Meet the ESCAPE Team

ESCAPE Staff

Nicole Sandonato (She/her/hers)

Director of the ESCAPE First-Year Retreat Program

Home: Boston, MA

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

Alice Chen, SFS’24 (she/her)

Student Coordinator

Home: Hong Kong, China

Could talk about forever? Financial crimes, Rubik’s cubes, carbonara, & finally learning to drive.

Koby Twist, C’25 (he/him)

Student Coordinator

Home: Newport Beach, CA & Boulder, CO

Could talk about forever? In N Out, BoJack Horseman, movies, & modern monetary theory in the Pixar universe.

Nick Vianna, C’25 (he/him)

Musician

Home: New Rochelle, NY

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

ESCAPE Team 33 Leaders

Abby Bettendorf, SOH’26 (she/her)

Home: Cambridge, Minnesota

Could talk about forever? All things Minnesota and the great outdoors!

Addison Basile, C’26 (she/her)

Home: Middletown, New Jersey

Could talk about forever? Ted Lasso, Psychology, & doing what you love

Aidan Connors SFS’26 (he/him)

Home: Virginia

Could talk about forever? Food

Alan Chen, C’25 (he/him)

Home: Orlando, FL

Could talk about forever? Vampire Weekend, Columbus (2017), random entrepreneurship ideas

Allie Gaudion, C’26 (she/her)

Home: Atlanta, GA

Could talk about forever? British politics, specifically the rise and fall of Boris Johnson

Angel Lee, C’25 (she/her)

Home: New York

Could talk about forever? Zodiac signs and learning languages

Anjali Ramesh, SFS’26 (she/her)

Home: Bay Area, CA

Could talk about forever? The viability of kelp as a food source, Pacific Ocean supremacy, and sandwiches

Bahar Hassantash, MSB’26 (she/her)

Home: Milan, Italy

Could talk about forever? Christopher Nolan, Terrence Malik, Abbas Kiarostami, and all my favourite movie directors

Beatriz de Arístegui, SFS’26 (she/her)

Home: Atlanta, GA

Could talk about forever? Books, food, Avatar the Last Airbender, and Star Wars

Bennie Chang, SFS’26 (he/him)

Home: San Jose, CA

Could talk about forever? Architecture, my dog Chuck, and nature!Ca

Caed Spencer C’25 (he/him)

Home: Austin, TX

Could talk about forever? All things books! Right now, I can talk on and on about the “Extraordinary” series

Calla O’Neill, SFS’26 (she/her)

Home: Maryland

Could talk about forever? Dance Moms

Carolina Wesley, SFS’26 (she/her)

Home: Miami, FL/Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Could talk about forever? The environment, the gym, food

Christian Hahm, MSB’24 (he/him)

Home: Orange, CA

Could talk about forever? La La Land, National Parks, and Shohei Ohtani

Dylan Davis, C’26 (he/him)

Home: Los Angeles, CAFfranc

Could talk about forever? First Aid

Falyn Stalnaker, C’26 (he/him)

Home: Onalaska, WI

Could talk about forever? Dialect and slang, common childhood experiences, cheese

Frances Ovadje, C’26 (she/her)

Home: McDonough, GA

Could talk about forever? Scandal, The Fault in Our Stars, Reality TV Shows, Traveling, Mental Health

Henry Ren, C’26 (he/him)

Home: Rockville, MD

Could talk about forever? U.S. Presidents trivia and dystopic fiction

Jackson Metzger, C’24 (he/him)

Home: Salt Lake City, Utah

Could talk about forever? Any National Park, history, which fruit/vegetable is best, Star Wars

Jupiter Huang, SFS’25 (he/him)

Home: Guangzhou, China

Could talk about forever? Science fiction (yes, including Star Wars), planes, and random historical facts

Kat Scarborough, C’26 (she/her)

Home: Jupiter, FL

Could talk about forever? The linguistics behind ChatGPT and other similar AI programs!

Kat Bouker, C’24 (she/her)

Home: Washington, D.C.

Could talk about forever? My love for traveling, theater and early 2000s TV shows!

Lauren Amodio, C’26 (she/her)

Home: Pembroke Pines, FL

Could talk about forever? The podcast Maintenance Phase!

Lauren (Lau) Regan, N’25 (she/her)

Home: Staten Island, New York

Could talk about forever? Reading, being outdoors & peanut butter

Lincoln Le, C’24 (he/him)

Home: Lighthouse Point, FL

Could talk about forever? Hosting dinner parties for strangers and friends

Linsey Brookfrield, C’26 (she/her)

Home: Brookline, MA

Could talk about forever? The militarization of children in the Hunger Games

Lukas Soloman, SFS’26 (he/him)

Home: Arizona

Could talk about forever? Our unbreakable connection to the environment

Maeve Kramer, C’26 (she/they)

Home: Washington, D.C.

Could talk about forever? Video game soundtracks, rollercoasters, crochet, and One Piece

Mason Hall, MSB’26 (she/her)

Home: Wallingford, PA

Could talk about forever? Baking, Star Wars, and NBC comedies

Peter Sukstorf, SFS’26 (he/him)

Home: Omaha, Nebraska

Could talk about forever? Nature

Peyton Kelleher, C’24 (she/her)

Home: Orinda, CA

Could talk about forever? Constitutional Law!

Ragz Chutani, SFS’26 (he/him)

Home: India

Could talk about forever? Kendrick Lamar’s discography

Ruby Gilmore, SFS’26 (she/her)

Home: New York City

Could talk about forever? Opera, songwriting, and Taylor Swift!

Serena Korkmaz, SFS’24 (she/her)

Home: Glastonbury, CT

Could talk about forever? Phruitcore music, laïcité, and New England fall

Siona Mondal, C’26 (she/her)

Home: Pleasanton, California

Could talk about forever? Formula 1, why Guy Fieri is the best celebrity chef, and sourdough bread

Val Juárez, C’25 (she/her)

Home: Salt Lake City, Utah

Could talk about forever? Spotify Playlists