Siblings Without Borders was founded in 2011 by UCSD students with a mission of helping children in disadvantaged communities. Our participation in the Clinton Global Initiative inspired us to address the academic and social shortcomings in various orphanages, schools and community centers in low-income neighborhoods.
Our ultimate goal is to create life long ties with children in underprivileged communities.
While doing so, we aim to mentor children to strive for higher education and success in the future.
Siblings Without borders was founded by:
Madlena Nalbandyan, Nevart Piloyan, Hovanes Keseyan, Diana Grigoryan and Harut Nalbandyan.
Our ultimate goal is to create life long ties with children in underprivileged communities.
While doing so, we aim to mentor children to strive for higher education and success in the future.
Siblings Without borders was founded by:
Madlena Nalbandyan, Nevart Piloyan, Hovanes Keseyan, Diana Grigoryan and Harut Nalbandyan.
Current Staff:
President: Janeth Lopez
Major: Sociology of Science and Medicine
Education: 3rd year at UCSD
Quote: " A life without cause is a life without effect."
Major: Sociology of Science and Medicine
Education: 3rd year at UCSD
Quote: " A life without cause is a life without effect."
Vice President: Cynthia Perez
Major: Communication, Minor: Human Rights
Education: 3rd year at UCSD
Quote: " The best thing to hold onto in life, is each other"
Major: Communication, Minor: Human Rights
Education: 3rd year at UCSD
Quote: " The best thing to hold onto in life, is each other"
Secretary: Melinda A Schneider
Major: General Biology Minor: Dance
Education: UCSD Class of 2014
Favorite Quote: "Life's not about waiting for the storms to pass...
It's about learning to dance in the rain"
Major: General Biology Minor: Dance
Education: UCSD Class of 2014
Favorite Quote: "Life's not about waiting for the storms to pass...
It's about learning to dance in the rain"
Events Coordinator: Victoria Phan
Major: Human Biology
Education: 3rd year at UCSD
Quote: "What we do for ourselves dies with us.
What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal."
Events Coordinator: Danielle Ocampo
Major: Communications Minor: International Studies
Education: 4th year at UCSD
Favorite Quote: "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.
Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,
not looking to your own interests
but each of you to the interests of others."
Major: Communications Minor: International Studies
Education: 4th year at UCSD
Favorite Quote: "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.
Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,
not looking to your own interests
but each of you to the interests of others."
Marketing Director: David Gravich
Major: Political Science
Education: UCSD
Quote: "Where there's a will, there's a way."
Major: Political Science
Education: UCSD
Quote: "Where there's a will, there's a way."
Publicity Director: Lina R Khan
Major: Environmental Policy
Education: 3rd year at UCSD
Favorite Quote: "Every action has an opposite equal reaction"
Major: Environmental Policy
Education: 3rd year at UCSD
Favorite Quote: "Every action has an opposite equal reaction"
Treasurer: Heejin Park
Major: Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Education: 4th year at UCSD
Quote: Be a better person today than I was yesterday!
Major: Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Education: 4th year at UCSD
Quote: Be a better person today than I was yesterday!
Fundraising Chair: Charisus Tay
Major: Pharmacological Chemistry
Education: 4th year at UCSD
Favorite Quote: "Who is he that overcomes the world?
Only he who believes that Jesus is the son of God." 1 John 5:5
Major: Pharmacological Chemistry
Education: 4th year at UCSD
Favorite Quote: "Who is he that overcomes the world?
Only he who believes that Jesus is the son of God." 1 John 5:5
Historian / Webmaster: Wonil (Stephen) Kim
Major: Psychology Minor: Cognitive Science
Education: 4th year at UCSD
Favorite Quote: "The Night is Darkest Just Before the Dawn"
Major: Psychology Minor: Cognitive Science
Education: 4th year at UCSD
Favorite Quote: "The Night is Darkest Just Before the Dawn"
Founding Members:
President: Madlena Nalbandyan
Major: Biochemistry, Cell Biology
Education: Class of 2012 (UCSD)
Quote: "Well-behaved women seldom make history"
Major: Biochemistry, Cell Biology
Education: Class of 2012 (UCSD)
Quote: "Well-behaved women seldom make history"
Vice President: Nevart Piloyan
Major: Human Biology, Minor in Spanish Literature
Education: Class of 2012 (UCSD)
Quote: "There is no oil without squeezing the olives, no wine without pressing the grapes,
no fragrance without crushing the flowers, so when you are pressed,
its life bringing out the best in you."
Major: Human Biology, Minor in Spanish Literature
Education: Class of 2012 (UCSD)
Quote: "There is no oil without squeezing the olives, no wine without pressing the grapes,
no fragrance without crushing the flowers, so when you are pressed,
its life bringing out the best in you."
Treasurer: Hovanes Keseyan
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Education: Class of 2013 (UCSD)
Quote: " Give a Hand, Change a Life"
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Education: Class of 2013 (UCSD)
Quote: " Give a Hand, Change a Life"
Public Relations Director/Events Coordinator: Diana Grigoryan
Major: Sociology of Science and Medicine, Minor: Global Health
Education: Class of 2012 (UCSD)
Quote: "A thing, until it is everything, is noise, and once it is everything it is silence"
Major: Sociology of Science and Medicine, Minor: Global Health
Education: Class of 2012 (UCSD)
Quote: "A thing, until it is everything, is noise, and once it is everything it is silence"
Los Angeles Chapter President: Kristina Nalbandian
Major: Neuroscience Minor: Anthropology
Eduction: Class of 2013 (UCLA)
Quote: "Give me a place to stand and a lever long enough and I will move the Earth."
Major: Neuroscience Minor: Anthropology
Eduction: Class of 2013 (UCLA)
Quote: "Give me a place to stand and a lever long enough and I will move the Earth."
Irvine Chapter President: Edgar Manukyan
Major: Political Science
Eduction: Class of 2012 (UCI)
Quote: "To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail" - Abraham Maslow
Major: Political Science
Eduction: Class of 2012 (UCI)
Quote: "To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail" - Abraham Maslow