Meet the Peer Assistant Leaders

Peer Assistant Leaders work year round to welcome new students to Stony Brook University! Their connection to students begins at orientation and New Student Welcome and continues throughout a student's first year! Peer Assistant leaders are former Orientation Leaders and International Student Ambassadors, see Join The Team page to learn more and apply! 

Interested in becoming a PAL for Winter 2025 and beyond? Fill out the interest form HERE!

Summer 2025 Peer Assistant Leaders 

Jayda Holmes

Graduate Student



Sasha Kotchetova

Graduate Student



Anna Guzzo

Graduate Student



Reannah Dautruche

Graduate Student



Almas Ahmad

Computer Science



Amanda Tran

Business Management



Brandon Chan

Health Science



Diya Shah

Psychology



Ece Naz Durali

Political Science



Emily Chen

Psychology



Gulika Bhalla

Biology



Helena Winkelman

Psychology 



Jerry Lopez

Philosophy 



Justyna Tyburczy

Psychology 



Kelly Cano-Reyes

Social Welfare



Kirsten Beltran

Media/Arts/Culture



Kishwarpreet Kaur

Biology



Koushik Vaddi

Information Systems and

Applied Mathematics &

Statistics



Laila Juma

Chemistry



Mysha Rahman

Economics



Nairika Gupta

Health Science and Biology



Nikhil Pathipati

Computer Science



Nusrat Zakir

Economics



Piyal Das

Biology



Riya Kohli

Health Science and Biology



Ryan Htun

Business Management



Saifa Sowa

Biology and Psychology



Sarah Rodriguez

Biology



Sofia Genao

Psychology



Suki Song

Psychology



Taaha Yasrub

Information Systems,

Applied Mathematics

and Statistics



Taya Maharaj

Biochemistry

and Psychology



Vamsi Sri Rameshbabu

Engineering