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Below, meet our guides. Find someone who resonates with you!

To read more of their perspectives, check out Jumbo Talk and follow @tuftstourguides! 

Alexa Santa Cruz ’27

alexa.santa_Cruz@tufts.edu
Hometown Lynn, Massachusetts
Fun Fact:

I am the first one in my family to go to college!

Major Mechanical Engineering

Aliana Makhija ‘28

aliana.makhija@tufts.edu
Hometown New Delhi, India
Fun Fact:

I am a British Canadian who grew up in India! I also absolutely adore dogs!

Christie Hao ’27

fuqing.hao@tufts.edu
Hometown Beijing, China
Fun Fact:

I have a Duolingo streak of learning French for almost 3 years!

Majors Science, Technology, and Society, Human Factors Engineering

Emma Desserault ‘26

emma.desserault@tufts.edu
Hometown Sun Valley, Idaho
Fun Fact:

I was born in Sydney, Australia!

Major English

Evan Kelly ‘28

evan.kelly@tufts.edu
Hometown Bedford, Massachusetts
Fun Fact:

I own five recorders of different sizes (and occasionally play them)

Majors Computer Science, Environmental Studies

Katie McConnell '26

katherine.mcconnell@tufts.edu
Hometown Boulder, Colorado
Fun Fact:

Fun Fact:  I went skydiving in Portugal!

Majors Political Science, Economics

Maddie Cortesi '25

madeline.cortesi@tufts.edu
Hometown Springfield, Virginia
Fun Fact:

I play (modern) flute & piccque flute, krummhorn, and many types of roelcoo, rBdaerro!

Majors Science, Technology, and Society, Sociology
Minor Medieval Studies

Maya Tesfai '26

maya.tesfai@tufts.edu
Hometown Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Fun Fact:

I like to make jewelry!

Majors International Relations, Middle Eastern Studies

Monique Giwa-Osagie ‘27

monique.giwa_osagie@tufts.edu
Hometown Brooklyn, New York
Fun Fact:

My favorite color is baby pink

Major Community Health

Moose (Musashi) Kuramoto ‘27

musashi.kuramoto@tufts.edu
Hometown New York City, New York
Fun Fact:

I can throw a frisbee about 80 yards out!

Majors Biochemistry, Biotechnology

Rebecca Short ‘25

rebecca.short@tufts.edu
Hometown Richmond, Virginia
Fun Fact:

I wrote a thesis on Paradise Lost!

Majors English, Latin

Sahana Sudarsan ‘27

sahana.sudarsan@tufts.edu
Hometown Austin, Texas
Fun Fact:

I (kind of) know 6 languages!

Majors International Relations, Quantitative Economics
Minor Arabic

Sophie Peckler ‘26

sophie.peckler@tufts.edu
Hometown Newton, Massachusetts
Fun Fact:

I spent this past semester studying abroad in Copenhagen!

Major Child Study and Human Development
Minor Education

Tamara Houck ‘26

tamara.houck@tufts.edu
Hometown New York City, New York
Fun Fact:

I tap dance

Majors Biochemistry, Biotechnology

Tessa Player ‘27

tessa.player@tufts.edu
Hometown Mountain View, California
Fun Fact:

I'm a heptathlete on the track and field team, and I have two cats named Chili and Jalapeño.

Major Biology

Thomas Bulzacchelli ‘27

thomas.bulzacchelli@tufts.edu
Hometown Chester, New Jersey
Fun Fact:

I have a golden retriever named Charlie!

Major Biology
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