UCLA Project Nicaragua Board of Directors  

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Undergraduate Campus Co-Director – Iman Zahedi
Iman Zahedi is a 4th year Neuroscience major with a minor in Near Eastern Languages. In the future, he hopes to use his background in research, clinic and academia to pursue a career in medicine. In his spare time he likes to play tennis, swim, rock climbing and surf. He looks forward to an exciting year with Project Nicaragua and his honored to be your Co-President. 

Undergraduate Campus Co-Director- Samuel Choi
Samuel Choi is currently a 3rd year undergraduate at UCLA studying Biochemistry. His hometown is Pleasanton in northern California. He has compassion for the underserved and currently leads a group to Westwood to serve and improve the circumstances of the homeless in the area. The same compassion is what brought him to Project Nicaragua. In the future, Samuel plans to become a pediatrician and work with organizations such as "Doctors without Borders." In addition to medicine, he also enjoys playing sports, cooking, and strumming his guitar.

Assistant Undergraduate Campus Director – Jeffrey Reynoso

Director of Fundraising – Anita Santiago
Anita Santiago is currently a 3rd year at UCLA pursuing a B.S. in Biology and a minor in Chicana/o Studies. She was born in Oaxaca, Mexico and immigrated into the United States when she was 18 months old. Even though she came at a very young age she has always felt very close to her native country and compelled to help the underprivileged in Mexico and other Latin American countries through international medicine. She has further explored this interest by volunteering with Chicanos/Latinos for Community Medicine and joining them in their quarterly trip to Tecate, Mexico. She has also traveled to Puebla, Mexico during the summer and joined Mexican doctors in providing low cost prenatal care to underprivileged women. Anita feels that Project Nicaragua will give her the basis to become a better physician in the future and in return she will bring all her enthusiasm and passion towards international medicine into the Project. In her free time, she likes to read, make puzzles, watch movies, and spend time with family and friends.

Director of Resources – Cynthia Gutierrez
Cynthia is a 4th year undergraduate at UCLA studying Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics. She is currently pursuing a career as a primary care physician in order to serve underprivileged communities in the Los Angeles area, specifically dealing with diabetes prevention and treatment. She also enjoys reading and riding her bike in Santa Barbara.

Director of Development – Nancy Zuniga

Secretary/ Historian – TBA

Trip Coordinator – TBA

Development Coordinator – TBA