2009-2010 Mentors
All incoming students are assigned a Mentor: enthusiastic sophomores, juniors, and seniors who have experienced Pitzer and all it has to offer, and want to help ease the transition to college life. First-year students live on the same floor as the other students in their mentor group along with their mentor. Mentors plan substance-free first-year programs, help their mentees pick their classes, deal with the college academic load, navigate the social scene, and make healthy choices in their lives.
Andrew Benton - Lead Mentor
Hometown: Portland, Oregon
Birthday: June 4
Majors: International and Intercultural Studies
Minof: French
Hobbies/Interests: Dance, running, skiing, traveling, expensive restaurants, foreign/exotic Foods, Reading, History, baking and new places
Something quirky about me: I danced for Cirque du Soleil
Amy Jasper - Lead Mentor
Hometown: Mission Viejo, California
Birthday: August 18
Majors: Political Studies
Minor: Gender/Women’s Studies
Hobbies/Interests: American dialects, interior decorating, Italian food, English lit, the present and future of Pitzer College.
Something quirky about me: I like listening to rap in other languages.
Ben Harris - Lead Mentor
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Birthday: November 8
Majors: Politics and Economics
Hobbies/Interests: Golf, politics, relaxing, baseball, basketball
Something quirky about me: I’m afraid of cats.
Luba Bartnitskaia - Lead Mentor
Hometown: Anchorage, Alaska
Birthday: July 25
Majors: Economics, Russian Literature
Minors: French
Hobbies/Interests: Volunteering, running, tennis, watching movies with my brother
Something quirky about me: I love eating fried food.
Jeffrey Weiss - Lead Mentor
Hometown: Cupertino, California
Birthday: October 5
Major(s): Science and Management, Biotechnology Focus
Hobbies/Interests: Racquetball, Arizona Diamondbacks, Hillel
Something quirky about me: I hate when people put clothes on their dogs!
Jacqueline Legazcue - Lead Mentor, Transfer Mentor
Hometown: Chino, California
Birthday: October 9
Majors: English and Media Studies
Minors: Art
Hobbies/Interests: Reading, painting, baking, giving hugs, cuddling cute animals, and helping people
Something quirky about me: I enjoy anthropomorphism because I still have a child’s imagination
Marissa Shulruff - Transfer Mentor
Hometown: Pine Brook, New Jersey
Birthday: September 25
Majors: Environmental Studies, International & Intercultural Studies
Minor: French
Hobbies/Interests: Skiing, snowboarding, traveling, photography, writing, reading, hiking, climbing, camping
Something quirky about me: I love being outside but I’m terrified of bugs/insects
Candy Chen - International Mentor
Hometown: Taiwan
Birthday: January 12
Majors: Business
Hobbies/Interests: Swimming, traveling, dancing
Something quirky about me: I have to wash my hair EVERYDAY!
Maria Rosales - International Mentor
Hometown: Compton, California
Birthday: November 24
Majors: Human Biology and Spanish
Hobbies/Interests: I enjoy spending time with my family and friends. I love burritos.
Something quirky about me: I laugh loud… for no reason!
Jessica Grey
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Birthday: February 28
Majors: Neuroscience
Minors: Italian
Hobbies/Interests: Tennis, travel, singing, and grapefruits
Something quirky about me: I used to participate in National Chess Tournaments and I eat my Froot Loops according to ROYGBIV.
Laura Gutierrez
Hometown: Winnetka, Illinois
Birthday: March 28
Majors: International and Intercultural Studies
Hobbies/Interests: Traveling, dancing, being outdoors
Something quirky about me: I hate pickles. But I looove Disney movies.
Jed Cohen
Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona
Birthday: November 5
Major: Economics
Minor: Spanish
Hobbies/Interests: Music, basketball, biking, hiking
Something quirky about me: I love trying strange ethnic foods.
