Cohort Members (2025/6)

Lian Lo (Organizer)

Lian Lo (Organizer)

Lian Lo (she/they) is a fourth-year student living on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sʔəl̀ilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations. Studying at the University of British Columbia, Lian majors in Honours English Literature and minors in First Nations and Indigenous Studies. Though now in Vancouver, Lian was born and raised […]

Rayna Friar

Rayna Friar

Rayna (he/they) is a second-generation immigrant with roots in Malaysia and South India. He is a UBC student living and learning on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sʔəl̀ilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations. They are currently pursuing a degree in Cognitive Systems and minoring in ACAM. Rayna is very excited […]

Gabby Abando (Organizer)

Gabby Abando (Organizer)

Gabby is in the second year of her Master’s degree in sociology at UBC. Her research interests lie at an intersection between urban and community sociology and race and ethnicity studies, looking into the role of social infrastructure in supporting the longevity, inter-connectedness, and local articulations of ethnic community identity. She is the proud daughter […]

Felicity Gutierrez (Organizer)

Felicity Gutierrez (Organizer)

 Felicity (they/them) is a first-generation Filipino migrant humbly living on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sʔəl̀ilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations. They are also a fifth-year undergraduate student at the University of British Columbia.   Felicity grew up in Manila, summered in Batangas, and was rather abruptly uprooted and repotted […]