Peer Mentor Program
2009-2010 Mentors
Austin Campbell 
Hometown: Inglewood, CA
Major: Biology
Hobbies/Passions: roller coasters, mini-golf, bowling, paint balling, making ice cream.
Favorite Places in Portland: Oaks Bottom Amusement Park, Glowing Green's 3-D Pirate Mini-Golf, Hot Cake House
Favorite Things about Reed: Gray Fund, being an HA, Griffin (senior yearbook)
Campus Activities: HA, Treasurer, Admission Intern
Danielle Crabtree
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA and Portland, OR
Major: History
Hobbies/Passions: tennis, reading, running, movies, history
Favorite Places in Portland: Shari's Restaurant, Llloyd Center, Alberta, Hawthorne, Mt. Tabor
Favorite Things about Reed: classes, professors/staff, the front lawn, thesis parade, involvement opportunities
Campus Activities: MRC, Honor Council, RSCAT
Nabeel Arshad
Hometown: Rio Rancho, NM
Major: Political Science/English
Hobbies/Passions: basketball, screenwriting, comic books, watching TV/movies, Lost
Favorite Places in Portland: Rose garden, 10th Street, food carts
Favorite Things about Reed: Blue bridge, bouncy bridge
Campus Activities: MRC General Intern
Thuy Van
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Major: Political Science
Hobbies/Passions: politics, current events, cooking, penguins, backpacking, traveling, shopping
Favorite Places in Portland: food carts
Favorite Things about Reed: cherry blossoms in the spring
Campus Activities: SYRF, IFC
Carl Backman 
Hometown: Auburn, AL
Hobbies/Passions: music, dance, theater, wandering around Portland, food, watching random stuff on YouTube, dance parties
Favorite Places in Portland: downtown and North or NE Portland
Favorite Things about Reed: the people, the campus, good conversations, the cool professors
Campus Activities: MRC, performing arts, UU Group
Melody Harvey
Hometown: Pasadena, CA
Major: Economics
Hobbies/Passions: writing, baking, movies, exploring Portland, trying new things, social justice, history
Favorite Places in Portland: Powell's Bookstore, Sellwood Park, Alberta and NE Portland
Favorite Things about Reed: the many differences that are present on campus and the passion for learning
Campus Activities: Admission Intern, BASU, and SYRF
Salim Moore
Hometown: Pasadena, CA
Major: Art History
Hobbies/Passions: short films, photography, violin, dancing, writing
Favorite Places in Portland: Hawthorne, Powell's Bookstore, Last Thursday, Saburo's
Favorite Things about Reed: the professors, the people, the mystique
Campus Activities: DxOxTxU, C.A.V.E., Canyon Crew, RSCAT, Y.A.M., Drum Kore, KRRC, House Adviser
Christian Anayas
Hometown: Detroit, MI
Major: Anthropology
Hobbies/Passions: cooking, traveling, biking, the bins, Chinese, social theory, dressing fresh, Planet Earth
Favorite Places in Portland: the bins, Fubon
Favorite Things about Reed: Renn Fayre, scrounging, procrastinating in the library lobby
Campus Activities: Chinese House HA, MRC Intern
Lindsay Shields
Hometown: Denver, CO
Major: History
Hobbies/Passions: basketball, bowling
Favorite Places in Portland: OMSI, Rhododendron Gardens, Pizza Roma, bowling lanes
Favorite Things about Reed: the people and that there is always lots to do - dance parties, pool hall, musical things, and language house activiites
Campus Activities: Amnesty International
Jeryl Hewey
Hometown: Charlestown, NH
Major: Psychology
Hobbies/Passions: cooking, music, singing, theater, politics, Red Sox
Favorite Places in Portland: Pambiche restaurant, Convention Center docks, PAM
Favorite Things about Reed: student passion and general dorkiness, the Canyon, the MLL
Campus Activities: A Cappella, mock trial, Admissions Intern, Orientation Coordinator, UU Group, HA,
Senate, SCAPP, Gray Fund Intern
Elizabeth Nguyen
Hometown: Venice and Culver City, CA
Major: Tentatively Psychology
Hobbies/Passions: sketching, enjoying nature and the beauty that exists in the world, absurd sing-a-longs, finding and collecting random junk, the outdoors, baking and desserts
Favorite Places in Portland: the random statues and waterfalls downtown, the vintage shops, the gardens, and food
Favorite Things about Reed: random convos that go late into the night, surprises around campus
Campus Activities: Tir-Na-Nog, FSU, Vagina Monologues, debate
Jamie Loos
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Major: American Studies
Hobbies/Passions: tennis, biking, summer, bbq's, philosophy, history
Favorite Places in Portland: Rhododendron Gardens, Rose garden in NW
Favorite Things about Reed: how most things are kommie, less rules, more Honor Principle
Campus Activities: Oh For Christ Sake, MRC, RSCAT
Erdis Ovel Perla Salvador Jr.
