Our YU Explore Volunteer Peer Mentors for the 2023-24 academic year are excited to welcome all new and first year students to the Undeclared Major (UNMA) program! Our Peer Mentor program is designed to match new and first year UNMA students to upper-year students of a various majors and academic, career, and personal interests to help you successfully navigate the transition to university life at York.
YU Explore Peer Mentors are trained to support you through your first year journey to help you find friends, join campus clubs and student groups, access campus resources and services, communicate with professors and peers, and much more. Learn more below about our 17 YU Explore Peer Mentors dedicated to positively impacting the student experience of first year UNMAs at York.
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Meet the Mentors!
Alejandra Aispuro
Pronouns: She/her
International Student
1st Year Peer Mentor & UNMA Alumni
Major: Commerce – Finance, 2nd Year
Home Country: Mexico
Post-grad Goal: Get into law school
Why they became a Peer Mentor: To network and help first-year students with their transition to university.
Kathleen Nicole Besa
Pronouns: She/her
International Student
1st Year Peer Mentor & UNMA Alumni
Major: Commerce – Accounting, 3rd Year
Home Country: Philippines
Post-grad Goal: CPA
Why they became a Peer Mentor: To meet new people and gain experience!
Ebboni Blanchard
Pronouns: She/her
Domestic Student
1st Year Peer Mentor & UNMA Alumni
Major: Commerce – Marketing, 2nd year
Home Country: United Kingdom
Post-grad Goal: have a team of my own to lead successfully
Why they became a Peer Mentor: To meet new people this year and to help others!
Anabela Carvalho
Pronouns: She/her
Domestic Student
1st Year Peer Mentor
Major: Political Science, 3rd Year
Home Country: Portugal
Post-grad Goal: Work with the United Nations
Why they became a Peer Mentor: To work with other Peer Mentors and help students.
Ryen Edberg
Pronouns: She/her
Domestic Student
1st Year Peer Mentor
Major: Humanities, 3rd Year
Home Country: Canada
Post-grad Goal: To attend law school
Why they became a Peer Mentor: To help others.
Micah May Garcia
Pronouns: She/her
Domestic Student
1st year Peer Mentor & UNMA Alumni
Major: UNMA declaring in Commerce, 2nd Year
Home Country: Phillippines
Post-grad Goal: Start a fundraiser involving children and women in need.
Why they became a Peer Mentor: To meet new people and learn new things!
Ahmed Hassan
Pronouns: He/him
Domestic Student
1st Year Peer Mentor & UNMA Alumni
Major: Civil Engineering, 2nd Year
Home Country: Somalia
Post-grad Goal: design and build my dream home from the ground up.
Why they became a Peer Mentor: To meet new mentors and expand my social network at York University.
Behrouz Homam
Pronouns: He/Him
Domestic Student
1st Year Peer Mentor & UNMA Alumni
Major: Electrical Engineering, 2nd Year
Home Country: Canada
Post-grad Goal: Get my JD/MBA
Why they became a Peer Mentor: To help students who are trying to transfer from Undeclared major into a program that they weren’t able to get into previously because of possible grade restrictions.
Sakina Hussain
Pronouns: She/her
International Student
1st Year Peer Mentor & UNMA Alumni
Major: Commerce – Accounting, 3rd Year
Home Country: India
Post-grad Goal: CPA
Why they became a Peer Mentor: To help mentees through their journey by sharing my experiences.
Arnav Kachru
Pronouns: He/him
International Student
1st Year Peer Mentor & UNMA Alumni
Major: Financial & Business Economics, 2nd Year
Home Country: India
Post-grad Goal: Get into investment banking and start a firm.
Why they became a Peer Mentor: To meet new students.
Stefan Kupiak
Pronouns: He/him
Mature Student
1st Year Peer Mentor & UNMA Alumni
Major: UNMA declaring in Commerce, 3rd Year
Home Country: Canada
Post-grad Goal: Pursue CPA designation
Why they became a Peer Mentor: To meet new people!
Damon Lam
Pronouns: He/him
Domestic Student
1st Year Peer Mentor
Major: Software Engineering, 2nd Year
Home Country: Canada
Post-grad Goal: Sleep for as long as I want without having to worry about school.
Why they became a Peer Mentor: To meet and work with new people, and hopefully make plenty of friends!
Najmus Sakib
Pronouns: He/him
International Student
1st Year Peer Mentor & UNMA Alumni
Major: Business Administration - Accounting, 2nd Year
Home Country: Bangladesh
Post-grad Goal: Get my CPA certification
Why they became a Peer Mentor: To meet new people and connect with them.
Sehraj Sethi
Pronouns: He/him
Domestic Student
1st Year Peer Mentor & UNMA Alumni
Major: Commerce – Marketing, 3rd Year
Post-grad Goal: get into law school and become a lawyer
Why they became a Peer Mentor: For the opportunity to meet new people and make connections with others.
Harshita Sharma
Pronouns: She/her
International Student
2nd Year Peer Mentor & UNMA Alumni
Major: Business Economics/Commerce, 3rd Year
Home Country: India
Post-grad Goal: To work in a male dominated field and create a powerful team of women.
Why they became a Peer Mentor: To meet co-mentors and mentees.
Gopal Vasir
Pronouns: He/him
International Student
1st Year Peer Mentor
Major: Financial & Business Economics, 2nd Year
Home Country: India
Post-grad Goal: get into high finance jobs after graduation
Why they became a Peer Mentor: To build new relationships with fellow peers.
Kathy Zhao
Pronouns: She/her
Domestic Student
1st Year Peer Mentor & UNMA Alumni
Major: Sociology Concurrent Education, 2nd Year
Home Country: Canada
Post-grad Goal: Become a teacher!
Why they became a Peer Mentor: To learn and grow with others!