Team

Meet the Team

Formerly known as the Immigration Awareness & Advocacy Project, the Immigrant Mountaineers Movement was founded by select members of App Unidos, Appalachian State University's Latinx Hispanic Faculty & Staff Association.

Name

Affiliation

Dr. Felicia Arriaga

(she/her/hers/ella)

Founding Member

Assistant Professor, Sociology 

Dr. Aniseh Bro

(she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor, Sustainable Development

Sarah Donovan

(she/her/hers)

Founding Member 

Senior Lecturer, Social Work

Dr. María Hofman Hernandez

(she/her/hers/ella)

Founding Member

Instructor, Leadership & Educational Studies

Dr. Juhee Woo

(she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor, Sociology

Student Representatives

Name

Affiliation

Malikia Cherubala N.

(she/her/hers)

Community and Regional Planning

Sustainable Development Minor, GIS Certification

Meredith Sánchez-Sánchez

(they/them)

Global Studies w/ Concentration in Globalization 

Spanish Minor

Former IMM Representatives

Name

Affiliation

Marco Fonseca Rodriguez

(he/him/his)

Founding Member

Assistant Director, Intercultural Student Affairs

Elizabeth “Lizzy” Serrano

(she/her/hers)

Student Representative

Political Science, Sociology minor

Jasmin Soto 

(she/her/hers)

Student Representative

Communications, Sociology minor

Lizbeth Turrubiartes 

(she/her/hers)

Student Representative

Public Health, Social Work minor

Anneliese "Anne" Thomae Elías

(they/ella, elle)

 Spring 2021 Faculty Representative

Spanish Instructor, Department of Language, Literature & Culture

 

Dr. Gayatri Titus

 

(she/her/hers)

 

 Staff Counselor, Coordinator of Multicultural Services

 Nataly Jimenez 

(she/her/hers)

Student Representative 

Sociology, Psychology minor

Nga Sze Chan

(she/her/hers)

Student Representative

Theatre Arts w/ Concentration in Design & Technology

Music and Chinese minor

Jonathan Ibarra

(he/him/his)

Assistant Director, Financial Aid Loans & Scholarships