Emily Gallichotte
Hometown: Seattle, Washington
Birthday: April 25
Major: Molecular Biology
Hobbies/Interests: Science, art, music, and David Sedaris.
Something quirky about me: I love Sweden and hope to live there someday.
Murphy Miller
Hometown: Washington DC
Birthday: December 8
Majors: Psychology and Political Studies
Hobbies/Interests: Tennis, skiing, sailing, running, cooking, traveling, a capella, community service
Something quirky about me: I HATE odd numbers and chocolate
Sarah Surrey
Hometown: Denver, Colorado
Birthday: July 29
Majors: English Literature and Spanish Literature
Hobbies/Interests: Field hockey, Hillel, Kosher Chords, reading, skiing, musicals, and ballroom dance
Something quirky about me: I wish my life were a musical.
Mimi Krumholz
Hometown: Pho-Town, Arizona
Birthday: December 5
Major: Psychology
Hobbies/Interests: Arts-n-crafts, drinking smoothies, reading the newspaper online, singing the Mamma Mia soundtrack
Something quirky about me: I was my high school mascot! Go Xavier Gators!
Alyssa Goldman
Hometown: El Paso, Texas
Birthday: November 2
Majors: Sociology and Media Studies
Minor: Spanish
Hobbies/Interests: Watching hulu videos, reading the newspaper, playing guitar, art, cooking, taking walks, eating cheese.
Something quirky about me: My favorite food is chicken strips!!
Jake Harder
Hometown: Eugene, Oregon
Birthday: July 30
Major: Environmental Studies
Minor: Spanish
Hobbies/Interests: Running, knitting, rap, dance, playing N64, hanging out with friends, and Disney movies
Something quirky about me: I always have to take a shower in the morning to feel awake.
Brittany Davila
Hometown: Upland, California
Birthday: January 18
Major: Gender and Feminist Studies
Minor: English and World Literature
Hobbies/Interests: Reading! Vampires! Sudoku! Edward Cullen!
Something quirky about me: I am deathly afraid of balloons.
Chase Dyer
Hometown: Telluride, Colorado
Birthday: November 3
Major: International and Intercultural Studies
Minor: Anthropology
Hobbies/Interests: Pomona-Pitzer Tennis, Student Investment Committee, Finance/Investing, ESPN, and all sports.
Something quirky about me: I played fantasy baseball against Jayson Stark, ESPN Baseball analyst, and beat him.
David Casler
Hometown: Cupertino, California
Birthday: October 15
Majors: Sociology and German
Hobbies/Interests: Cooking, writing, blogging, and traveling.
Something quirky about me: My red velvet cake is second to NONE.
Ellie Lipton
Hometown: Mercer Island, Washington
Birthday: May 6
Major: Undecided but probably the Social Sciences
Hobbies/Interests: Soccer, kids, volunteering, dancing, psychology, feminism
Something quirky about me: I LOVE Harry Potter! A lot.
Leah Kahn
Hometown: Sebastopol, California
Birthday: February 25
Majors: Environmental Science
Minors: Spanish, International and Intercultural Studies, Dance
Hobbies/Interests: Dance, love (for free), making jewelry, surfing, snowboarding, going on adventures, volunteering, really involved in 5C groups
Something quirky about me: Star Wars Nerd
Julia Pashall
Hometown: Newton, Massachusetts
Birthday: November 16
Majors: Combined Media Studies and Sociology
Hobbies/Interests: People watching, stand-up comedy, spoken word poetry
Something quirky about me: My greatest talent: Karaoke (specifically the song Total Eclipse of the Heart)
Moya Carter, Associate Dean of Students
Hometown: Originally Azusa, California - now Claremont, California
Birthday: June 5
Majors: B.A. English, M.Ed College Student Affairs
Hobbies/Interests: I love working with college students, Disneyland, reading, and Costco (must be the samples!)
Something quirky about me: I don’t eat leftovers and dislike garlic!