State Outreach Coordinators

Arizona

Dane Sorensen - High School

Thunderbird High School, 2010
arizona.hs@standnow.org

Dane Frederick Sorensen is a junior at Thunderbird High School in Phoenix, AZ. He is honored to be part of STAND's leadership team and is striving to end of Genocide. In 7th grade Danes's school provided a seminar with a Holocaust survivor.  The descriptions and tales of horrors from that dark period had a profound impact on Dane's view of the world. When he learned that Genocide remains today in Darfur it was time for action. As a freshman, Dane learned about STAND and it's mission, so he founded the Thunderbird High School STAND chapter. Entering it's third school year, the THS chapter now stands at nearly 200 members and has sponsored numerous events to raise money and to support the refugees. He intends on working with existing chapters and developing new chapters throughout the state of Arizona. Together, we can grow into an educational, political and economic community to give voice for those who need it most. Back to Top.

California

Alice Bosley - College

Stanford University, 2011
california@standnow.org

As the SOC for California, Alice is the liaison between California STAND chapters and the national STAND movement. An International Relations major at Stanford University, Alice has been hooked on traveling and international affairs ever since she was 8, when her family moved to Saudi Arabia for four years. She's been involved with STAND for the past 3 years, after co-founding a chapter in her high school. Alice is originally from Philadelphia, and is excited to work with all of the California chapters this year! Back to Top.

Shelby Margolin - High School

Amador Valley High School, 2009
california.hs@standnow.org

Shelby Margolin is a senior at Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton, CA. She is very excited about joining STAND's leadership team and taking a larger role in ending the atrocities of genocide. Shelby first learned about the genocide in Darfur when she was thirteen and felt compelled to take action. She has worked with the JEwish Teen Foundation of the Greater East Bay, founded a Human Rights Club at Amador, organized numerous events and conferences, and was recently named a Future Peacekeeper by the president of the African Diaspora Foundation. She fell in love with STAND's mission and worked diligently on the protest that took place during the olympic torch passing in San francisco. She hopes to strengthen the bond between individual STAND chapters and provide information about STAND campaigns. Back to Top.

Florida

Marylin Winkle - College

Stetson University, 2011
florida@standnow.org

A sophomore Cello Performance Major at Stetson University, Marylin Winkle is battling social injustices both in her local community and in our international community as Florida's State Outreach Coordinator. If there is one concept she has come to embrace in her time at Stetson, it is the vast significance of human relationships; it is with dedicated passion that Marylin steps up to re-connect the activists in her state. As a Bonner Lead Team member at Stetson, she has also been known to spend her time mentoring struggling Kindergarten students, teaching choir at a local, under-funded middle school, and offering English Lessons to Mexican migrant farm workers. Ultimately, Marylin hopes to combine her passions for music and youth empowerment by playing the cello in a major symphony and using the rest of her time to teach lessons to talented, ambitious students from low-economic backgrounds. Back to Top.

Tyler Yagman - High School

Dr. Michael M Krop Senior High School, 2009
florida.hs@standnow.org

Tyler Yagman is a senior at Dr. Michael M Krop Senior High School in North Miami Beach, Florida. He is honored to be part of the STAND leadership family and is working to reassure that Florida High School chapters have everything they need to be organized and fulfill their goals. As an anit-Genocide activist, Tyler has been to Capitol Hill to lobby not only on Genocide prevention and awareness but also on efficient and alternative energy uses. He has worked with many Organizations including the National Psoriasis Foundation as the President of the Junior Executive Board. Tyler strongly believes that with time and minds, who work together towards a common goal, that anything is obtainable. He would love to hear from you! If you would like to get in contact with Tyler, please send him an email. Back to Top.

Illinois

Elizabeth Salowitz - High School

New Trier High School, 2009
illinois.hs@standnow.org

As a freshman, Liz worked to found and head New Trier's STAND chapter and will be sad to leave it at the end of this year when she graduates.  She hopes to help high school STAND chapters in Illinois become more active by helping them utilize all of their available resources and talking to local school and community members about human rights violations around the world and what can be done about them.  Liz believes awareness is one of the most important parts of STAND's advocacy--someone in an airport once saw her "Save Darfur" shirt and asked her what "a Darfur" was.  Aside from STAND, Liz's passions include editing her school newspaper, being politically active, debating (competitively and for fun), baking, and taking naps. Back to Top.

