Congratulations to the members of the Class of 2020, and warmest welcome to family, friends and alumni joining us for our virtual graduations! In collaboration with student organizations, alumni groups and numerous University partners, Multicultural Affairs has reimagined our annual multicultural graduation ceremonies, which honor the accomplishments of students who have engaged in one or many of Columbia’s diverse communities. In this format, we have greater opportunities to share the celebration, particularly with our international students and with their loved ones from around the globe. Given our newfound reach, we invite you to enjoy a special message from our inaugural International Senior Speaker, Patricia Kusumaningtyas CC’20, who is from Indonesia.
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Message from Multicultural Affairs to the Graduates
Congratulations! YOU DID IT! We enthusiastically celebrate the impact you have had on the Columbia and Barnard communities and the legacy that you are leaving behind for the next generation of students.
As you reflect on your time on campus, and on all that you have done on campus, abroad and in neighboring communities, it is our hope that you will carry your dreams and leadership out into the world. Even in just the past few weeks, we have witnessed countless injustices, including the senseless deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, a resurgence of anti-Asian violence, continued denial of human dignity and safety of undocumented people at the borders as well as in working-class communities and invalidation of queer and trans people’s existence through policy changes. Our world is hurting, and we are confident that you are the leaders and change agents who will bring the world the healing, care, love and justice we all need.
Thank you all for bringing difficult dialogue, urgency for action, groundedness in culture, light and laughter to our campus. We cannot wait to see what you will bring to the world! Congratulations again, Class of 2020!
With gratitude and love,
Melinda Aquino, Ileanna Casellas-Katz, Avi Edelman, Vanessa Gonzalez-Siegel, Alison Jackson and Jacquis Watters
Multicultural Affairs | Undergraduate Student Life
Class of 2020: Mosaic Slideshow
Individual Ceremonies
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Class of 2020
| Athena Abadilla BC'20 | Zehui Gao SEAS'20 | Jarosław Macnar CC'20 | Aydan Shahd BC'20 |
| Nasreen Abd Elal CC'20 | Stephanie Garcia Sosa BC'20 | Shazmin Mahmud CC'20 | Molly Shapiro BC'20 |
