College of Arts & Sciences
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Department of Spanish and Portuguese

GSPSO Officers

Academic Year 2024–2025:

Co-President (Lit): Sofie Brown
Co-President (Ling): María Laura Salazar
Treasurer: Julia Alexandrakis
Secretary: Varun Biddanda
Social Organizer: Leah Metzger
First-year Representative (Lit): Jhon Lindarte
First-year Representative (Ling): Julia Alexandrakis
GradGov Representative: Allison Goldman & Michael Sciacca
GAGE Representatives: Rachel Milito
Faculty Meetings Representative – Literature: Varun Biddanda
Faculty Meetings Representative – Linguistics: Allison Goldman
International Students Representative: Jhon Lindarte

Academic Year 2023–2024:

President: Leopoldo Gonzalez
Vice President (Lit): Israel Hernández Luna
Vice President (Ling): Katherin Vargas Henao
Treasurer: Gabriella Reyes
Secretary: Varun Biddanda
Social Organizer: Gabriella Reyes
First-year Representative (Lit): Sofie Brown
First-year Representative (Ling): Leah Metzger 
GradGov Representatives: Ángeles Ortega-Luque and Mariamnny Contreras
GAGE Representatives: Rachel Milito and Gabriella Reyes
Faculty Meetings Representative—Literature: Varun Biddanda
Faculty Meetings Representative—Linguistics: Allison Goldman

Academic Year 2022–2023:

President: Natalia Chávez Gomes da Silva
Vice President (Lit): Cesar Salgado Portillo
Vice President (Ling): Sara Ramirez
Treasurer: Maria Laura Zalazar
Secretary: Austin Vander Wel
Social Organizer: Zyanya Doniz
First-year Representative (Lit): Maggie Dunlap
First-year Representative (Ling): Gabriella Reyes
GradGov Representative: Mariamnny Contreras
GAGE Representatives: Gabriella Reyes y Katherin Vargas Henao
International Students Representative: Maja Nikolic
Faculty Meetings Representative and Substitute: Varun Biddanda and Daniel Stewart

Academic Year 2021–2022:

President: Maude Havenne
Vice President (Lit): Natalia Chávez
Vice President (Ling): Matt Dearstyne
Treasurer: Sara Ramírez
Secretary: Abbie Finnegan
Social Organizers: César Salgado Portillo & Abbie Finnegan
First-year Representative (Lit): Alex Mira
First-year Representative (Ling): Conor McKeon
GradGov Representative: Aned Ladino
GAGE Representatives: Katherin Vargas
International Students Representative: Leonardo Carvajal-Gamarra
Faculty Meetings Representative and Substitute: Aned Ladino and Sara Ramirez

Academic Year 2020–2021:

President: Tris Faulkner
Vice President (Lit): Maude Havenne
Vice President (Ling): Linxi Zhang
Treasurer: César Salgado Portillo
Secretary: Natali Chavez
Social Organizer: Aned Ladino, César Salgado Portillo
First-year Representative (Lit): Aned Ladino
First-year Representative (Ling): Jorge Ramos
GradGov Representative: Aned Ladino, César Salgado Portillo
GAGE Representatives: Emma Tierney, Alyssa Yarbrough

Academic Year 2019–2020:

President: Leah Adelson
Vice President (Lit): Kevin Murphy
Vice President (Ling): Gorka Basterretxea Santiso
Treasurer: Linxi Zhang
Secretary: Lilian Bringas Silva
Social Organizer: Tris Faulkner
First-year Representative (Lit): Diego Maggi
First-year Representative (Ling): Matt Dearstyne
GradGov Representative: Leonardo Carvajal, Maude Havenne

Academic Year 2018–2019:

President: Annie Ornelles
Vice President (Lit): Kevin Murphy
Vice President (Ling): Leah Adelson
Treasurer: Juan Manuel Menjívar
Secretary: Tris Faulkner
Social Organizer: Tyler Bergin
First-year Representative (Lit): Sophie Heller (fall), Kevin Murphy (interim-spring)
First-year Representative (Ling): Juan Manuel Menjívar
GradGov Representative: Hortensia Gutiérrez