies Club Cal Poly Magic: The Gathering Intramural soccer, futsal, and basketball
Career Interest: Transportation/Land Use Planning
Fun Fact: I have cousins living in Portugal and Denmark!
Email: myhandle@calpoly.edu
Magnolia Woodruff Lyons (she/they)
Major: Architectural engineering, 1st Year
Hometown: Carmel, CA
Campus Involvement: SEAOC, Club Swim
Career Interest: Desgin energy efficient structures in the government sector
Fun Fact: I have already been to seventeen countries, spanning six continents, and forty-eight of the fifty states!
Email: mswoodru@calpoly.edu
College of Agriculture, Food, & Environmental Sciences
Mona Lingenbrink (she/her)
Major: Animal Science, pre-vet track, 3rd Year
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Campus Involvement: Cal Poly Vet Club, Cal Poly Cat Program
Career Interest: Veterinary medicine, specifically small/exotic animal and emergency care.
Fun Fact: I have four sisters, including my identical twin, so every day feels like a reality show with chaos, unexpected plot twists, and nonstop laughter.
Email: mlingenb@calpoly.edu
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Simryn Regehr (she/her)
Major: Environmental Management and Protection Minors: Water Science; Ethics, Public Policy, Science, and Technology, 3rd Year
Hometown: Concord, CA
Campus Involvement: Research assistant for Dr.G and Dr. Schwab on inclusive event spaces for neurodiversity, WOW Leader, HNRS 262 learning assistant, Environmental Sciences Club, Cal Poly Loggers.
Career Interest: Environmental health and toxicology specialist
Fun Fact: Worked over summer in Canada doing environmental, health, and safety consulting.
Email: sregehr@calpoly.edu
Bailey College of Science and Mathematics
Joe Fewel (he/him)
Major: Biological Sciences & Political Science, 4th Year
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Campus Involvement: ASI Board of Directors ASI University Union Advisory Board Phi Alpha Delta
Career Interest: Environmental Policy
Fun Fact: I am a triplet!
Email:jfewel@calpoly.edu
Kelsey Patterson (she/her)
Major: Biology, 2nd Year
Hometown: Sutter Creek, CA
Campus Involvement: Women's Club Lacrosse Team, I'm treasurer of the Bailey College Advisory Council, and I play IM Competitive Beach Volleyball for fun!
Career Interest: Anesthesiologist
Fun Fact: I have 100 digits of pi memorized!
Email: kwpatter@calpoly.edu
College of Engineering
Santiago Navarrette (he/him)
Major: Aerospace Engineering, 1st Year
Hometown: Carlsbad, CA
Campus Involvement: Mustang Aviation Club Field Studies Club AIAA Cal Poly Red Cross Club
Career Interest: Explore engineering careers and possibly aviation.
Fun Fact: I play guitar!
Email: snavar20@calpoly.edu
Kate Rizzi (she/her)
Major: Mechanical Engineering, 3rd Year
Hometown: Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Campus Involvement: Cal Poly Amusement Park Engineers and Designers, Alpha Omega Epsilon, Society of Women Engineers
Career Interest: Product Design Engineering
Fun Fact: I learned to ski at 3 years old!
Email: krizzi@calpoly.edu
College of Liberal Arts
Victoria Sabol (she/her)
Major: Psychology, 1st Year
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Campus Involvement: Cal Poly Dance Team, Psychology Club member, volunteer at Ascent Autism
Career Interest: I'm interested in either going into clinical psychology or physical therapy.
Fun Fact: I have an Advanced Scuba Diving license, and I try to go on dive trips at least once a year!
Email: vsabol@calpoly.edu
Joe Fewel (he/him)
Major: Biological Sciences & Political Science, 4th Year
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Campus Involvement: ASI Board of Directors ASI University Union Advisory Board Phi Alpha Delta
Career Interest: Environmental Policy
Fun Fact: I am a triplet!
Email:jfewel@calpoly.edu
Orfalea College of Business
Wesley Bea (he/him)
Major: Business-finance Minor:sales, 2nd Year
Hometown: Los Altos, CA
Campus Involvement: Mustang media group account executive, front porch barista, alpha phi omega, sales engineering club, future fuels.
Career Interest: Technical sales.
Fun Fact: I recently placed 7th in a sales engineering competition
Email: wbea@calpoly.edu
Lauren Van Stralen (she/her)
Major: Business Administration, Concentration Marketing, 3rd Year
Hometown: Menlo Park,, CA
Campus Involvement: Sorority (KKG)
Career Interest: Marketing, social media, advertising
Fun Fact: I studied abroad in London!
Email: ljvanstr@calpoly.edu