| Athena Guizar Ablang GS'20 | Gabriela García-Ugalde BC'20 | Inga Manticas CC'20 | Kismet Sheldon Collins CC'20 |
| Afua Addo CC'20 | Rachel Gates BC'20 | Arianna Mao CC'20 | Xiatong Shen CC'20 |
| Hannah Adeoye CC'20 | Fredrica George CC'20 | Katherine Mao BC'20 | Timothy Shertzer SEAS'20 |
| Maria Adetunji BC'20 | Indigo Ghonima CC'20 | Michelle Mao SEAS'20 | Samantha Shih CC'20 |
| Charlene Adhiambo CC'20 | Valentine Gikunda CC'20 | Atharva Marathe CC'20 | Pranav Shrestha SEAS'20 |
| Abena Adom-Oduro CC'20 | Allegra Girardello CC'20 | Jason Mares CC'20 | Maya Sibul BC'20 |
| Hanna Agbanrin GS'20 | Cayo Gonzalez CC'20 | Anisa Marhull BC'20 | Eliza Siegel BC'20 |
| Raag Agrawal CC'20 | Nina González Silas BC'20 | Jhon-Carlo Marroquin SEAS'20 | Georgia Silva CC'20 |
| Kris Ahn BC'20 | Alexander Gonzalez Torres CC'20 | Uila Marx BC'20 | Mia Simon BC'20 |
| Ishrat Aishee BC'20 | Tameka Gosine CC'20 | Maya Joyce Matthews CC'20 | Alison Simons CC'20 |
| Can Akdere SEAS'20 | Martin Gracia SEAS'20 | Nicole Cynthia Mbithe SEAS'20 | Donovan Simpson CC'20 |
| Olamiposi Akinsooto CC'20 | Patricia Granda-Malaver CC'20 | Marley Antonia McAliley CC'20 | Jas Singh CC'20 |
| Brianna Alico CC'20 | Kelsey Gray SEAS'20 | Janis McAllister BC'20 | Siddharth Singh CC'20 |
| Maria Gabriela Alvarez Custode BC'20 | Daileny Guerrero BC'20 | Jessica Mei CC'20 | Amy Small CC'20 |
| Mika Aly CC'20 | Nehemie Guillomaitre SEAS'20 | Kevin Mejia Mejia SEAS'20 | Michael Smith CC'20 |
| Jarielle Isaac BC'20 | Hajirah Gumanneh BC'20 | Jose Mendoza CC'20 | Sofia Smith CC'20 |
| Ruthy Amkraut CC'20 | Margaret Guo CC'20 | Rodrigo Mendoza CC'20 | Haley So SEAS'20 |
| Ashley An SEAS'20 | Nick Gupta GS'20 | Carla Mendoza CC'20 | Tommy Song CC'20 |
| Sein An CC'20 | Abigail Gutierrez BC'20 | William Meng SEAS'20 | Irem Soysal CC'20 |
| Tara Anand BC'20 | Dennis Guzman SEAS'20 | Isabella Mercado CC'20 | Dagmawi Sraj SEAS'20 |
| Keziah Anderson CC'20 | Xingyu (Jake) Ha CC'20 | Darinelle Merced-Calderon CC'20 | Kennedy Stacy CC'20 |
| Anika Anna CC'20 | Saraya Hamidi CC'20 | Elizabeth Kyung Merrigan CC'20 | Lacey Strahm CC'20 |
| Simon Anuszczyk CC'20 | Maya Hamlet BC'20 | Amanda Merritt BC'20 | CJ Strauss BC'20 |
| Clara Apostolatos CC'20 | Laura Hand CC'20 | Yasmeen Metellus CC'20 | Brianna Sturkey BC'20 |
| John Arciniegas CC'20 | Vanessa Hansen-Quartey SEAS'20 | Kyeongjoo Min CC'20 | Piragathesh Subramanian GS'20 |
| Sulema Arellano BC'20 | Madison Harden CC'20 | Juan Mojica SEAS'20 | Iman Sule CC'20 |
| Natalie Arenzon BC'20 | J Haro SEAS'20 | Darwin Molina CC'20 | Libby Sun CC'20 |
