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[Founders] [Alphas] [Betas] [Gammas] [Deltas] [Epsilons] [Zetas]

FOUNDERS

Tina Chau

Major: English Literature & Cell and Molecular Biology Hometown: Las Vegas, NV DOB: March 26, 1982 Status: Alumni Ethnicity: Chinese-Vietnamese Favorite Quote: "Every passing minute is another chance for you to turn it all around." Affiliations: Lambda Lil Sis Alias: Lancome

So Ra Choe

Major: Speech and Hearing Sciences Hometown: Hawaii DOB: July 28, 1982 Status: Active Ethnicity: Korean Affiliations: Lambda Lil Sis, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society Alias: Clorox

Ka Eun Chong

Major: International Studies & Chinese Hometown: Korea/Yelm, WA DOB: May 1, 1982 Status: Alumni Ethnicity: Korean Favorite Quote: "Timing is everything." Affiliations: Lambda Lil Sis Alias: Chopstix

Nicole Cukingnan

Major: Journalism & Political Science Hometown: Manila, Philippines DOB: Dec. 6, 1981 Status: Alumni Ethnicity: Chinese Favorite Quote: "Do not go where the path may lead, instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Affiliations: Lambda Lil Sis, Salle Auriol Seattle, UW Fencing Club, The Right Turn, Brent Int'l School Manila Alumni Association, Annatech Incorporated, KCTS Seattle Alias: Giggles

Jacqueline Kim

Major: American Ethnic Studies Hometown: Lynnwood, WA DOB: March 9, 1980 Status: Associate Ethnicity: Korean Affiliations: Lambda Lil Sis Alias: Ice

Anna Lee

Major: Psychology Hometown: Olympia, WA DOB: Jan. 22, 1983 Status: Associate Ethnicity: Korean Favorite Quote: "Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die tomorrow." - Mahatma Gandhi Affiliations: Lambda Lil Sis Alias: Storm

Eva Leong

Major: International Studies w/ focus on China Studies Hometown: San Ramon, CA DOB: Dec. 26, 1982 Status: Alumni Ethnicity: Chinese Favorite Quote: "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." -Mahatma Gandhi Affiliations: Lambda Lil Sis Alias: Wazowski

Elizabeth Shaiken

Major: American Ethnic Studies w/ focus on Asian American Studies Hometown: Marin County, CA DOB: Jan. 29, 1983 Status: Alumni Ethnicity: Filipino-Caucasian Affiliations: Lambda Lil Sis, Wing Luke Asian Museum, Sayaw Dance Troup, FASA Alias: Maximus

Kathy Wen

Major: Computer Science & Economics Minor: Mathematics Hometown: Taiwan/San Diego, CA DOB: May 3, 1982 Status: Alumni Ethnicity: Taiwanese Favorite Quote: "Small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." - Matthew 7:14 Affiliations: Lambda Lil Sis, Golden Key Honor Society, Omicron Delta Epsilon Economics Honor Society, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, Lam Research Corporation Alias: Tonsils

ALPHAS

Tania Budihardjo

Major: Pre-Pharmacy Hometown: Lake Forest Park, WA DOB: Oct. 20, 1984 Status: Inactive Ethnicity: Indonesian Favorite Quote: "Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a hoiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased." - C.S. Lewis Alias: Precious

Ching Chow

Major: Pharmacy Hometown: Hong Kong/Taiwan DOB: June 5, 1984 Status: Active Ethnicity: Chinese Favorite Quote: "Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." - Joshua 1:9 Affiliations: Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, Micro Pre-Pharmacy Club, Children's Hospital, Inroads Puget Sound Student Association, CSA, ASC, TASSA Alias: Pookie

Crystal Fu

Major: Business-Marketing Hometown: Taiwan/North Carolina DOB: Nov. 5, 1983 Status: Fall Rush, Active Ethnicity: Taiwanese Favorite Quote: "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Affiliations: NSCS, TASSA, ASC Alias: Persephone

April Gingerich

Major: Mechanical Engineering Hometown: Kaohsiung, Taiwan DOB: Oct. 28, 1983 Status: Associate Ethnicity: Taiwanese Favorite Quote: "The strength you seek lives within your heart." Affiliations: Lambda Lil Sis Alias: Clinique

Jennifer Hahn

Major: Pre-Business Finance Hometown: Lynnwood, WA DOB: Dec. 18, 1983 Status: President Ethnicity: Korean Favorite Quote: "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will." - Romans 12:2 Affiliations: KSA, Won by Won Christian Fellowship, KUPC, US Bancorp, Dearborn Elementary Tutors Alias: Stitch

