Current Ambassadors

Emma Adolay
eadolay@purdue.edu
Hometown: Fishers, IN
Pre-med & Psychology Minor
Fun Fact: I have sectoral heterochromia - my irises are blue with patches of brown!

Madison Balgeman
mbalgema@purdue.edu
Hometown: Bartlett, IL
Certificate in Collaborative Leadership
Fun Fact: I love horror movies and true crime stories.

Emanuel Borror
borrore@purdue.edu
Hometown: Venice, CA
Pre-Med
Fun Fact: I don't have an appendix.

Jessica Budde
buddej@purdue.edu
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Pre-Med, 4+1 MS program
Fun Fact: I am currently training for my first half-marathon.

Khushi Choksi
choksik@purdue.edu
Hometown: Singapore
Management and AI/ML minors
Fun Fact: I have been to 21 countries.

Lauren Culp
Culp25@purdue.edu
Hometown: Wake Forest, NC
BME 4+1, Management Minor
Fun Fact: I love to travel and most recently visited five countries over winter break.

Mihika Desai
desai179@purdue.edu
Hometown: Peoria, IL
Biotechnology minor, Entrepreneurship certificate
Fun Fact: I've lived in three countries.
Katherine Doyle
doyle127@purdue.edu
Hometown: Arlington Heights, IL
BME 4+1 Masters' Program
Fun Fact: I have played tennis for over 15 years.

Abby Gaudet
gaudet@purdue.edu
Hometown: Louisville, CO
Plan to do a fifth year masters.
Fun Fact: I am an avid skier.

Catherine Gemrich
cgemrich@purdue.edu
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Honor College, GEARE and Undergraduate Research Co-op
Fun Fact: I love to travel, read and go to the gym.

Stephanie Gerdt
sgerdt@purdue.edu
Hometown: Flemington, NJ
Management minor
Fun Fact: I would love to visit all 50 states. I am currently at 38!
Kianna Gill
gill121@purdue.edu
Hometown: Oak Park, IL
Collaborative Leadership & Cornerstone certificates
Fun Fact:I can do all 3 splits.

Lucy Kohl
kohll@purdue.edu
Hometown: Bemus Point, NY
Fun Fact: I am a leftie.

Nathan Petrucci
npetrucc@purdue.edu
Hometown: Brookfield, WI
Minoring in Mathematics, Global Engineering Studies and Pre-Med.
Fun Fact:I once beat a turtle in a staring contest.

Brinna Porat
bporat@purdue.edu
Hometown: Greenwood, IN
Pre-Med track, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Certificate Candidate
Fun Fact: I have been in robotics for 10 years now, and am still involved by mentoring a local high school team.

Sanjana Prashanth
sprasha@purdue.edu
Hometown: Naperville, IL
Plan to do a fifth year masters
Fun Fact: I can speak 7 languages

Urja Raipancholia
uraipanc@purdue.edu
Hometown: Dubai, UAE
Minor in Economics and Certificate in Applications of Data Science
Fun Fact: I did ballet for 9 years.

Abby Sanders
sande302@purdue.edu
Hometown: Louisville, KY
Fun Fact: I saw Taylor Swift this past summer in Munich, Germany!
Shreya Sinha
sinha97@purdue.edu
Hometown: Carmel, IN
Pre-med
Fun Fact: I enjoy traveling to national parks and have been to more than 25!

Dean Stornello
dstornel@purdue.edu
Hometown: Lake Zurich, IL
Double majoring in Neuroscience & BME
Fun Fact: I have many hobbies! Some are: I love to go fishing, playing chess and soccer, and I'm into aqua-scaping (I find saltwater tanks really fun to take care of). I'm very outgoing and love to meet people so if you have any questions please reach out!

Roshni Thakkar
Thakka21@purdue.edu
Hometown: Palatine, IL
Pre-Med
Fun Fact: I've survived a volcanic eruption
Vanessa West
vjwest@purdue.edu
Hometown: Liberty, IN
Fun Fact: I have been to 20 national parks! I would love to visit all of them in my lifetime!

Aimee Wilson
ahwilson@purdue.edu
Hometown: Booneville, IN
Anthropology minor
Fun Fact: I recently went to Disney World and on a Disney cruise!