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2026 Porter College Commencement Program

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Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2026

Dharmesh Kumar David Mistry Sociology

Alejandro Nicolas Montoreano Computer Science: Computer Game Design

Aidan Carlos Moore 4

Art and Design: Games and Playable Media and Spanish Studies

Mateo Lucas Moore Ecology and Evolution

Meredith Moore Politics

Anthony Robert Morales 4 Politics

Aidan Christopher Richard Moran Agroecology

Duncan Eamonn Moran 4

Art and Design: Games and Playable Media and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies

Alexis Moreno Education, Democracy and Justice

Jesse Whitelaw Mosher Politics

Alice Brooke Moskovitz Global and Community Health

Noah Murphy Global and Community Health

Kaylee Faith Narvaez Global and Community Health

Madison Analuz Navarro

Naveed Nazarizadeh 1

Art and Design: Games and Playable Media

Art and Design: Games and Playable Media

Avalon Ella Neal Film and Digital Media and Literature

Siena Ashley Newmark Global and Community Health

Sky Francis Ng Cognitive Science

Evan Nielson Ecology and Evolution

Ezra Noe

Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism

Isaiah Ini Ntekop Cognitive Science

Luca O'Shea Mathematics

Adan Patrick O'Toole

Art and Art and Design: Games and Playable Media

Alyssa Isabella Obregon Legal Studies and Politics

Isabella W. Orduna Global and Community Health

Veronica Sage Ostrin 4 Neuroscience

Sasha Ovod 4

Art and Design: Games and Playable Media

Gabe Paganucci Film and Digital Media and History

Gursimrat Pannu Psychology

Cole Ivan Parker Sociology

Jaden Stewart Parker 4 Mathematics

Ross Whitman Partridge Theater Arts

Adrian Pasos Environmental Studies

Shruti Pathak

Diana Yadhira Guido Paz

Dane Alexander Pearson

Cognitive Science

Global Economics

Cognitive Science

Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2026

Alejandro Pelayo Global and Community Health

Andrew Joseph Pena Business Management Economics

Jason Hai Yang Peng Computer Science

Antonio Akiyoshi Pereda Computer Science: Computer Game Design

Adi Perets 3 Business Management Economics

Ale Paola Plyler Perez Art

Ed Jose Perez 4

Serena Fransisca Perez

Art and Design: Games and Playable Media

Education, Democracy and Justice

Killian J. Peters Psychology

Sharon Phu

Education, Democracy, and Justice

Brandon An Phuong Creative Technologies

Aneri Pillai Legal Studies

Toros Pinar Business Management Economics

Anna Elizabeth Polednik

Art and History of Art and Visual Culture

Bode Christian Willem Polhemus Computer Science

Aislinn Jayms Porter

Education, Democracy and Justice

Melisa Jacklyn Portillo Literature

Wyatt Eli Pound Film and Digital Media

Jesse Araham Preciado Computer Science

Juls Plan Prudente Film and Digital Media

Dapne Yuridia Pulido Sociology

Vaishali Purushothaman Microbiology

Juan Ramirez-Wurts Psychology

Yanara Ramos

Education, Democracy and Justice

Harsh Ranjan Computer Engineering

Colette Ocean Reed 4

Art and History of Art and Visual Culture

Kailani Catherine Reis-Weiland 4 Neuroscience

Reece Olivia Ann Revell 4 Literature

Grace Li Qi Reynolds 4

Art and History of Art and Visual Culture

Lilly Elnora Ricketts Environmental Sciences

Liam Rigler Art

Ambrosio Valentin Rivera Ecology and Evolution

Ashton Rivers General Psychology

Meryt Gayle Roantree Psychology

Owen David Roberts 4 Politics

Alexander Peter Rochelle 4

Ana Iris Rodriguez

Computer Engineering and Robotics Engineering

Education, Democracy and Justice and Psychology

Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2026

Eduardo Frausto Rodriguez

Art and Design: Games and Playable Media

Victoria Liliana Rodriguez Environmental Sciences

Yanneli Rodriguez Art

Jose Nicolas Romero

Art and Design: Games and Playable Media

Decker Tennyson Rucinski Environmental Studies/Economics

Nigel Benjamin Ruz Physics

Mani Singh Sachdeva Film and Digital Media

Peyton Joann Saks 4 History

Mila Salamone History of Art and Visual Culture

Matthew Salamoni Neuroscience

Mae Saltz Computer Science

Hemma Belen Sanchez Cognitive Science

Lucas Charles Sanchez Film and Digital Media

Adrian Santos Film and Digital Media and Literature

Micah Nathaniel Schmidt 4

Art and Design: Games and Playable Media

Benjamin Schumacher Computer Science

Cecilia Claire Schutz Anthropology

Aydan See Computer Science

Logan Shehane 4 Computer Science: Computer Game Design

Akira Marek Shemansky

Art and Design: Games and Playable Media

Rafael Y. Shiguedomi Computer Science

Sora Shiraki Cognitive Science

Mathew Signorello-Katz 4 History

Zion Silveyra Computer Engineering

Shruti Singh 4 Cognitive Science

Tati Slepica Film and Digital Media

Ahmee Mirabella Smith 4 Art

Aidan Kevin Smith Literature