Anna Kim

Major: BA English Hometown: Federal Way, WA DOB: June 5, 1983 Status: Alumni Ethnicity: Korean Favorite Quote: "Live the life you've always imagined." Affiliations: Lambda Lil Sis, Sigma Eta Theta National Honor Society, KSA Alias: Godiva

Ok Gil Kim

Major: Undecided Hometown: Portland, OR DOB: June 3, 1984 Status: Active Ethnicity: Korean Affiliations: Lambda Lil Sis, KSA Alias: Sunnyside Up

Nooria Lao

Major: Economics Hometown: Renton, WA DOB: Jan. 16, 1984 Status: Active Ethnicity: SouthEast Asian & Chinese Favorite Quote: "You must learn to love yourself first before you can let yourself be loved." Alias: Satine

Cynthia Louie

Major: Law, Society and Justice & Economics Hometown: Portland, OR DOB: June 29, 1984 Status: Active Ethnicity: Chinese Favorite Quote: "Don't Settle for the one you can live with, wait for the one you can't live without." Affiliations: KSA, Hawaii Club Alias: Lilo

Eunice Park

Major: Public Health Hometown: Bellevue, WA DOB: March 22, 1983 Status: Active Ethnicity: Korean Favorite Quote: "A friend to all is a friend to none." - Aristotle Alias: Artemis

Jennifer Thayer

Major: General Asian International Studies Minor: General International Studies Hometown: Silverdale, WA DOB: May 8, 1983 Status: Active Ethnicity: Korean-Irish Favorite Quote: "If you think you have it hard, remember that someone else in the world has it harder, so quit your bitchin!" Affiliations: Lambda Lil Sis, Educational Opportunity Program, Office of Minority Affairs, Bridge Program, Mentor Program Alias: Bounce

Karynne Tsuruda

Major: Microbiology Hometown: Kailua, HI DOB Oct. 3, 1983 Status: Active Ethnicity: Japanese-Irish-Okinawan-Portuguese Affiliations: Lambda Lil Sis, Hawaii Club, JSA, KSA Alias: Snuggles

Monica Yoo

Major: Nursing & English Hometown: Olympia, WA DOB: May 31, 1983 Status: Active Ethnicity: Korean Favorite Quote: "I can do everything through him who gives me strength." - Philippians 4:13 Affiliations: KSA Alias: Downy

BETAS

Amy Chen

Major: Undecided Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan DOB: February 5, 1985 Status: Active Ethnicity: Taiwanese Favorite Quote: "No day but today" - RENT Alias: Mushu

Tae Lee Kim

Major: Undecided Hometown: Tacoma, WA DOB: June 15, 1983 Status: Active Ethnicity: Korean Favorite Quote: "No one can make you inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt Alias: Mounsey

Kathy Liao

Major: Art & Psychology Hometown: Redlands, CA DOB: Nov. 9, 1984 Status: Inactive Ethnicity: Taiwanese Favorite Quote: "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." Alias: TNT

Phongphayome "Mackie" Manivong

Major: Environmental Health, Public Health Hometown: Kirkland, WA DOB: March 22, 1984 Status: Active Ethnicity: Loatian Favorite Quote: "Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world. Indeed, they are the only ones who ever have." Alias: Crush

Gemma Park

Major: Biology Hometown: Korea/Issaquah, WA DOB: Oct. 3, 1984 Status: Active, Vice President of Operations Ethnicity: Korean Alias: Moonflower

Cheryl Smith

Major: Latin Americann Studies Hometown: Tenino, WA DOB: Aug. 29, 1984 Status: Active Ethnicity: Korean-American Favorite Quote: "Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth." Affiliations: KSA, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, NSCS Alias: Monpetitchou

GAMMAS

Jennifer An

Major: Undecided, possibly something biology related Hometown: Chicago, IL / Lynnwood, WA DOB: January 20, 1985 Status: Inactive Ethnicity: Korean Favorite Quote: "Nothing can be done without sacrifice." Alias: Toxic

Melissa Crawford

Major: English and Communications Hometown: Olympia, WA DOB: November 14, 1983 Status: Active Ethnicity: Korean American Favorite Quote: "We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." Alias: Dior

Anna Galgana

Major: Sociology Minor: Law, Societies, and Justice Hometown: Oak Harbor, WA DOB: May 20, 1985 Status: Active Ethnicity: Filipino American Favorite Quote: "If you can imagine it you can create it. If you can dream it, you can become it." Affiliations: National Cheerleaders Association Alias: Mystique

