Meet the ESCAPE Team

ESCAPE Staff

Nicole Sandonato (she/her)

ESCAPE Program Director

Home: Boston, MA

Could talk about forever? Burnout prevention, Beyonce, & creating spaces of authenticity.

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Raghav “Ragz” Chutani, SFS’26 (he/him)

Student Coordinator

Home: Delhi & Dubai

Could talk about forever? Theoretically building a boat, niche feminist literature, and hiking escapades

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Henry Ren, C’26 (he/him)

Student Coordinator

Home: Rockville, MD & Hershey, PA

Could talk about forever? the Bronze Age collapse

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Nick Vianna, C’25 (he/him)

Musician

Home: New Rochelle, NY

Could talk about forever? Music, Charlie Brown, & Oreo flavors


ESCAPE Team 34 Leaders

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Allie Schlicht (she/her)

School of Foreign Service ‘27

Home: La Crosse, WI

Could talk about forever? Marvel, Avatar the Last Airbender, and Percy Jackson (among other fandoms)

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Autumn Zhou (she/her)

College of Arts and Sciences ‘25

Home: I am from Colorado but I call Georgetown home.

Could talk about forever? Witches

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Christian Smith (he/him)

College of Arts and Sciences ’27

Home: Montoursville, Pennsylvania

Could talk about forever? Hawk-watching, board games, and Star Wars

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Dhanya Chasmawala (she/her)

College of Arts and Sciences ‘27

Home: South Windsor, CT

Could talk about forever? Bollywood movies, how Tiktok “aesthetics” are a reflection of society, and romance novels

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Duc Than (he/him)

School of Foreign Service ‘25

Home: San Jose, CA; Saigon, Vietnam

Could talk about forever? Road sign designs

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Elizabeth Koenck (she/her)

School of Foreign Service ‘27

Home: Aurora, Colorado

Could talk about forever? The Rocky Mountains, deep philosophical quandaries, Game of Thrones, and bread.

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Ema Eguchi (she/her)

School of Foreign Service ’27

Home: Fukuoka, Japan

Could talk about forever? Cooking shows, Sushi, Hot springs

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Eric Chun (he/him)

College of Arts and Science ’25

Home: Seoul, South Korea

Could talk about forever? Music & Songwriting

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Erica Lung (she/her)

School of Foreign Service ‘27

Home: Brooklyn, NY

Could talk about forever? Staying hydrated

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Evan Cornell (he/him)

College of Arts and Sciences ’27

Home: High Springs, FL

Could talk about forever? Summer Camp is where you will meet the most genuine and amazing human beings ever.

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Fornia He (she/her)

School of Nursing ‘25

Home: Seattle, WA

Could talk about forever? Why the PNW is the most beautiful place in the world

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Freddy Rodriguez (he/him)

School of Foreign Service ’25

Home: Chicago

Could talk about forever? Chicago, the best city in the world!

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Griffin Elliott (he/him)

College of Arts and Sciences ’26

Home: Groton Massachusetts!

Could talk about forever? The German time travel murder mystery TV show called Dark. I know roughly everything there is to know about the show.

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Harry Yang (he/him)

School of Foreign Service ‘25

Home: Beijing

Could talk about forever? Pixar Cars

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Joe Massaua (he/him)

School of Foreign Service ’25

Home: Villanova, PA / Long Island, ME

Could talk about forever? Appalachia and Public Transit in the US!

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John Henry Lotz-McMillen (he/him)

College of Arts and Science ‘26

Home: Boston

Could talk about forever? Across the Spiderverse, education, the meaning of life

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Lainey Lyle (she/her)

School of Foreign Service ’27

Home: Just outside Athens, GA

Could talk about forever? Why pimento cheese is the best party dip.

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Luke Hogan (he/him)

McDonough School of Business ‘26

Home: Boston, MA

Could talk about forever? Planes, Taxes, and Parks and Recreation

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Macie McPherson (she/her)

School of Health ’27

Home: Los Angeles, CA

Could talk about forever? Baking tips, ranking fruits, and weird dreams you remember

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Madeline Jones (she/her)

School of Health ’26

Home: Chicago, IL

Could talk about forever? Reproductive health, music, and Chicago 

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Mahika Sharma (she/her)

School of Foreign Service ‘27

Home: Fairfax, VA

Could talk about forever? “Dance Moms” :))

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Mira Banker (she/her)

College of Arts and Sciences ’27

Home: Las Vegas, Nevada

Could talk about forever? The difference between “best” and “favorite”

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Molly Meehan (she/they)

College of Arts and Sciences ’27

Home: Philadelphia, PA

Could talk about forever? Mistborn, Six of Crows, Florence + the Machine, Arcane, and more!

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Nate Morris (he/him)

College of Arts and Sciences ’27

Home: New Rochelle, New York

Could talk about forever? My job as a sleepaway camp counselor!

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Navyah Sathyamoorthi (she/they)

College of Arts and Science ‘27

Home: Phoenix, Arizona 

Could talk about forever? Shakespeare, special education and the psychology of disability, how cool physics is, cute dogs

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Nicole Hogge (she/her)

School of Nursing ‘27

Home: Falls Church VA (northern VA)

Could talk about forever? Taylor Swift 

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Nola Goodwin (she/her)

College of Arts and Sciences ’27

Home: Turner, Maine

Could talk about forever? The Oxford comma and the Gnomeo and Juliet movie

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Reesa Bhowmik (she/her)

School of Foreign Service ’26

Home: Mumbai and Singapore

Could talk about forever? Museums, beaches, and Star Trek (yes, it’s better than Star Wars) 

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Renee Foo (she/her)

School of Foreign Service ’27

Home: Singapore

Could talk about forever? Life, food, home, family

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Rian Finn (he/him)

School of Foreign Service ‘27

Home: North End, Boston, MA

Could talk about forever? I could talk forever about languages (in different languages)

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Sagun Shrestha (she/her)

College of Arts and Sciences ’25

Home: Clarksburg, MD

Could talk about forever? Boy Bands, crocheting, Spotify Daylists

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Sarah Liang (she/her)

McDonough School of Business ‘27

Home: Philadelphia, PA

Could talk about forever? Eating, driving my friends around, and YA fiction

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Scottie Vandy (he/him)

College of Arts and Sciences ‘27

Home: London, Kentucky

Could talk about forever? Beyonce

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Shelby Flynn (she/her)

College of Arts and Science ’27

Home: Wheaton, Illinois

Could talk about forever? The Midwest, poetry, Bobby Kennedy

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Sophia Lu (she/her)

School of Foreign Service ’26

Home: San Jose, CA

Could talk about forever? The power of storytelling

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Tasha Koch (she/they)

School of Foreign Service ’27

Home: Eagan, Minnesota

Could talk about forever? Arcane, baking, and architecture

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Valeria Echeverria (she/her)

School of Health ‘27

Home: Chicago, Illinois 

Could talk about forever? The strength in being vulnerable, the gym and life’s beauty in nature

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Will Severn (he/him)

School of Foreign Service ’27

Home: Murfreesboro, TN

Could talk about forever? Aaron Sorkin’s masterpiece, The West Wing

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Wonnie Kim (she/her)

School of Health ’25

Home: Columbus, OH

Could talk about forever? Plays, food combinations, Goodreads, and the DC metro