Meet the Peer Assistant Leaders

Peer Assistant Leaders work year round to welcome new students to Stony Brook University! Their connection to students begins at orientation and New Student Welcome and continues throughout a student's first year! Peer Assistant leaders are former Orientation Leaders and International Student Ambassadors, see Join The Team page to learn more and apply! 

Interested in becoming a PAL for Summer 2024 and beyond? Fill out the interest form HERE!

2024 Peer Assistant Leaders 

Alejandro Vallejo

Biology







Amanda Tran

Mechanical Engineering



Blessing Amonoo

Biology



Chen Zhu

Computer Science



Chris Chan

Information Systems



Emily Chen

Psychology

Health Sciences



Gaby Pazmiño

Health Sciences



Hayla Abbas

Biology & Psychology



Helen Israelian

Health Sciences







James Lee

Business

Management



Juliana Marconi

Psychology 



Justyna Tyburczy

Psychology 



Karina Nateram

Biology



Kishwarpreet Kaur

Biology



Koushik Vaddi

Information Systems

Engineering 



Laila Juma

Biology



Lorenza Fechter

Creative Writing







Mysha Rahman

Economics  & Business 



Nicole Hernandez

Health Sciences



Ninad Nawrikar

Computer Science



Noor Baig

Computer Science







Ruth Zhang

Biology







Ryan Htun

Economics



Sofia Genao

Psychology



Suki Song

Psychology



Taaha Yasrub

Information Systems



Taya Maharaj

Biochemistry

& Psychology



Zach Don

Clinical Laboratory

Sciences