Lucas Patrick Solis

Aaron Spalding

Robotics Engineering

Art and Design: Games and Playable Media

Brandon Speight 4 Psychology

Ryder Stoddard 4 Community Studies and Legal Studies

Eleanor Maeve Stoever Environmental Studies/Economics and Applied Mathematics

Caitlin Alexandra Sutton Applied Physics

Jackson Sweat Film & Digital Media

Justin Tang

Art and Design: Games and Playable Media

Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2026

Evan Neal Taylor

Critical Race and Ethnic Studies and Politics

Celia Testi 4 Art

Hunter Cole-Custer Throop History

Andrew Steven Torres Psychology

Jasmin Isabel Torres Sociology

Parinaz Toufighi Legal Studies and Politics

Brittany Ly Tran Biotechnology and Environmental Studies

Christiane Areli Tran Economics

Tyana Tran

Rowan E. Trilling-Hansen 4

Art and Design: Games and Playable Media

Film and Digital Media and Philosophy

Eleven Turoff Theater Arts

Lucy Claire Twohey-Jacobs

Art and History of Art and Visual Culture

Nolan Charles Vester Anthropology and Film and Digital Media

Ariel Isaac Vicente

Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

Ani Villalba Economics

Nicole Marie Villegas

Kai Christian Voll

Business Management Economics and Film and Digital Media

Art and Design: Games and Playable Media

Andrey Voronov Computer Science

Robin Lucia Voss-Medina

Donnie William Waggoner 4

Conrad Clarke Walbeck

Art and Design: Games and Playable Media

Film and Digital Media

Art and Design: Games and Playable Media

Miles John Walton Anthropology

Daniel Martin Ward Computer Science

Jett Warfield Biology

Ashley Watrin Film and Digital Media

Ruby Helene Wenzlaff

Art and Community Studies

Shannon Nicole West Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

Markus Sinclair White Physics (Astrophysics)

tai brianajiaru white

Art and Design: Games and Playable Media

Isabella Rose Wilburn Environmental Sciences

Carlie A. Wilkins Microbiology

Izzy Williams 4 Feminist Studies

Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Conferred Spring 2026

Violet Williams

Sociology and Politics

Caroline Louisa Wilson Art

Jay Thomas Wilson Computer Science

Alyssa Windom

History of Art and Visual Culture

Kaley Manette Withrow-Mitchell History of Art and Visual Culture

Gabby Gracie Wolfe Psychology

James Allen Wong Environmental Studies

Julia Wong Electrical Engineering

Marisa Wong

Art and Art and Design: Games and Playable Media

Tae Ying Wong Linguistics

Madison Wong-Brady

Morgan Grace Woodley 4

Chenhao Wu

Mika Wen Wu

Michael Michael Xi 4

History of Art & Visual Culture

History of Art and Visual Culture

Art and Design: Games and Playable Media

Art and Design: Games and Playable Media and Computer Science: Computer Game Design

Computer Science: Computer Game Design

Maia Pa Chia Xiong Environmental Sciences

Elizabeth Yepez Psychology

Jake Hideo Oshiro Yoshimoto Robotics Engineering

Gabriel Jaron Young

Art and Design: Games and Playable Media and Theater Arts

Kaixu Yu 4 Psychology

Weilin Yu

Jc Zaragoza

Computer Science: Computer Game Design

Computer Science: Computer Game Design

Elias Elena Zepeda Psychology

Ruyi Zhang

Jessica Ziqing Zhen

Business Management Economics

Business Management Economics

Mandy Zhu Biotechnology and Legal Studies

Inclusion in this commencement program and participation in the Porter College Commencement Ceremony does not necessarily signify the completion of the Baccalaureate degree.

University Honors

( 1 ) Summa cum Laude, “with highest distinction”, signifies graduate standing in the top 2% of their class.

( 2 ) Magna cum Laude, “with great distinction”, signifies graduate standing the top 5% of their class.

( 3 ) Cum Laude, “with distinction”, signifies graduate standing in the top 15% of their class.

( 4 ) Candidate for University Honors. Graduating seniors who may be awarded Honors after spring quarter are noted in this program as “Candidate for University Honors”.

Porter College Service Award

Porter College recognizes these graduating seniors who have demonstrated exemplary leadership and commitment to the Porter College and UCSC communities.

Elisa Anderson Aurora Aguilar

Arslan Aliev

Emily Candlera

Abby Edelstein Belle Ester

Kimberly Estrada Paulina Garcia

Alexis Gold Sarah Hendrix

Jaidan Jenkins-Kiefer

Danica Keepper

Katie Kovedi Adam Martinez

Alyssa Obregon Aneri Pillari

Juls Prudente

Meryt Roantree

Lucas Sanchez Mathew Signorello-Katz

Lucas Solis

Lucy Twohey-Jacobs

Porter College would like to acknowledge and thank Taylor DeGiovanni, Kristin Palma, and the staff in University Advancement who coordinated this weekend of celebrations, and the College and University Staff and volunteers staff who made it possible.

Congratulations Porter College Class of 2026!

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