Undergraduate Awards

Jayden Ashley Lim was selected for the 2023 Albert M. Camarillo Senior Paper Prize for her project entitled "4 All My Relations." 

We encourage you to check out Jayden's magazine here. 

Ximena Sanchez Martinez was the 2023 recipient of the Arturo Islas, Jr. Prize. Ximena served as the President of Lambda Theta Nu, a Latina-based sorority; Co-President of Comunidad for Health Equity; Co-President of First-Generation and/or Low-Income Partnership; and Executive Director of The Phoenix Scholars. Through her leadership, Ximena has demonstrated comittment to theoretical innovation by practicing alternative models of knowledge production, campus activism, and community and societal transformation. Ximena's Honors research reveals the unique challenges that undocumented students face in accessing and navigating higher education. Ximena's nominator describes her as "one of the most skilled undergraduate researchers" and is excited for her to "combine her social scientific, natural scientific, and artistic interests in graduate school by studying anthropology." 

Elsie DuBray was the 2023 recipient of the Dorothy M. Steele Award for Community Outreach, Engagement, and Social Justice. Elsie's nominator shares that she has "served her Native community throughout her life, including at Stanford, and is committed to taking this ervice to the next level when she graduates, pursues a master's co-term degree, and reinvests her education into her community through grant funded research and beyond." Elsie served as CCSRE's Native American Studies Liaison and as the Wellness Coordinator at the Native American Cultural Center. Elsie's Honors Thesis, Tatanka Awicagli na Mahpiya Ile Win: An Intergenerational Story of Buffalo Restoration and the Lakota Futures, centered her own Cheyenne River Sioux family's experience of buffalo restoration as a pathway for radical hope and healthful Lakota futures. 

Evan Kanji was the 2023 George M. Fredrickson Award for Excellence in Honors Research for his thesis, "All the Water in the World, and None of It to Drink: Community Perspectives and the Suburban Role in the Detroit Shutoff Crisis, the Lifeline Plan, and a Just Water Future." 

We encourage you to check out Evan's podcast series on Soundcloud here. 

Maya Castillo was one of the recipients for the 2023 Margarita Ibarra Community-Building Award. Maya served as CCSRE's Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies Program Liaison and has played an instrumental role in strengthening the program. Maya carefully reviewed student feedback in order to better understand Chilatst students' needs and helped to organize community events and critical conversations about CCSRE departmentalization. Maya has also extended their knoweldeg and support beyond Stanford by organizing a campus tour for low-income high school students of color from Southern California. Maya's nominator writes, "Maya is a trusted interlocutor as we navigate an especially challenging time in the undergraduate Latinx student community. I am deeply appreciative of Maya's participation in dialogues where they have sought to understand the experiences of students who feel systematically marginalized by past and current Latinx student programming. In these efforts, Maya has displayed tremendous empathy, criticality, and leadership."

Gema Quetzal was one of the recipients for the 2023 Margarita Ibarra Community Building Award. Gema is deeply committed to the Latinx community on campus; she served as the Council Coordinator for the 2022-23 CCSRE Undergraduate Council, participated in the Central American Student Association (CASA), and acted as an Ethnic Theme Associate for Casa Zapata. As Council Coordinator, Gema engaged in conversations with first- and second-year students about selecting courses, connecting with professors, and declaring the major. She promoted CCSRE events on dorm communication platforms and shared knoweldge from those events with those who were unable to attend.