| Sheen Atwa GS'20 | LinDon Harris CC'20 | Ciana Montero BC'20 | Tasfia Tabassum CC'20 |
| Nélida Ayacaxli GS'20 | Olinah Hassan BC'20 | Daniel Moreno Ferreira SEAS'20 | Riku Tabata CC'20 |
| Aissata Ba BC'20 | Maryam Hassan CC'20 | Alissa Mori BC'20 | Albert Tai SEAS'20 |
| Edith Baez CC'20 | Luke Haubenstock CC'20 | Summer Motton BC'20 | Keki Takahara BC'20 |
| Jaewan Bahk SEAS'20 | Galen Hawkins CC'20 | Annika Mukherjee BC'20 | Maya Talukdar CC'20 |
| Avani Bahl BC'20 | Yuri Hayashi CC'20 | Andie Munoz CC'20 | Alex Tang CC'20 |
| Marie Bain CC'20 | Adam He CC'20 | Lithurshanaa Muraleetharan SEAS'20 | Siyu Tao CC'20 |
| Eddie Baker CC'20 | Lily He SEAS'20 | Victoria Murra BC'20 | Patrick Tapé CC'20 |
| Bryson Baligad SEAS'20 | Priscila Hernandez CC'20 | Mason Murray CC'20 | Lael Tate CC'20 |
| Rachel Ballew GS'20 | Alexandra Herrera BC'20 | Achuth Nair CC'20 | Judith Teboul CC'20 |
| Jasmine Bar CC'20 | Cesar Herrera CC'20 | Salma Nakhlawi BC'20 | Stella-Noella Tetero SEAS'20 |
| Sarah Barlow-Ochshorn BC'20 | Julia Hewitt GS'20 | Marisa Ngbemeneh SEAS'20 | Kavya Tewari CC'20 |
| Alpha Barry CC'20 | Flor Hodge CC'20 | Richie Ngo SEAS'20 | Shreya Thakkar CC'20 |
| Gigi Bat-Erdene CC'20 | Olivia Horwitz CC'20 | Giang Ngo GS'20 | Maymouna Thiam BC'20 |
| Helena Bauer-Mitterlehner GS'20 | Samaha Hossain BC'20 | Erica Nieves GS'20 | Sabina Thomas SEAS'20 |
| Salem Belay CC'20 | Christine Hsu SEAS'20 | Alice Niu CC'20 | Michael Thomas CC'20 |
| sara bellan BC'20 | Jiaheng Hu SEAS'20 | Tabara Nosiba BC'20 | Taylor Thompson BC'20 |
| Stephanie Berrios SEAS'20 | Haoxuan Huang SEAS'20 | Gozie Nwachukwu CC'20 | Mira Tignor BC'20 |
| Blakey Bessire BC'20 | Kate Huangpu BC'20 | Christopher Uchenna Obiozor SEAS'20 | Kai Tinsley SEAS'20 |
| Amar Bhardwaj SEAS'20 | Zifang Huanng GS'20 | Mariel Ogurek SEAS'20 | Avah Toomer CC'20 |
| Lynn Bi SEAS'20 | Rosalyn Huff CC'20 | Kristina Ohemeng CC'20 | Jack Treanor CC'20 |
| Eva Blake CC'20 | Allison Hung CC'20 | Victor Ohene CC'20 | Katie Tsui CC'20 |
| Charlie Blanc GS'20 | Rodney Hunter IV CC'20 | Isabella Oliva BC'20 | Anisha Tyagi SEAS'20 |
| Ashby Bland CC'20 | Alyssa Hwang SEAS'20 | Feyisikemi Olumide-Fusika BC'20 | Ifechukwude Udeh CC'20 |
| Laura Block CC'20 | Mohammad Ibrahim CC'20 | Lolade Omokanwaye SEAS'20 | Ufonobong Umanah CC'20 |
| Nannette Boakye CC'20 | Daniel Igbokwe CC'20 | Amanda Ong CC'20 | Gabriela Ureña Matos CC'20 |
| Michelle Bolt CC'20 | Greg Inchaustegui GS'20 | Bryan Ontiveros SEAS'20 | Denise Uy SEAS'20 |
| Morgan Brown CC'20 | Corinth Jackson BC'20 | Anita Onyimah CC'20 | DeAngelo Val CC'20 |
