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Spring Splash at Northwestern:

May 30th, 2026!

Meet the Splash Executive Board!

Feel free to reach out to

splash@u.northwestern.edu

with any questions and one of our lovely board members will help!

Sophia Barandiaran, Co-President

Class: Sophomore
Major: Learning Sciences & Psychology
Niche Hobbies/Interests: I like to travel and go to the gym!

Lucy Yao, Co-President

Class: Sophomore
Major: Journalism, Environmental Policy & Culture, Cognitive Science
Niche Hobbies/Interests: Huge Pokemon Go fanatic and watched dozens of Bojack Horseman analyses!

Kalilah Akbar, Treasurer

Class: Junior
Major: Economics and Managerial Analytics
Niche Hobbies/Interests: I really enjoy finding needle drops in movies!

Mariam Muhammad, Director of Teacher Recruitment

Class: Sophomore
Major: Education and Environmental Policy & Culture
Niche Hobbies/Interests: I love watercolor painting the photos from my camera roll!

Katie Whitaker, Director of Student Recruitment

Class: Freshman
Major: Journalism & French
Niche Hobbies/Interests: Likes listening to 80s music and going to Orange Theory!

Rachel Wong, General Exec Member

Class: Graduate Student
Major: Integrated Marketing Communications
Niche Hobbies/Interests: Loves running and listening to country music!

<p style="text-align: center;"><meta charset="utf-8"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><meta><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 24px;">Meet the Splash Executive Board!</span><br>
</strong><strong><br><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Feel free to reach out to&nbsp;</span><meta charset="utf-8"></strong></p><div class="eYSAde" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Roboto; line-height: 1.25rem; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-weight: 500; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: calc(100% - 64px); opacity: 1; overflow: hidden; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; transition: opacity 0.15s; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(233, 238, 246); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-size: 0.875rem;"><strong>splash@u.northwestern.edu</strong></div><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px;"><p style="text-align: center;">with any questions and one of our lovely board members will help!</p></span></strong><strong style=""><em style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong style="font-weight: normal;"><em style="font-size: 11pt;"><meta><meta></em><strong style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: normal;"><meta charset="utf-8"></strong></strong></em></strong><table class="table table-bordered" style="width: 848px; margin-left: -0.235849%; text-align: left; height: 2119px;">
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	<td style="width: 50%; text-align: center;"><meta><meta charset="utf-8"><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong style="font-size: 18px;"><strong style="font-size: 18px;"><em style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px;">Sophia Barandiaran, </span></em></strong></strong></span></strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px;"><em style="">Co-President</em></span><img src=" /media/2025-26/img_7913.jpeg" style="width: 437px; height: 520px;"><strong><br><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong style="font-size: 18px;"><strong style="font-size: 18px;"><em style=""><meta></em></strong></strong></span></strong><strong><br><meta charset="utf-8"><strong style="white-space: normal; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><em>Class:&nbsp;</em></span></strong></strong><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><em>Sophomore</em></span><strong><strong style="white-space: normal; font-size: 11pt;"><br><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Major: </span></span></strong></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Learning Sciences &amp; Psychology</span><strong><strong style="white-space: normal; font-size: 11pt;"><br><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Niche Hobbies/Interests:&nbsp;</span></span></strong></strong></em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I like to travel and go to the gym!</span></td>
	<td style="width: 50%; text-align: left;"><meta charset="utf-8"><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px;"><br></span></em></strong></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><meta charset="utf-8"><strong><strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px;">Lucy Yao, </span></em></strong></strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px;">Co-President</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><meta><img src=" /media/2025-26/img_1891.jpeg" style="width: 366px; height: 522px;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><meta charset="utf-8"></strong><strong><br>Class: </strong></em><em>Sophomore<br><strong>Major:</strong> Journalism, Environmental Policy &amp; Culture, Cognitive Science<br><strong>&nbsp;Niche Hobbies/Interests: </strong>Huge Pokemon Go fanatic and watched dozens of Bojack Horseman&nbsp;analyses!</em></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 50%; text-align: center;"><meta charset="utf-8"><em><meta><meta charset="utf-8"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px;">Kalilah Akbar,</span></strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px;">&nbsp;Treasurer</span><img src=" /media/2025-26/img_7914.jpeg" style="width: 398px; height: 530px;"><br><meta charset="utf-8"></em><meta><strong><br><em>Class: </em></strong><em>Junior<br><strong>Major</strong><strong>:&nbsp;</strong>Economics and Managerial Analytics<strong><br>Niche Hobbies/Interests:</strong> I really enjoy finding needle drops in movies!</em></td><td style="width: 50%; text-align: center;"><meta charset="utf-8"><strong><meta><meta charset="utf-8"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong style="font-size: 18px;"><em>Mariam Muhammad, </em></strong></span></strong></strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px;"><em style="">Director</em> <em style="font-size: 18px;">of Teacher&nbsp;</em></span><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px;">Recruitment</span></em><img src="https://nusplash.learningu.org/media/exec_bio_photos/img_0816_original.jpeg" style="width: 375px; height: 517px;"><br><strong><br>Class: </strong>Sophomore<strong><br>Major: </strong>Education and Environmental Policy &amp; Culture<strong><br></strong><meta><strong>Niche Hobbies/Interests:</strong>&nbsp;I love watercolor painting the photos from my camera roll!</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 50%; text-align: center;"><meta charset="utf-8"><meta><meta charset="utf-8"><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong style="font-size: 18px;"><strong style="font-size: 18px;"><em style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Katie Whitaker,&nbsp;</span><meta></span></em></strong></strong><em style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px;"><s style=""></s></span></em></span></strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><em style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px;">Director of Student Recruitment</span></em></span><img src="https://nusplash.learningu.org/media/exec_bio_photos/img_1985.jpeg"><br><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><em style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px;"><s style=""></s></span></em></span><strong><br><meta charset="utf-8"><strong style="white-space: normal; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><em>Class:&nbsp;</em></span></strong></strong><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><em>Freshman</em></span><strong><strong style="white-space: normal; font-size: 11pt;"><br><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Major: </span></span></strong></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Journalism &amp; French</span><strong><strong style="white-space: normal; font-size: 11pt;"><br><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Niche Hobbies/Interests:&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></strong><s></s></strong><s></s>Likes listening to 80s music and going to Orange Theory!</em></td><td style="width: 50%; margin-left: 10px; text-align: center;"><meta><meta><meta charset="utf-8"><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong style="font-size: 18px;"><strong style="font-size: 18px;"><em style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Rachel Wong,&nbsp;</span><meta></span></em></strong></strong><em style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px;"><s style=""></s></span></em></span></strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><em style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px;">General Exec Member</span></em></span><img src="https://nusplash.learningu.org/media/exec_bio_photos/img_8580.jpeg"><meta charset="utf-8"><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><em style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px;"><s style=""></s></span></em></span><strong><br><br><meta charset="utf-8"><strong style="white-space: normal; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><em>Class:&nbsp;</em></span></strong></strong><em>Graduate Student</em><em><strong><strong style="white-space: normal; font-size: 11pt;"><br><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Major: </span></span></strong></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Integrated Marketing Communications</span><strong><strong style="white-space: normal; font-size: 11pt;"><br><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Niche Hobbies/Interests:&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></strong><s></s></strong><s></s>Loves running and listening to country music!</em></td></tr></tbody></table>

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