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Newsletter Team 2024-25

 

Chloe Keely - Newsletter Editor

Major: English major, Ethnic Studies minor, 3rd Year

Hometown: Milpitas, CA

Campus Involvement: Treasurer for Moot Court Club, Member of Phi Alpha Delta

Career Interest: Technical writer for a little bit, and then eventually entertainment/intellectual property lawyer

Fun Fact: I can play four instruments! They are guitar, ukulele, trumpet, and piano.

Email: ckeely@calpoly.edu

Alister Clark (he/him) 

Major: Business Administration, minors Sustainable Environments and Indigenous Studies in Natural Resources and Environment 1stYear

Hometown: Sonoma Co, CA 

Campus Involvement: Cal Poly Entrepreneurs, Member of Garden Club

Career Interest: While I don't have a clear vision for my career yet, I plan to fuse entrepreneurship and sustainable environmental design to help nurture our earth and community. I also am interested in creative journalism and want to do something with that as well. 

Fun Fact: I have a 60 year old parrot named Yogi

Email:  aqclark@calpoly.edu

 

 

Annabelle Contreras (they/them) 

Major: Biological Sciences, 1st Year

Hometown: Marina, CA

Campus Involvement: PCE Member

Career Interest: Pursuing a Pre-Health Career

Fun Fact: My cartoon role model is SpongeBob SquarePants!

Email: acontr75@calpoly.edu

 

Charlee Fishman(she/her)

Major: Architecture, Sustainable Environments, 1st Year

Hometown: Glenwood Springs, CO

Campus Involvement: Climbing Club, Field Studies, and Hiking Club

Career Interest: I would love to one day get my Architectural License and LEED Certification so I can design sustainable buildings. 

Fun Fact: I can read and listen to music at the same time on roadtrips and not get carsick. 

                                                                                             Email: cjfishma@calpoly.edu

Allie Garrel (she/her)

Major: English major, 1st Year

Hometown: Trabuco Canyon, California

Campus Involvement: Cal Poly's Choir, Cantabile Line Dancing Club, Hiking Club

Career Interest: I hope to be either a publisher or screenwriter.

Fun Fact: I have run two marathons!

Email: agarrel@calpoly.edu

 

 

Macyn Geist (she/her) 

Major: Psychology, 1st Year

Hometown: Mill Valley, CA 

Campus Involvement: Alpha Chi Omega, CP Salsa, Hiking Club, Cal Poly Puppy Raisers (Guide Dogs for the Blind) 

Career Interest: Therapist and Neurotherapist Practitioner 

Fun Fact: I was born on Christmas! 

Email: mgeist@calpoly.edu

 

 

Emily Keller (she/her) 

Major: English (Focus: Creative Writing); Minor: Equine Science, 1st Year

Hometown: Monterey, CA

Campus Involvement: Editorial Writer for Her Campus Senator for yakʔitʸutʸu Neighborhood Council

Career Interest: My career goals are to be a published novelist and an English professor.

Fun Fact: For most of my life, I wanted to be a veterinarian (hence the Equine Science minor :)).

Email: eakeller@calpoly.edu

 

 

Paru Nair (she/her) 

Major: Biochemistry, 1st Year

Hometown: Santa Clarita, CA

Campus Involvement: Cal Poly Line Dancing Club, Cal Poly Rose Float Club, Women Empowerment Club, Indian Student Association

Career Interest: I’m really hoping to enter a career as a research scientist.

Fun Fact: I love to make art! My favorite medium at the moment is digital art. :)

Email: pnair02@calpoly.edu

 

 

Amanda Shea (she/her) 

Major: Double Majoring in Environmental Management & Protection and Interdisciplinary Studies (minoring in Science Communications and Law & Society), 3rd Year

Hometown: Orange County, CA

Campus Involvement: Member of Cal Poly Mock Trial President of Cal Poly Lore Club

Career Interest: Interested in science, ethics, law and social justice!

Fun Fact: I love to wear colored contacts and try to match them to my outfit.

Email: aeshea@calpoly.edu

 

 

 

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