Meet Our Students

No one can give you a better sense of what it’s really like to study Latin America at Lewis & Clark than our current students and recent alumni from the departments that make up this interdisciplinary program.

Annika, wearing a black sleeveless top, smiling while standing in front of a concrete wall outside The Dovecote.

Annika Bateman

Hometown: Dunkirk, Maryland
Overseas Program: (hopefully!) Strasbourg, France in fall 2021
Extracurriculars: The 59th International Affairs Symposium, The Meridian Journal of International and Cross-Cultural Perspectives, Student Note Taker for the Office of Student Accessibility
Meilin posing outside with Mount Hood in the background. They are wearing glasses and a white button-up shirt open over a black top.

Meilin Beloney

Hometown: Alameda, California
Overseas Program: Australia Regional Area Study (spring 2025)
Extracurriculars: Queer Student Union Coordinator, Mixed LC, IME Marketing Coordinator, Cochair of the 2024 Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies
Aidan smiling in front of rows of crops, wearing a shirt with an Access company logo.

Aidan Bennett

Hometown: Oakland, California
Overseas Program: East Africa
Extracurriculars: Amnesty International Club
Mikah Bertelmann BA '21

Mikah Bertelmann

Overseas Program: Siena, Italy
Extracurriculars: ASB, New Student Orientation, Student Engagement
Sonali posing outside in a green garden. She is wearing a white top with buttons and grey pants.

Sonali Blair

Hometown: Denver, Colorado
Overseas Program: Sevilla, Spain
Extracurriculars: Cochair of the 21st Annual Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies