OFFICER BIOGRAPHIES

Andrea Mosqueda, President  
My name is Andrea Mosqueda, and I am the co-med school conference coordinator for PMSA. I am going in my third year at the University of Chicago. I live in Chicago about twenty minutes from school, but my whole mom’s side of the family lives in Guanajuato, Mexico (we try to visit my relatives in Mexico every year). I love Chicago; I think it is a great city full of amazing restaurants and exciting things to do. I love walking around downtown on any given day, warm or cold it doesn’t really matter. I also really enjoy traveling, which is mostly done with my family. My family and friends are amazing, both are definitely a big part of my life – they are so fun, I love them! I am majoring in psychology because I find it interesting. I don’t know the specific kind of doctor that I want to be, but I’ll figure it out in time. I enjoy many different things, and I like to have fun. What can I say, I enjoy a good time. E-mail: andream@uchicago.edu

Yei-Won Lee, Secretary

Yei-Won is a third-year majoring in Psychology. She works for an assistant professor of medicine as a research assistant. In her leisure time, she enjoys playing all kinds of outdoor sports, but especially bodyboarding, whitewater rafting, and skiing. She also loves to run along the Lake Michigan shore when it is nice and sunny outside. Lake Michigan offers such beautiful scenery! If you have any questions or suggestions, you should not hesitate to send Yei-Won an e-mail. She is open to any idea or suggestion that will help make PMSA a greater resource for the pre-med student body at U of C. She wishes everyone all the BEST in tackling the grueling pre-med courses and the MCAT !! Bona Fortuna !! :D

E-mail: yeiwon@uchicago.edu


Andrea Mosqueda , Med School Conference Coordinator
My name is Andrea Mosqueda, and I am the co-med school conference coordinator for PMSA. I am going in my third year at the University of Chicago. I live in Chicago about twenty minutes from school, but my whole mom’s side of the family lives in Guanajuato, Mexico (we try to visit my relatives in Mexico every year). I love Chicago; I think it is a great city full of amazing restaurants and exciting things to do. I love walking around downtown on any given day, warm or cold it doesn’t really matter. I also really enjoy traveling, which is mostly done with my family. My family and friends are amazing, both are definitely a big part of my life – they are so fun, I love them! I am majoring in psychology because I find it interesting. I don’t know the specific kind of doctor that I want to be, but I’ll figure it out in time. I enjoy many different things, and I like to have fun. What can I say, I enjoy a good time.

Andrew Lee Chen , Membership Coordinator / Webmaster
Andrew is a second-year majoring in Biological Sciences, specializing in Neuroscience. He is currently working at the Palmer Research Laboratory, studying Fear and Anxiety. (apollo@uchicago.edu)

Payton Leonhardt , Publicity/PR/Communications
Payton is a second year from Wheaton, Illinois, where he graduated from Wheaton Warrenville South High School. Payton is a Psychology major as well as Pre-med here at the university. Payton is a pitcher for the University of Chicago baseball team as well as being involved in the Order of the C, Best Buddies, and Athletes in Action. After working as an intern at Central Dupage Hospital, Payton plans on specializing in Pediatrics but anticipates on taking a year off before medical school. E-mail: payton@uchicago.edu

Liz Chen, Luncheon/Study Break Coordinator  
Liz is a second year, majoring in English. She is interested in public health and community-conscious health education in rural areas of developing nations. She has worked in Masai Mara region of Kenya, and fundraised for a medical clinic to be built there. She is unsure about her future plans, but would like to spend some more time in Africa developing health education curricula. Liz is a coxswain for University of Chicago’s rowing team and a member of the Community Service Leadership Training Corps. In her (very limited) free time, she enjoys finding new places to eat. If you have any questions or suggestions about the Luncheons or Study Breaks, please feel free to email her. E-mail: ejchen@uchicago.edu

Andrea Mosqueda, Study Breaks/De-Stress Fests Coordinator
My name is Andrea Mosqueda, and I am the study-break coordinator for PMSA. I am going into my second year at the University of Chicago. I live in Chicago about twenty minutes from school, but my whole mom’s side of the family lives in Guanajuato, Mexico (we try to visit my relatives in Mexico every year). I love Chicago; I think it is a great city full of amazing restaurants and exciting things to do. I am also a big fan of restaurants; when some of my high school friends are home, we enjoy going to a different restaurant each month. I also really enjoy traveling, which is mostly done with my family. My family and friends are amazing, both are definitely a big part of my life – they are so fun, I love them! I am majoring in Psychology, and I am hoping to become some sort of surgeon. I don’t know the particular kind of surgeon that I want to be, but I’ll figure it out in time. Although I do think school is very important, I also like having fun. What can I say, I enjoy a good time. E-mail: andream@uchicago.edu

Glory Song, Treasurer
ygsong@uchicago.edu

Erin Page, Volunteer/Service Coordinator & Fundraising
erpage@uchicago.edu


Amber May, MCAT Coordinator, Med School Conference Coordinator
As your MCAT Coordinator, I have researched the various MCAT test preps in order to provide you with the best possible program to fit the unique needs of UC pre-meds for an affordable price. Contact me with any questions or issues regarding the Kaplan MCAT class and please give me feedback after you have completed the course.  

   As your Study Coordinator, I intend to facilitate pre-meds studying together for classes and the MCATs. Additionally, I’m in the midst of creating a mentorship program between upper and lowerclassmen, as well as between pre-meds and medical students. This program should help pre-meds gain wisdom and foresight into the medical path. Having personally sought out medical student mentors, I am confident in the valuable perspective they can provide.  The BSLC is shared between undergraduate, graduate, and medical students, providing pre-meds with a very tangible resource.

  On a more personal note, I am a 4th year biology major with an interest in neuroscience, and plans to enter medical school in fall of 2007. For the past seven years, volunteering at hospitals and shadowing physicians has repeatedly affirmed my desire to become a doctor. My most exciting position was volunteering as a Surgical Assistant, standing alongside surgeons while they explained the intricacies of the operations they were performing.  I’ve also done research in a pathology lab and dabbled in Asthma/COPD studies at the UC Hospital. It’s thrilling to see concepts learned in the classroom applied in a concrete form.  
  Beyond medicine… My passions include working as a private tutor, studying the Classics (I’m Treasurer of the Classical Entertainment Society), writing, theatre, opera, piano, rollerblading along Lake Michigan, traveling the world, and pursuit of aesthetics and truth.  E-mail: amay@uchicago.edu


Danny Del Campo , Panels Coordinator
Hi, my name is Danny, 3rd year premed student studying Music and Biology. Although unusual for a premed to study music, this has been one of my first loves. I started to play piano as a young child, and eventually grew my instrumental ability for guitar, trumpet, drums, singing, harmonica, and a few others. I compose music constantly and can be frequently found all over Chicago. Thus, studying Music creates a balance of the abstract to the factual in the study of Biology. Through participating with Bike and Build (www.bikeandbuild.org), I have cycled across the US and helped to build homes with Habitat for Humanity. Through creating presentations in every town we visited, I learned the value of hearing different points of view within discussion events. It is with this mindset that I am determined as the Panels Coordinator to bring interesting presenters with unique perspectives. Much can be learned if we have the patience to listen to others – this is my standpoint, and one that the PMSA discussion events are sure to follow. E-mail: delcampo@uchicago.edu