YUPP Board Members
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Yakeleen Almazan
Pronouns: She/her
Role on YUPP: Co-President
Class Year: 2025
Why YUPP? As I am motivated by my past and the future I want to create, YUPP provides the transformative space for us to transform our ideas into impact and action.
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Fikir Mekonnen
Pronouns: She/her
Role on YUPP: Co-President
Class Year: 2024.5
Why YUPP? For my community and freedom for all!
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Bahar Bouzarjomehri
Pronouns: She/her
Role on YUPP: Co-President
Class Year: 2025
Why YUPP? YUPP has given me the community to advocate against the inhumane carceral system and imagine what a future rooted in abolition would look like.
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Keely Balfour
Pronouns: She/her
Role on YUPP: Treasurer
Class Year: 2027
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Aditya Kabra
Pronouns: He/him
Role on YUPP: Head of Rikers Debate Project
Class Year: 2026
Why YUPP? Literacy is a right in society, and everyone deserves access to it.
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Joshua Ching
Pronouns: He/him
Role on YUPP: Co-coordinator of Speakers and Events & Co-Director of the New Haven Pardon Program
Class Year: 2026
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Martine Dosa
Pronouns: She/her
Role on YUPP: Reentry Support Co-Coordinator
Class Year: 2026
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Celene Bennett
Pronouns: She/her
Role on YUPP: Reentry Support Co-Coordinator
Class Year: 2026
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Hannah Figueroa Velázquez
Pronouns: She/her
Role on YUPP: Communications Co-Coordinator
Class Year: 2026
Why YUPP? I believe in the power of the people!