| Semira Brown CC'20 | Gabriela Jackson BC'20 | Bethany Onyirimba CC'20 | David Valdes SEAS'20 |
| Andres Butter SEAS'20 | Aarushi Jain BC'20 | Andrea Ortega CC'20 | Erika Valdez BC'20 |
| Maya Caicedo BC'20 | Sambhav Jain SEAS'20 | Katherine Ortiz BC'20 | Naazanene Vatan CC'20 |
| Megan Calderazzo GS'20 | Jenilee Jaquez BC'20 | Leslie Ortiz BC'20 | Akshiti Vats CC'20 |
| Katherine Calderon BC'20 | Juan Diego Jaramillo CC'20 | Caleb Owens CC'20 | Xitlalli Vazquez BC'20 |
| Cesay Camara BC'20 | Samantha Jean GS'20 | Ashley Pabon CC'20 | Gleb Vizitiv SEAS'20 |
| Jesse Cao CC'20 | Isaac Jean-François CC'20 | Grant Pace CC'20 | Harrison Voss SEAS'20 |
| Michelle Capuno GS'20 | Mads Jensen GS'20 | Nathaniel Padre GS'20 | Sara Walker BC'20 |
| Jay Castro CC'20 | Fernando Jimenez Huerta SEAS'20 | Shivanshi Pahwa CC'20 | Francesca Walker CC'20 |
| Aurora Celestin CC'20 | Helen Jin CC'20 | Priya Pai CC'20 | Rachel Ning Wan SEAS'20 |
| Mohnish Chakravarti SEAS'20 | Aaliyah DejaMone’ Johnson BC'20 | Maleni Palacios Delgado BC'20 | Rebecca Wan CC'20 |
| Clare Chan SEAS'20 | Elizabeth Johnson SEAS'20 | Stephanie Pan CC'20 | Ning Wan SEAS'20 |
| Yan Chan GS'20 | Camille Johnson BC'20 | Deborah Pantaleon CC'20 | Kylin Wang CC'20 |
| Audrey Chang CC'20 | Amalya Johnson CC'20 | Jinae Park BC'20 | Lillian Wang SEAS'20 |
| Eileen Chen BC'20 | Sabina Tyler Monica Jones CC'20 | Jesal Parmar BC'20 | Yijun Wang BC'20 |
| Jackson Chen SEAS'20 | Shaundin Jones CC'20 | Bailey Peacock CC'20 | Jason Wang CC'20 |
| Eno Chen BC'20 | Gabrielle Nicole Jones SEAS'20 | Qiyue Peng SEAS'20 | Lilli Wang BC'20 |
| Yankang Bennie Chen CC'20 | Chabely Jorge CC'20 | Carlos Perez SEAS'20 | Mackinley Wang-Xu SEAS'20 |
| Carmen Cheung GS'20 | Brandon Juvani GS'20 | Leslie Perez BC'20 | Aurelia Weickart CC'20 |
| Vanessa Marie Chirino Jaenz BC'20 | Parima Kadikar CC'20 | Nha-Uyen Pham CC'20 | Jules Weingarden BC'20 |
| Kalena Chiu BC'20 | Arundhati Kalyan CC'20 | Thomas Phelan CC'20 | Cynthia Juma Welinga BC'20 |
| Cindy Choi BC'20 | Rahil Kamath CC'20 | Gabriella Phillip BC'20 | Cicily Werito CC'20 |
| Stephanie Choi CC'20 | Morgan Kang CC'20 | Xana Pierone BC'20 | Paris Wilkerson CC'20 |
| Alyssa Choo BC'20 | Valerie Kau CC'20 | Jasmine Pimentel SEAS'20 | Elektra Williams CC'20 |
| Michelle Chow BC'20 | Naledi ya-Meso Kekana BC'20 | Sreya Pinnamaneni CC'20 | Brianna Williams CC'20 |
| Nahian Chowdhury BC'20 | Sean Kelso CC'20 | Tommy Polanco SEAS'20 | Jalen T. Williams CC'20 |
| Claudia Chung BC'20 | Batya Kemper BC'20 | Gabriel Pont GS'20 | Bianca Williams-Alonzo CC'20 |
