Meet Your Orientation Student Leaders (OSLs)
To assist new first-year and transfer students on campus, Orientation Student Leaders lead groups of them through the Orientation program.
OSLs are students who are exceptional leaders on campus—and they all went through Orientation themselves when they started at the University!
Orientation Student Leader Coordinators help organize the entire Orientation program and have previously served as OSLs. This year’s OSL Coordinators are:
- Angelica Canong
- Gia Capozzoli
- Grace Savio
- Jessica Winston
2022 Orientation Student Leaders
Evan Auriemma ’25
Fun Fact: I am a gymnastics coach.
Major: Music Education
Kyasi Kayla Elise Bayani ’24
Fun Fact: I have three first names.
Major: Nursing
Mia Bernasol ’25
Fun Fact: I am on the women’s golf team.
Major: Digital Marketing Communication
Rich Botzoc ’23
Fun Fact: I am an identical twin.
Majors: Chemistry/Physics and Math
Angelica Canong ’23
OSL Coordinator
Fun Fact: I was in an Elmhurst University TikTok.
Major: Business Marketing
Gia Capozzoli ’23
OSL Coordinator
Fun Fact: I used to be a horseback rider.
Major: Psychology
Dylan Catapat ’25
Fun Fact: I started a band in January.
Major: Music Education
Evan Caverly ’23
Fun Fact: My favorite instrument is the cello.
Major: Music and Dance Education
Anna Class ’23
Fun Fact: I drive an almost 30-year-old car and it’s still kickin’.
Major: Exercise Science
Zack de Ramos ’23
Fun Fact: I helped train the Yellow Power Ranger in fighting (I used to be a kickboxing instructor).
Majors: Secondary Science Education/Chemistry
Cassandra Diaz ’25
Fun Fact: I have been scuba diving in Mexico.
Major: Special Education
Rachael Dickenson ’23
Fun Fact: I am a dual citizen.
Major: Nursing
Megan Engstrom ’24
Fun Fact: I have played tennis since I was 5 years old.
Major: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Giovanna Foss ’23
Fun Fact: I have gone swimming with sharks.
Major: Middle Grade Mathematics
Jaden Frantzen ’23
Fun Fact: I broke my arm on my 16th birthday.
Major: Elementary Education
Molly Glover ’25
Fun Fact: I am on the cross country and track teams, and my mile is 6:15.
Major: Theatre
Maya Gonzales ’23
Fun Fact: I am a middle child and the smallest person in my family.
Major: Nursing
Grace Heisen ’25
Fun Fact: I have been in band for nine years and played percussion.
Major: Psychology
Sadie Hartmann ’25
Fun Fact: My pinkies do not straighten.
Major: Elementary Education
Hope Johnson ’23
Fun Fact: I’ve been jet skiing in the Gulf.
Majors: Biology/Chemistry and Medical Humanities
Tori Kornatowski ’24
Fun Fact: I am knowledgeable in almost every instrument.
Major: Music Education
Brianna Migaczewski ’24
Fun Fact: I have gone swimming with sharks.
Major: Nursing, with a minor in Psychology
Alexa Nastasi ’23
Fun Fact: Evan and Dylan are my first-years.
Major: Theatre Arts Education
Marina Orrico ’23
Fun Fact: I am a yoga instructor.
Major: Biology
Sydney Roth ’23
Fun Fact: I have eaten an unhealthy amount of ramen.
Majors: Biology/Environmental Studies
Verenice Ruiz ’23
Fun Fact: I was once an extra on Chicago Fire.
Major: Criminal Justice with a Pre-Law track
Grace Savio ’23
OSL Coordinator
Fun Fact: I have been a dancer for 16 years.
Major: Criminal Justice
Alfred Sawyer ’25
Fun Fact: I have been to seven countries.
Major: Music Education
Jess Silva ’24
Fun Fact: I have horses.
Majors: Secondary Education and Spanish
Teagan Sloan ’23
Fun Fact: I did archery for 11 years.
Majors: Nursing/Medical Humanities and Psychology
Clare Songco ’24
Fun Fact: I have a dog named Penny.
Major: Music Education
Maisie Steele ’23
Fun Fact: I have a chocolate lab named Penny.
Major: Music Education
Zach Stephenson ’23
Fun Fact: I make hip-hop and indie music.
Major: Music Business
Emilio Suarez ’23
Fun Fact: I have way too many McDonald’s points.
Major: Marketing
Jared Szaltis ’23
Fun Fact: I have a twin brother on campus (and look nothing like him, haha).
Majors: History and Secondary Education/GIS
Jennifer Szutowicz ’23
Fun Fact: I love avocados and grew my own avocado tree.
Major: Nursing
Anna Tikhiy ’24
Fun Fact: I am bilingual in Ukrainian and English.
Major: Educating Young Children (EYC)
Heather Vesely ’24
Fun Fact: I love dogs.
Major: Educating Young Children (EYC)
Drew Wieser ’24
Fun Fact: I drive a moped.
Major: Music Business
Jessi Winston ’23
OSL Coordinator
Fun Fact: I was on an Elmhurst billboard.
Major: Elementary Education
Jorden Young-Gentry ’25
Fun Fact: I have eight siblings.
Majors: Middle Grades English Language Arts Education and English