Peer Educators

Amber Beren Major: Psychology Hometown: Denver, CO Interests: Spending time with friends, reading, laughing, meditation, hitting the open road: just me, my car, music cranked as loud as it will go and singing at the top of my lungs=perfection. Favorite Quote: “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go.” - Dr. Seuss

Chloe Boggs Major: Psychology Hometown: Boulder, CO Interests: Running, volunteering, hangin out with friends, drinking mochas, snowshoeing, shopping, reading, working out, watching movies Favorite Quote: "Whatever you are, be a good one." -Abraham Lincoln

Sara Snyder Coordinator Major: Psychology and Sociology, minor in International Studies Hometown: Monument, CO Interests: Traveling, foreign cultures and languages, music, dancing, adventures, laughing, Colorado weather, kayaking, hiking, a great book, hockey, soccer, and all different types of people! Favorite Quote: "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that counts. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln

Katie Gill Major: Biology, minor in Spanish Hometown: Bozeman, MT Interests: Nordic and Alpine skiing, Getting lost in the mountains, dancing in the rain and watching cheesy chick flicks. Favorite Quote: "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself" - Ralph Waldo Emerson and "That which does not kill you makes you stronger" - Neitzsche

Megan Bobroske Major: Psychology, minor in Communication Hometown: Arvada, CO Interests: Dancing, baking, singing, teaching, reading, movie marathons, shopping, sewing, traveling Favorite Quote: "Only do what your heart tells you" - Princess Diana

Dominique Toliver Major: Psychology Hometown: Air Force Brat Interests: I love crafting! Favorite Quote: "Happiness is like peeing your pants; everyone can see it but only you can feel the warmth."

Bailey Tumas Major: Biology, minor in Chemistry and Medical Physics Hometown: Oakland, CA Interests: Outdoors activities, animals, nerdy science things like research, and educating college kids about safe drug and alcohol use! Favorite Quote: "Never have regrets because at one point everything you did in life was exactly what you wanted."

Alumni

Alex Gross Major: Human Communication and French, minor in Leadership Hometown: Conifer, CO Interests: Hiking, biking, camping, fishing, photography, 4 wheeling, swimming, and cars. Favorite Quote: "Because when life looks like easy street, there is danger at your door." - The Grateful Dead

Pierre Vincent Major: Biochemistry, minor in Medical Physics Hometown: San Diego, CA Interests: Martial arts, hockey, tap dancing, heavy metal, chocolate, traveling, photography, and cooking. Favorite Quote: "The gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because every moment could be our last. Everything's more beautiful because we're doomed." - Achilles (Brad Pitt) in 'Troy'

Caroline Gonynor Major: Molecular Biology and Psychology Hometown: Sugar Land, TX Interests: Hiking, photography, cycling, beaches, singing loudly in my car, research, DNA, love! Favorite Quote: "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog." - Mark Twain

Caitlin Gillespie Major: Major in Psychology, minors in Political Science and English Hometown: Denver, CO! Interests: Dance, skiing, volleyball, meeting new people, snowball fights, spontaneous adventures Favorite Quote: "To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions." - William James

Kali Smith Major: Sociology, minor in Spanish, Leadership, & International Studies Hometown: Lakewood, CO Interests: Dancing, being outside, fighting cancer, tennis, people, acting, hiking, smiling, Keith Urban, watching sports, playing outside, laughing, firemen, socks, daisies, camping, being happy, loving life! Favorite Quote: "Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul. And sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all." - Emily Dickenson

David Koller Major: International Studies, minor in Studio Art and Spanish Hometown: Minnetonka, Minnesota Interests: Being creative, being awkward, being outdoors, free food, living a balanced lifestyle, enjoying life. Favorite Quote: "If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid looking in a mirror, because I bet that will really throw you in a panic." - Jack Handy

Dan Morgan Major: International Business Hometown: Golden Valley, MN Interests: Skiing, basketball, chillin hard, and spending time with friends. Favorite Quote: "Hell, there are no rules here -- we're trying to accomplish something." - Thomas Edison

Diana Hocker Major: Biology, minors in Wellness, Psychology, International Studies Hometown: Minnetonka, MN Interests: The OUTDOORS! Photography, delicious food, camping, yoga, snowboarding, skiing, movies, biking, longboarding, kayaking/canoeing, books, swings, trampolines, hammocks, running, exreme tubing on lakes, mountains, snow, sunshine Favorite Quote: "Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth." - Mark Twain

Briana Duffy Major: Cognitive Neuroscience with an emphasis in Biology/Botany Hometown: Crawford, CO Interests: Reading, horesback riding, hiking, skiing, cooking, Pilates, and music! Favorite Quote: "Be as feelt as Mercury, as beautiful as Venus, as brave as Mars -- but always be down to Earth."

Heather Dearborn Major: International Studies and Spanish, minors in Psychology, Gender and Women's Studies Hometown: Hartford, CT Interests: Traveling, music, movies, and sports! Favorite Quote: "You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover will be yourself." - Alan Alda

Allison Newman Major: International Studies, minors in Business and Spanish Hometown: Memphis, TN Interests: Travel, skiing, the outdoors, live music. Favorite Quote: N/A

Kelly Wagner Major: Cognitive Neuroscience with minors in Spanish, Leadership Studies and Psychology Hometown: Littleton, CO Interests: Anything related to medicine, soccer, running, snowboarding, old people!, live music, naps, snacks, being outside, traveling, speaking Spanglish, being a twin, and reading Harry Potter! Favorite Quote: "We're adults. When did that happen? And how did that happen? And how do we make it stop?" - Meredith Grey (Grey's Anatomy)

Trang Luong Major: Marketing and Digital Media Studies Hometown: Denver, CO Interests: Photography, dancing, knitting, shopping, cooking, baking, working out, community service, manicures + pedicures, relaxing, and most importantly, graphic designing! Favorite Quote: "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!"

Cori Lohss Major: Cognitive Neuroscience Hometown: Chicago, IL Interests: LIFE!! Particularly, I love being outdoors, cycling, biking, hiking, climbing, cooking, art and people!!! Favorite Quote: "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return."

Ingrid Grygiel Major: Accounting Hometown: Billings, MT Interests: Cooking, being active, being outdoors, being well, helping others, living and loving life! Favorite Quote: "If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than virtues" - Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Maddy D'Amato Major: BA in Sociology, minors in Spanish and Wellness Hometown: Aspen, CO Interests: I LOVE LIFE! Skiing, smiling, laughing, Ben Harper, friends, wellness, stars, the moon, yoga and fellow yoginis, kombucha, being an eternal optimist, people, foreign countries, foreign languages, cooking, Van Morrison, mountains, art, Buddhism, rafting, running, road biking, hiking, hockey, bowling, soccer, live music, writing, board games, traveling, painting, nature, and gardening. Favorite Quote: "Live to love, love to live."

Shivaun Finn Major: BS in Biology (2008), minors in Physics and Chemistry minors Hometown: Gold Hill, CO Interests: The outdoors (hiking, camping, skiing, etc), wildland firefighting and mitigation, cooking healthy and delicious meals, reading to find out all that I can about life, walking, and finding the best possible way to become the healthiest and happiest person I can be. Favorite Quote: "If you judge people, you have no time to love them." - Mother Teresa