| Janiya Amina Clemmons CC'20 | Abigail Kempf BC'20 | Santiago Tobar Potes CC'20 | Krystina Williamson BC'20 |
| Lin Feng Collins BC'20 | Marwa Khairy CC'20 | Samuel Powell CC'20 | Armani Wilson CC'20 |
| Annabella Correa-Maynard BC'20 | Julia Khan BC'20 | Viviana Prado-Núñez CC'20 | Lauren Winters CC'20 |
| Binta Coulibaly CC'20 | Sirena Khanna CC'20 | Mirthia Prince Figuereo BC'20 | Ethan Woo CC'20 |
| Jessica Cruz BC'20 | Pei Koon Khoo GS'20 | Sydney Proffitt GS'20 | Chantel Woo BC'20 |
| Christian Cruz CC'20 | Jung Kim CC'20 | Karla Puga GS'20 | Toni Woods Maignan, Jr. CC'20 |
| Christian Cruz Godoy SEAS'20 | Grace Kim SEAS'20 | Sukanya Pusey BC'20 | Brittany Wright SEAS'20 |
| Brandon Cuevas SEAS'20 | Stephanie Kim BC'20 | Biqing Qiu SEAS'20 | Alice Wu SEAS'20 |
| Aomeng Cui CC'20 | Shinya Kondo SEAS'20 | Maria Andrea Quijano GS'20 | James Wu SEAS'20 |
| Sabrina Curtis SEAS'20 | Irene (Heejin) Koo CC'20 | Emily Quinn BC'20 | Bertha Wu SEAS'20 |
| Anna Daddazio SEAS'20 | Jessica Krejcie GS'20 | Adithya Raajkumar GS'20 | Serena Wu CC'20 |
| Lynn Dao BC'20 | Victoria Krovatin BC'20 | Aziza Rahman BC'20 | Haoqi Xia CC'20 |
| Nikita Das CC'20 | Kriti Kumar CC'20 | Haifa Rahman BC'20 | Elaine Xie BC'20 |
| Kyra Dawkins CC'20 | Satvika Kumar BC'20 | Lamia Rahman CC'20 | Ellen Xing CC'20 |
| John De Jesus-Peralta SEAS'20 | Chris Kumaradjaja SEAS'20 | Kanchana Raja SEAS'20 | Canwen Xu CC'20 |
| Teresa Deely CC'20 | Neha Kushwaha BC'20 | Neeraj Ramachandran CC'20 | Katherine Xu SEAS'20 |
| Mia DeLuis Zayas CC'20 | Stephen Kuster CC'20 | Sarah Rebarber GS'20 | Mojde Yadollahikhales SEAS'20 |
| Adri Denbroeder BC'20 | Patricia Kusumaningtyas CC'20 | Lyndsey Reed BC'20 | Tamara Yakubova BC'20 |
| Kay Christopher Dente-Ferguson BC'20 | Akesi Kwajan BC'20 | Jane Reel BC'20 | Kohtaro Yamakawa CC'20 |
| Kira DeSimone BC'20 | Magdalen Kwarteng BC'20 | Renee Ren CC'20 | Jessie Yan SEAS'20 |
| Hayes Devaney BC'20 | Pilar Laitano Ferreira BC'20 | Marissa Reyes BC'20 | Michelle Yan CC'20 |
| Christy Dey BC'20 | Isabella Lajara CC'20 | Myrna Reyes Santos CC'20 | Brianna Yang CC'20 |
| Alejandro Diaz Tur GS'20 | Ana Lam BC'20 | Inem Richardson BC'20 | Brian Yang SEAS'20 |
| Matthew Ding CC'20 | Nathan Lam CC'20 | Maggie Richardson CC'20 | Eilene Yang CC'20 |
| Priscilla Reyna Ditren SEAS'20 | Sophia Lanier BC'20 | Emma-Inemesit “Inem” Richardson BC'20 | Tian Yang CC'20 |
| Nhu Doan SEAS'20 | Kevin Le SEAS'20 | Audrey Richter CC'20 | Victoria Yang SEAS'20 |
| George-Costin Dobrin CC'20 | Cameron Lee CC'20 | Isabella Rideau CC'20 | Winni Yang CC'20 |