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Major: Chinese History/Literature
Hobbies/Passions: cooking, watching movies, watching YouTube videos, pumpkins, ducks, cigars
Favorite Places in Portland: the food carts downtown
Favorite Things about Reed: the Honor Principle and the Doyle Owl
Campus Activities: MRC, RSCAT, HUM 110 change
Emily Fong
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Major: Psychology
Hobbies/Passions: food, kittens, super dramatic Asian dramas, tea, eating contests
Favorite Places in Portland: Fubonn, Pearl District, any place with delicious food
Favorite Things about Reed: the openness I feel with all the people I've met
Campus Activities: baking with my friends, studying in the library, wasting hours in Commons
Kristy Fullerton
Hometown: Chihuahua, Mexico and Arlington, TX
Major: Sociology
Hobbies/Passions: crafts, racial and gender equity, learning to bike, exploring Portland
Favorite Places in Portland: Chance of Rain coffee, Red and Black cafe, Belmont, vintage stores, grocery stores
Favorite Things about Reed: everyone cares about what you're studying, people dance funny, kids try to be creative about costumes
Campus Activities: Feminist Student Union, MRC General Intern
Katy Joseph
Hometown: New York, NY
Major: Anthropology
Hobbies/Passions: bikes, social justice work, cheesy super hero movies, staying warm and dry in rainy weather, spontaneous dance parties
Favorite Places in Portland: Fubon, the annual Portland Zine Symposium, so many farmer's markets
Favorite Things about Reed: 100% support for student driven initiatives, C.A.V.E., the MLLL, the overwhelming nerdiness
Campus Activities: RSCAT, MRC, FSU, Student Senate, Scrounger Nation
Barbara (Babs) Guerra-Torres
Hometown: Montebello, CA
Major: English Literature
Hobbies/Passions: Often found crocheting and making crafts, cooking/baking/feeding people in general, and running; loves language, puzzles, old cartoons, late-night bike rides, and tangential conversations.
Favorite Places in Portland: Laurelhurst Park, the Tao of Tea, and where ever my friends happen to be
Favorite Things about Reed: Dance parties, the Canyon, Gray Fund, and the people who make this place possible
Campus Activities: Writing and Spanish tutor, Lunch Host
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Emily Lai
Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan
Major: Torn between Psychology and Poli Sci
Hobbies/Passions: PUGS, food, ice cream, free food, cooking, eating out, arts & crafts, karaoke, children's books, Clint Eastwood, sunshine, fashion, basketball, biking
Favorite Places in Portland: Rhodie Garden, the fountain at the waterfront park, food carts, Saturday Market, Fubonn, Hawthorne
Favorite Things about Reed: Colin Diver, Reedies and the way Reedies dance, Renn Fayre, the Kommie spirit, the copious amounts of free food, the Great front lawn & the cherry blossoms, Gray Fund, Noelle Faricy, the squirrels
Campus Activities:frequent library visitor, PMP Student Coordinator, Women's Floor HA, Admission Tour Guide, Senate Outreach Coordinator
Jin Young Park
Hometown: JeonJu, South Korea and Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Major: Linguistics
Hobbies/Passions: Music, languages, cultures, food (trying different cuisines around the world, cooking, and baking)
Lara Evensen
Hometown: Kane'ohe, HI
Major: Psychology
Hobbies/Passions: photography, illustration, fashion, design, opera, cmics, free hugs, and chillaxing
Favorite Places in Portland: The Roxy, Saburo's, Clinton Street Theatre, the Hotcake House, Sock dreams, Powell's, Rose Garden, NW 23rd
Favorite things about Reed: I can always find other creative, friendly individuals who are comfortable with their nerdery
Campus Activities: Asian Student Union, FC
Lara Pena
Hometown: Houston, TX
Major: Art History
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Sainabou Jallow
Hometown: Miami, FL
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Phill Schwartz
Hometown: Hollywood, CA
Major: History/Pre-law
Hobbies/Passions: movies, music, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, snowboarding
Favorite Places in Portland: Pine State Biscuits, Movie Madness, PGE Park
Favorite things about Reed: intellectual arguments, Renn Fayre, sunny days on the lawn
Campus Activities: Student Senate '09, HA '08, Renn Fayre Czar '08
Justina Thoreson
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Major: Psychology
Hobbies/Passions: life, music, movies, eating, shopping, sunshine, pretty things
Favorite Places in Portland: Rose garden, Lloyd Center, Downtown, Nike ES, and all the yummy restaurants
Favorite things about Reed: the great friends I have made, meeting international students, small class sizes, Gray Fund
Louis Melendez
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Major: Political Science
Hobbies/Passions: Improv comedy, social activism, politics, 90's music
Favorite Places in Portland: Mother's Bistro, Monage, Pirate Mini-Golf
Favorite Things about Reed: It's perfectly socially acceptable if not expected to nerd out.
Campus Activities: Y.A.M., RSCAT, MRC, SLIC
Michael Gonzales 
Hometown: Austin, TX
Major: Chemistry, Pre-medicine
Hobbies/Passions: Judo, Brazilian Jujitsu, frisbee, capoeira, hip hop, alternative
Favorite Place in Portland: the front lawn when it's sunny, Tao of Tea, OHSU
Favorite things about Reed: the mat room, well-taught classes, Gray Fund, the Honor Principle
Campus Activities: Jujitsu, German House, PMP