Name: Archi Agrawal
Degree Level: Doctorate
Field of Study: Materials Science and Engineering
Hometown: India
What is your favorite thing to do during your free time in Ann Arbor?
Exploring restaurants and cafes.
What is a fun fact about you that you would like people to know?
I play badminton.
What are your hobbies?
Painting, Embroidery
Name: Ziyuan (Aurora) Bi
Degree Level: Masters
Field of Study: Higher Education
Hometown: Guangzhou, China
What is your favorite thing to do during your free time in Ann Arbor?
Explore coffee & milk tea places, as well as cooking & baking with my friends
What is a fun fact about you that you would like people to know?
I love k-pop - I went to seventeen, aespa, blackpink, and idle's concerts. But my favorite is seventeen.
What are your hobbies?
I have lots of hobbies. I like cooking and baking during dinner and weekends. I also play mahjong and poker with my friends. I love anime, so I learned Japanese throughout my entire undergraduate years and went to Japan twice.
Name: Soo Hyun Choi
Degree Level: Undergraduate
Field of Study: Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience
Hometown: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
What is your favorite thing to do during your free time in Ann Arbor?
Find a good cafe and try new drinks and desserts with friends! Strawberry matcha is my current obsession.
What is a fun fact about you that you would like people to know?
I can play the trombone while walking on a treadmill!
What are your hobbies?
I love playing video games, watching horror movies, and making my own lattes at home.
Name: Laura Estepa
Degree Level: Undergraduate
Field of Study: Computer Science & Linguistics
Hometown: Bogotá, Colombia
What is your favorite thing to do during your free time in Ann Arbor?
I love walking around downtown and trying new cafés!
What is a fun fact about you that you would like people to know?
I learned how to weld and use an angle grinder to build a plastic injection machine!
What are your hobbies?
Drawing, listening to podcasts, pilates
Name: Maurice Krzyzanowski
Degree Level: Doctorate
Field of Study: Chemical Engineering
Hometown: Warsaw, Poland
What is your favorite thing to do during your free time in Ann Arbor?
Going to bars, restaurants, coffee shops, and parks. I also enjoy playing tennis and there are many tennis courts in Ann Arbor.
What is a fun fact about you that you would like people to know?
I talk a lot and I love 70s disco dancing. I also have cute coyote plushies in the lab I work in.
What are your hobbies?
Tennis, music, and movies
Name: Hanson Liu
Degree Level: Undergraduate
Field of Study: International Studies and Economics
Hometown: China
What is your favorite thing to do during your free time in Ann Arbor?
Visit Pinball Peet’s and check out the new exhibition on second floor UMMA
What is a fun fact about you that you would like people to know?
I lived in Canada for 7 years and hated skiing and snowboarding
What are your hobbies?
I am very into tennis, gaming, and learning mocktail recipes that actually taste good.
Name: Will Peng
Degree Level: Undergraduate
Field of Study: Computer Science
Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan
What is your favorite thing to do during your free time in Ann Arbor?
Exploring new restaurants with friends.
What is a fun fact about you that you would like people to know?
I am a dancer! I performed with multiple dance teams on campus.
What are your hobbies?
Street dance, basketball, playing guitar, listening to music, board games with friends.
Name: Pavan
Degree Level: Masters
Field of Study: Business Administration
Hometown: Hyderabad, India
What is your favorite thing to do during your free time in Ann Arbor?
One of my favorite things to do is just take long walks or bike rides around the city — especially along the Huron River or through Nichols Arboretum when the weather is nice. I also enjoy hosting dinners for friends — cooking is my way of feeling at home, and sharing a good meal always brings people together.
What is a fun fact about you that you would like people to know?
I’m obsessed with driving! like, really obsessed. Every time I’m on the road, it feels like I’m on a racetrack, even if I’m just going to pick up groceries.
What are your hobbies?
I really enjoy being active and outdoors, especially walking around campus, cycling through the Arb. On quieter days, I like sketching; it’s something I picked up years ago.
Name: Kehinde Sowunmi
Degree Level: Doctorate
Field of Study: Germanic Languages and Literatures
Hometown: Ogun, Nigeria
What is your favorite thing to do during your free time in Ann Arbor?
Visit the Umma Museum and the Jazz club downtown.
What is a fun fact about you that you would like people to know?
I am a twin, and I enjoy collecting snow globes of every city or country I visit.
What are your hobbies?
Browsing through bookstores and reading a book, making crocheted blouses, travelling for adventures.
Name: Tiffany Phoebe Sudijono
Degree Level: Undergraduate
Field of Study: Cognitive Science (Decision) and Information Science (User Experience Design)
Hometown: Jakarta, Indonesia
What is your favorite thing to do during your free time in Ann Arbor?
In Ann Arbor, my favorite recreational activities include exploring downtown bakeries and strolling through the seasonal pop-up shops and events that occur annually, such as Art Fair!
What is a fun fact about you that you would like people to know?
I am self-taught mixed media artist who loves transforming old, unwanted materials into something new—whether it is embossing calligraphy paper on wood or setting up silkscreen installations!
What are your hobbies?
I am deeply driven to explore anything interdisciplinary ranging from visual arts and research to digital technology and community service. Whether I am working on a pyrography piece, animating graphics, or experimenting with new recipes, I enjoy blending the technical with the creative across all my pursuits!
Name: My Tran
Degree Level: Masters
Field of Study: Higher Education
Hometown: Hanoi, Vietnam
What is your favorite thing to do during your free time in Ann Arbor?
I enjoy exploring coffee shops, bookstores, and farmers' markets, but my favorite activity is nature walks in Ann Arbor parks, such as Nichols Arboretum and Matthaei Botanical Gardens.
What is a fun fact about you that you would like people to know?
I really love flowers, matcha, and boba tea, so I often explore and seek out places that have them to try and buy.
What are your hobbies?
Reading books and going for a nature walk.