| Sumer Drall GS'20 | Crystal Lee CC'20 | Kania Rimu BC'20 | Julie Yao BC'20 |
| Victoria Dreyer CC'20 | Erinn Lee BC'20 | Paola Ripoll CC'20 | Tamanna Yeasmin BC'20 |
| Daniel Driscoll CC'20 | Anna So Youn Lee CC'20 | Elizabeth Rivera BC'20 | Shyanne Yellowbird CC'20 |
| Daniela Duron Garcia SEAS'20 | Raphael Lee CC'20 | Veornica Roach CC'20 | Lekha Yesantharao SEAS'20 |
| Naomi Dwork BC'20 | Briana Lee BC'20 | Renée Roberts CC'20 | Victoria Yi CC'20 |
| Morgan Edmonds CC'20 | Caroline Lee-Jeong CC'20 | Taylor Roberts-Sampson CC'20 | Mahlet Yifru SEAS'20 |
| David Ehmcke CC'20 | Emily Lei BC'20 | Tevis Robinson CC'20 | Stacey Yu CC'20 |
| Ben Eisenstadt CC'20 | Madeleine Bow Jun Leibovitch BC'20 | Andrew Rodriguez CC'20 | Kenneth Yuan SEAS'20 |
| Edgar Elliot CC'20 | Janill Lema SEAS'20 | Alexa Roman CC'20 | Sarah Yuan CC'20 |
| Edward Ellis CC'20 | Ana Leon BC'20 | Em Rosner BC'20 | Hannah Yueh BC'20 |
| Jaedyn Ellis CC'20 | Nicole Leon Elvir CC'20 | Marcella Rozenwasser BC'20 | Chang M. Yun SEAS'20 |
| Hagir Elzin BC'20 | Marina Levy BC'20 | Luna Ruiz SEAS'20 | Zawareen Zakaria BC'20 |
| Daniel Erasmus CC'20 | Noa Levy Baron GS'20 | Youngjae Ryu SEAS'20 | Cesar Zamudio CC'20 |
| Isabela Espadas Barros Leal BC'20 | Lara Lewison CC'20 | Prateek Sahni CC'20 | Lillian Zha SEAS'20 |
| Logan Everett GS'20 | Emily Li CC'20 | Shahnur Said BC'20 | Adrienne Zhang CC'20 |
| Jeff Fan CC'20 | Yang Li CC'20 | Joe Fidel Saldana SEAS'20 | Emily Zhang SEAS'20 |
| Elisa Fang SEAS'20 | Jessica Li GS'20 | Maya Sampleton CC'20 | Helen Zhang CC'20 |
| Jennifer Fang CC'20 | Christina Li SEAS'20 | Nathaly Sanguino BC'20 | Jinglei Zhang SEAS'20 |
| Hussein Fardous SEAS'20 | Malia Libby SEAS'20 | Aleyah Santos BC'20 | Lisa Zhang CC'20 |
| Amira Farid BC'20 | Mary Liu GS'20 | Nathan Santos CC'20 | Alex Zhang CC'20 |
| Olubunmi (Bunmi) Fariyike SEAS'20 | Chuyun Liu SEAS'20 | Tosin Sanusi SEAS'20 | Andrew Zhao CC'20 |
| Karina Feliciano CC'20 | Mona Liu CC'20 | Hajra Sarfraz CC'20 | Alison Zhao CC'20 |
| Armani Ferdaous BC'20 | Jeanne Locker BC'20 | Xochitl Say BC'20 | Chenjie Candy Zhao CC'20 |
| Samantha Ferguson CC'20 | Tiffany Loncke BC'20 | Aliya Schneider BC'20 | Rebecca Zhou CC'20 |
| Tess Foote CC'20 | Blanca Lopez BC'20 | Janine Sempel BC'20 | Celine Zhu BC'20 |
| Daria Forde BC'20 | Angela Luo CC'20 | Olympia Serban BC'20 | Gallant Zhuangli BC'20 |
| Katrina Francis SEAS'20 | Simon Ma CC'20 | Aanand Shah CC'20 | |
| Giorgia Fujita SEAS'20 | Priscilla Maccario BC'20 | Kush Shah CC'20 | |
| Samantha Furlong CC'20 | Erin Machida Kwok BC'20 | Rishi Shah CC'20 |