Diversity at Stanford

Student Perspectives

Diversity Recruitment Interns are current Stanford students who work closely with the Office of Undergraduate Admission. They look forward to answering your questions about the diversity of students, resources and opportunities in the Stanford community and about the college search process.

Meet our Diversity Recruitment Interns!

You can reach them at divintern@stanford.edu.

	Samantha Azure Major: American Studies and Native American Studies Graduation Year: 2010 Hometown: Poplar, MT Activities: Stanford American Indian Organization (SAIO), Research Assistant in the Spatial History Lab, Lightweight Crew. Favorite Class: History of the North American West.  Taught by one of my favorite professors, this class explored the western portion of the North American continent throughout history and brought to light many different perspectives.  These were perspectives which I had heard before, but never in a classroom. For the first time in my life, I was able to sit in a class which taught me more than the 'American' version of  history.
	Gilberto Dueñas Major: Management Science & Engineering Graduation Year: 2010 Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Activities: Resident Assistant, Los Hermanos De Stanford, Student Initiated Course Leader, Stanford College Prep Tutor, Chicano/Latino Sib Program Mentor. Why I wanted to be a DRI: I wanted to gain a better understanding of the college selection and Stanford’s admission process, in order to encourage younger students to pursue higher education at this university. The Stanford experience is truly unique and I hope to share it with others.
	Kyonne Isaac Major: Psychology, African & African-American Studies (AAAS) Graduation Year: 2010 Hometown: Cape Coral, FL Activities: Co-President of Stanford NAACP, Associate Director for the Stanford Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Dance (lyrical & hip-hop), English/Writing tutor for the SF 49ers Middle School Academy; Oral communications tutoring to rising Sophomores.  What I do as a DRI: I consider myself among those on the front lines of implementing Stanford's philosophical commitment to diversity, in all its forms. By gladly hosting information sessions, answering emails and working on special projects, I get the chance to help open up Stanford to those living in or who identify with communities that are chronically underrepresented in higher education.
	Ama Thrasher Major: Psychology Graduation Year: 2010 Hometown: Chicago, IL Activities: Stanford Steppers (A.K.A. Da Bomb Squad), College Student Interest Group in Neurology (CO-SIGN), Black Student Union, NAACP, Peer Health Educator (PHE), Capoeira Club. Research: Honors thesis in the Psychophysiological Laboratory in the Psychology department. An honors thesis in the Psychology department consists of a year of research with a faculty mentor, completing a research paper, presenting findings at a poster presentation and receiving honors for the major. I’m looking at the connection between emotional situations and subsequent memory for those events to find the neural areas that correlate to different strengths of memory.