Officers
President: Cindy Gray
Year: 3
Major: Psychology and Engrish
Interests: Rice/noodles/noms in general, laughing, training to become a pokemon master/dragon ball super saiyan/all around BAMF ninja, Shakespeare, cooking, BABIES, all other standard housewife things, azn smiley enthusiast, and even more laughing.
Bio: First, I want to give a shout out the rest of the exec officers! They're all fabulous, amazing, and they're seriously my best friends. I'm so excited to work with such a wonderful group of people for this wonderful organization, and hopefully we can do some wonderful new things... wonderfully. I'm a military brat, so I've been everywhere, having gone to a total of 13 schools in my life. None of them have been so great as UVA. If you couldn't tell, I'm Asian, sort of (both Japanese and Caucasian, to be specific), and I enjoy dried squid from time to time. But besides that, I love making people laugh, and QSU has always been that organization that has given me and so many others a safe space to laugh about whatever we wanted and feel comfortable about who we are or who we want to be. I'm honored to be given the opportunity of being the co-president of such a smile-inducing organization! A many thousand thank yous! (^_^)v
President: Katie Mayfield
Year: 3
Major: English and Drama
Interests: Writing stories, reading everything, making puns, faking accents, having feelings at fictional characters, volunteering, drawing, hoarding cardigans and scarves, chilling with the elderly, smoothly operating, drinking Earl Grey tea.
Bio: Hi! I'm mostly just a college student. I spend a lot of time writing stories, being rampantly homosexual, and doing theatre. Ideally, after college, I'll move to New York and get paid to do at least one of these things. Beyond all of that, I like artichokes, Ukraine, radical queer activism, obscure medical documentaries, and maps of rivers. The most traumatic experience of my life involved a Taco Bell and a moving train. When I grow up, I want to be an old person. Or James Dean. Perhaps an elderly James Dean.
Vice President: Rachael Hallock
Year: 3
Major: Biology
Interests: Culinary endeavors, Disney, naps, Welsh Corgis, tie-dye, Godzilla, Simon Pegg, 80s running, biology (yes, I am madly in love with my major), hiking, Star Wars, Monty Python, making weird faces at friends sitting across the room
Bio: One of the coolest gingers you know, you can?t deny it. When I?m not fighting crime with my trusty Crossbow of Justice, or living a double life as a witty and charming base-jumping enthusiast, I can often be found geeking out over old Nickelodeon cartoons, baking elaborate cakes, contemplating the impending zombie apocalypse, and being generally awesome. I?m a nerdy biology major with asthma, and with that combination I just need a pocket protector and I?m set for life. I?ve been coming out since junior year of high school, and I am thrilled to be working for QSU for another year. Feel free to ask me questions about the Queer Student Union, the LGBT Speakers Bureau, or other queer organizations on Grounds!
Treasurer: Kaitlin Alford
Year: 3
Major: Biology
Interests: Hiking, interpretive dance/tennis, basketball, soccer, tae kwon do, 80's running, experimenting in the kitchen, learning obscure information, comic books, biology, animals, volunteering at my local zoo
Bio: When I'm not learning the path of the ninja, I am either spouting off random scientific facts, or bits of cinematic trivia. Don't know an answer? Can't solve a riddle? Fear not, I am already looking it up on Wikipedia for you! I'm super excited to be working with QSU this year and am excited to become a more active part of the queer community. If you have any questions, shoot me an email!
Secretary: Bradlee Palmquist
Year: 2
Major: Foreign Affairs and German
Interests: Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine, Languages, Europe, Europeans, Accents, Inspirational Stories, Tea, Mature and Intellectual Conversations, Reading, Movies, Technology, and Enjoy Life's Beauty.Oh, and also loathing summer for various reasons. Love Fall and Winter!
Bio: Hallo und Guten Tag! I'm a second year from Oakland, California who, product of being a military brat, has lived in Germany twice and Oklahoma once before settling in Virginia. Living abroad has given me a sense of unity and undying commitment to the world as one global community and inspires me to push for global understanding and love. This has also sparked my desire to study Foreign Affairs and German while here at the University of Virginia. I have a fondness for languages and have a lifetime goal of being multilingual in five different languages (I'm not crazy, I promise!). I'm a compassionate individual dedicated to advancing human rights here and around the globe and hope to leave the world a little brighter than it was when I arrived here.
Publicity Chair: John Marion
Year: 4
Major: Computer Science
Interests: Lights and music.
Bio: When I'm not hittin up the dankest concert in town I might be found discussing the finer points of revolutionizing America. During the latter I developed the ability to blow smoke rings. But really, what would Raúl do? I'm also working towards a Computer Science BA through the College. When considering what to study I limited the fields down to things I tolerate and ran with it. I'm interested specifically in computer design, ya know, graphic design and 3D modeling. Or things that might make me money. Sometimes I like nothing more than an iced chai (here's to Greenberry's, once again for plus dollars) and reading Time. I like Soccer and I recently started coaching little kids. Occasionally I sleep. Shout out to Deeva Shah.
Social Chair: Victor Nguyen
Year: 2
Major: Pre-Commerce/Economics & Psychology
Interests: PaRtY. But no really, I love making new friends, go out, hang out with friends, and eat, you know those cliche things!
Bio:WHADDUP y'all! I'm Victor, and I'm from a small town in SOVA called Halifax. It's super tiny and it's not in Canada. People say I'm sassy, but in reality, I'm really just klassy. I'm super friendly so please say Hi! Other than that, come in with an open heart and mind to what QSU has to offer and meet me in real life, and belive me, the organization will not disappoint you! I'll see you soon, along with my "Asian glow," so get hyped and ready to R-A-G-E!
Webmaster: Matthew Childers
Year: 3
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Interests: photography, drinking absurd amounts of coffee, running, antique odditied & eccentricities, music on the airwaves, and boys
Bio: A biography - honey what's this; who's that; what's going on here? Well, some have described me as a "spoiled, shrill, gold-digging socialite who would sooner chew off her own foot than do an honest day's work," but who are they kidding; being a promiscuous borderline alcoholic and assumed drug addict who'd suck the alcohol out of a stick of deodorant if she had do makes for a hard life. Fortunately I married young, and my husband Stan gives me all the money I need.
Seriously(?) though, I'm a hard working engineering student who (surprise twist) loves to RAGE. I promise I'll make you smile :D