Meet Our Students

No one can give you a better sense of what it’s really like to study world languages and literatures at Lewis & Clark than our current students and recent alumni.

Jayana Alvarez BA '19

Jayana Alvarez

Hometown: San Francisco, California
Overseas Program: Alicante, Spain, 2018
Extracurriculars: Women’s Varsity Soccer, Resident Advisor, CEESA (Coalition for English Education and Social Advocacy), Student Life Intern for Student Activities
*Student-supplied profile photo due to COVID-19. Thank you, Bowen!

Cody Bowen-Crosby

Hometown: Kalispell, Montana
Overseas Program: France, New Zealand
Extracurriculars: International Students and Scholars/Third Culture Kids Club, French Club, Russian Club
Marcella Chavez BA '21

Marcella Chavez

Hometown: Worthington, Ohio
Overseas Program: Alicante, Spain
Extracurriculars: Cross Country and Track
Tanner posing outside wearing a leather jacket and button-up shirt.

Tanner Lee

Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan
Overseas Program: Tokyo, spring 2025; Taipei, fall 2026
Extracurriculars: Community Accountability Council Member, Communications Manager at the Office of Sustainability, Peer Note-Taker for the Office of Student Accessibility, Leadership Intern for the Asian Student Union, Chinese Club Member, Japanese Club Member, KPH Radio Show Host, Reuse Room and Food Pantry Operation
Martin, in a black blazer and red collared shirt, sitting on an outdoor bench next to a brick wall.

Juan Martín López Meléndez

Hometown: La Piedad, Michoacán, México/Fresno, California/Las Vegas, New Mexico
Overseas Program: Russia
Extracurriculars: Bachata Club (leader), Third Culture Kids (TCK) board member, L&C Dance Company, Great Expectations mentor, Spanish tutor, Gente Latina Unida, Dance Y, Dance Extravaganza, College Outdoors