The Offices of Graduate Student Equity & Excellence (GSEE) and Graduate Student Affairs (GSA) maintains a student-led Graduate Student Advisory Board (GSAB). GSAB is an interdisciplinary group of graduate students who meet quarterly to discuss and plan programmatic offerings designed to build community and support holistic graduate education.
Meet our 2026-2027 GSAB Members
Ryan B. Talusan (he/him)
GSAB Lead
Doctoral Student | Bioengineering
Carol Lu (she/her)
Doctoral Student | Pyschology
Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii
Undergraduate Univeristy: Johns Hopkins University
Fun Fact: I am a Pokemon Professor.
Antonia Romana Zito (she/her)
Master’s Student | Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
Hometown: Panama City, Panama
Undergraduate University: University of Washington
Looking foward to: I am so excited to be back at the UW, make new friends, and see the cherry blossoms in the Spring.
Danna Nunez (she/her)
Master’s Student | Health Administration
Hometown: Shoreline, WA
Undergraduate University: University of Washington
Looking forward to: I’m looking forward to making new and fun memories during my last year at UW!
Donna Serantes Manikan (she/her)
Master’s Student | Public Health (online)
Hometown: Iloilo City, Philippines
Undergraduate University: Bryant and Stratton College NY
Fun fact: I’m Filipino, grew up in Saudi Arabia, and now call Washington home—three countries, one story, and a little bit of each in me!
Serena (Shuyu) Mei (she/her)
Master’s Student | Foster School of Business
Hometown: Beijing
Undergraduate University: Communication University of China
Fun fact: I enjoy planning trips so much that sometimes creating the itinerary is almost as fun as the trip itself!
Santino “Tino” Camacho (he/him)
Doctoral Student | School of Social Work
Yveline C. Saint Louis (she/her)
Doctoral Student | Anthropology
Yasmine Gomez (she/her)
Doctoral Student | Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
Hiwot Weldemariam (she/her)
Master’s Student | Epidemiology
Sebastián Gallegos (he/she/they)
Doctoral Student | Pharmaceutics
Mahnoor Hyat (she/her)
Doctoral Student | Psychology
Tamala Pearley (she/her)
Master’s Student | Communication Leadership
Xiaoyuan Ye (he/him)
Master’s Student | Foster School of Business
Preksha Makwana (she/her)
Master’s Student | Health Systems and Population Health
Amardeep Ghuman (she/her)
Master’s Student | Healthcare Administration
Lingzhen Yu (he/him)
Master’s Student | Information Systems, MSIS