Hyon-he Garza

Major: Microbiology Hometown: Mount Vernon, WA DOB: November 11, 1983 Status: Active Ethnicity: Korean, Hispanic Favorite Quote: "Life's a garden, dig it." Alias: H-Money

Sophia Li

Major: Business Hometown: Kaohsiung, Taiwan DOB: July 15, 1985 Status: Inactive Ethnicity: Taiwanese Favorite Quote: "The impossible is untried." Alias: Amelie

Jena Nishida

Major: Communications Hometown: Mililani, Hawaii DOB: June 25, 1985 Status: Active Ethnicity: Japanese Favorite Quote: "Never save something for a special occasion. Everyday in your life is a special occasion." - Author Unknown Alias: Hpnotiq

Aki Sakamoto

Major: Industrial Engineering Hometown: Waikele, Hawaii DOB: September 17, 1984 Status: Active, Vice President of Internal Affairs Ethnicity: Japanese Favorite Quote: "Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow." -Anon. Alias: Firecracker

Deltas

Yazmin Chan

Major: Biochemistry Hometown: Puyallup, WA DOB: Feb. 25, 1986 Status: Active, Fall Pledge Chair Ethnicity: Filipino/Chinese Favorite Quote: Don't pray for an easy life; pray for the strength to endure a difficult one. Affiliations: Chi Sigma Alpha, FASA, AED Alias: Azucena

Anna Francesca Gonzalvo

Major: Sociology & Human Rights Hometown: Marysville, Yokosuka, and San Diego DOB: September 16, 1984 Status: Active, Vice President of External Affairs Ethnicity: Filipino Favorite Quote: "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Affiliations: FASA, ASUW Student Senate, JCC, Sayaw Alias: Jaz

Whitney Phu

Major: Undecided Hometown: Portland, Oregon DOB: June 1, 1986 Status: Active Ethnicity: Chinese Favorite Quote: "Dance as if no one's watching, sing as if no one's listening, and live everyday as if it were your last." Alias: Tinkerbell

Kathy Thaviseth

Major: Communications Hometown: Des Moines, WA DOB: November 26th, 1985 Status: Active, Director of Finance Ethnicity: Laotian Favorite Quote: "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller Affiliations: LSA Alias: Juicy

Epsilons

Jodi Hagio

Major: Hometown: DOB: September 16, 1985 Status: Active Ethnicity: Favorite Quote: Affiliations: Alias: Boom-Shaka-Laka

Mariel Hartman

Major: Industrial Engineering Hometown:  Omaha, NE / Sammamish, WA DOB: April 6, 1986 Status: Active Ethnicity:  Filipino American Favorite Quote:  "hope guides me." Affiliations: FASA Alias: Queen B

Grace Lee

Major: Communications Hometown:  Anchorage, Alaska DOB: June 6, 1985 Status: Active, Pledge Chair Ethnicity:  Korean-American Favorite Quote:  n/a Affiliations: WashPIRG, Living Faith Community Church Alias: Moogle

Zetas

Jessica Han

Major: Industrial Engineering Hometown:  Tacoma, WA/ San Ramon, CA DOB: May 25, 1985 Status: Active Ethnicity:  Korean Favorite Quote:  "From there to here, and from here to there, funny things are everywhere."- Dr. Seuss Affiliations: KSA Alias: Venus

Monique Perkins

Major: International Studies, Political Science Hometown:  Burien/Des Moines, WA/ Tokyo, Japan DOB: June 6, 1985 Status: Active Ethnicity:  Japanese/African American Favorite Quote: "Those who are satisfied, sit still and do nothing; those who are not satisfied, are the sole benefactors of the world." - Walter Savage Landor Affiliations: Phi Eta Sigma Alias: Tide

Donna Sayasin

Major: Psychology Hometown: Seattle, WA DOB: February 3, 1986 Status: Active Ethnicity: Laotian Favorite Quote: "The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want."- Ben Stein Affiliations: LSA Alias: Raven

Jinna Yang

Major: Undecided Hometown: Portland, OR DOB: November 22, 1986 Status: Active Ethnicity: Korean Favorite Quote: "Life is pain princess! Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something." -Dread Pirate Roberts, The princess bride Affiliations: KSA Alias: Chanel

Anna Yun

Major: Biology Hometown:  Tacoma/University Place, WA DOB: January 24th, 1986 Status: Active, Senate Representative Ethnicity:  Korean Favorite Quote: "To live life is to taste the magic, know the passion, and to trust the wisdom in the heart." Affiliations: MARTUS, JA Open Worship, KSA Alias: Squirt