Massachusetts

Nikki Tischler - College

UMass Amherst, 2011
massachusetts@standnow.org

Nikki Tishler is a sophomore at UMass Amherst, majoring in Social Justice Law and Peace Studies (and no, it's not a real major! she's designing it herself!)  She currently resides in Plymouth, but has lived in Easton, Mansfield, and Stoughton, MA.  She went to Fontbonne Academy in Milton, MA for high school, which is where she became involved with the situation in Darfur.  Her junior and senior years she ran the Fast for Darfur solo, and organized a Walk for Darfur her senior year.  When she's not working on STAND stuff, learning about human rights issues, or being a full time activist, she enjoys horseback riding, theatre (acting, specifically!), and always listens to music!  She worked at a tea shop the last two summers, which has made her a tea snob, but she loves it!  Her friends believe she was meant to grow up in the 60's, and she has a habit of making mashed potatoes for her friends when they get their wisdom teeth out!  And of course, she is SUPER excited to be the MA SOC! Back to Top.

New York

Roxanne Earley - College

Saint John's University, 2011
newyork@standnow.org

Roxanne Earley wants to be a photojournalist when she grows up- whenever that is. Originally from the Chesapeake Bay area in Maryland, her mild-mannered alter-ego is a well-rounded college art student by day, truth-seeking activist by night. She enjoys her family, flip-flops all year round, and Queen. Above all she believes in the power of the human spirit and the ability of art to create dialogue between those of us who stand across a great divide. As the New York State Outreach Coordinator, she hopes to strengthen the existing network and bring new information to activists by being funny, creative, and passionate. Back to Top.

Morgan McDaniel - High School

Pelham Memorial High School, 2009
newyork.hs@standnow.org

Morgan McDaniel is a senior at Pelham Memorial High school.  She first heard of the Darfur conflict as a freshman and helped to found her school's STAND chapter the next year, of which she is now the president.  When she isn't dragging her friends into New York City to attend rallies, she is involved in theater at her school.  She hopes to pursue international relations in college.  As State Outreach Coordinator, she helps high school chapters develop their resources and create partnerships with other chapters in the area. Back to Top.

Ohio

Sasha Klyachkina - College

Case Western Reserve University, 2011
ohio@standnow.org

Sasha is a sophomore at Case Western Reserve University double majoring in psychology and international studies. She became involved with STAND her junior year in high school, when a chapter was founded there. Despite being born in St. Petersburg, Russia, her family made the move to the Chicago area when she was six, where she has been living until attending CWRU. She loves that STAND is about empowering people to act, and as the Ohio SOC, hopes to help chapters reach their full potential and build a strong network within the state. Back to Top.

Mido Aly - High School

Upper Arlington High School - 2010
ohio.hs@standnow.org

A junior at the Upper Arlington High School, Mido first became involved in STAND through a good friend in the spring of 2008. As Ohio HiSoc, Mido hopes to build up the number of active high school chapters in Ohio, and bridge the gap between high school and college chapters. A devoted member of a number of clubs at his High School, Mido divides his time outside of schoolwork and STAND to the UAHS Golden Bear Marching Band, the UAHS Mock Trial, Model United Nations, and Speech & Debate teams, as well as his friends and Family. Mido is also a poetry lover and self-proclaimed Harry Potter fanatic. Back to Top.

Pennsylvania

Katie Ashmore - College

Swarthmore College, 2011
pennsylvania@standnow.org

Katie Ashmore became involved with STAND her junior year in high school after she attended the first national conference at Harvard University in December 2005. She helped to co-found her high school's STAND chapter. Since coming to Swarthmore  College she has been active in her chapter and hopes to support and motivate other college chapters as the Pennsylvania State Outreach Coordinator. Katie plans to major in Sociology and Anthropology and to continue to use cultural understanding in human rights advocacy. Back to Top.

Texas

Katie Malaspina - College

University of Texas, 2010
texas@standnow.org

My name is Katie Malspina, and I go to the University of Texas at Austin. I am majoring in Social Work with a focus in cultural studies, and I will graduate in spring 2010.  I became interested in the genocide in Darfur while I was doing cross examination debate in high school.  I joined the STAND chapter at UT a year and a half ago and I have been advocating for change in Darfur ever since.  I hope to empower other students to take action for the people of Darfur as the Texas State Outreach Coordinator. Back to Top.

Virginia

Katrina Field - College

Norfolk State University, 2009
virginia@standnow.org

Washington, D.C.

Stephanie Figgins - College

George Washington University, 2011
washingtondc@standnow.org

This is Stephanie's second year as the Washington, D.C. State Outreach Coordinator, although she thinks it more accurate to be called the D.C. DOC (District Outreach Coordinator). Originally from Phoenix, AZ, Stephanie is a sophomore at the George Washington University where she majors in Economics and International Affairs. Steph first got involved with the anti-genocide movement when she attended a lecture on the Rwanda genocide, which prompted her and her friends to found their high school's STAND chapter. She is inspired by the chapter leaders and members who do all of the leg-work for this movement, and by the fact that the Capitol building and White House are only a few metro stops away. Back to Top.