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are yall excited for the first welcome month event?? 🤸♂️
we’re starting off with a welcome social 🗣️ for yall to get to meet one another, get to know asa, and have fun!
we’re featuring snacks 😋, games and icebreakers, a lei making activity 🌺, raffle contest, and a chance to win 🏆 a hoodie/goodie bags (with stickers and snacks), all for FREE!
see u all there on august 29 @ 7pm est in wpu assembly!

for all of our new faces, here’s a quick summary on what asa is! we hope to see yall around, whether it be around wpu 6 or for our welcome week and future events! 🙂↕️

BOARD INTROS 2025-26
last but not least, our fearless leader herself
PRESIDENT!! caroline guo ᯓ★
❀ she’d be the guinness world record holder for her cartwheel emoji usage 🤸♂️ (<- can confirm that this is true)
❀ 3 silly little fun facts about me are…
★ i like to draw & crochet! 🎨
★ i am a big mitski fan (fav song is brand new city) 🎧
★ i have an ice cream machine🍦that i haven’t used in like two yrs LOL i want to get back into using it though so lmk if u have flavor recs
❀ one thing i’m looking forward to this year with asa is
meeting new ppl and making good memories :D
❀ my insta stories takeover will be happening very soon!

BOARD INTROS 2025-26
second to last is our #1 room booker herself…
VPA!! sabrina green (*ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)ꕤ*
❀ she would be a guinness world record holder for most shows started but never finished (;☉_☉)
❀ 3 whimsical fun facts are…
ꕤ i have officially completed the game “i love hue” ✔️
ꕤ my dream pet is a black cat 🐈⬛ named salem (for the irony)
ꕤ i’ve dyed my hair eleven times ╥﹏╥
❀ one thing she’s looking forward to this year with asa is
meeting new people and growing our community 🤍
❀ stay tuned for my insta stories takeover!

BOARD INTROS 2025-26
next up is the mastermind behind our aanhpi month
VPE!! ellie xie ⋆✴︎˚。⋆
❀ she would be a guinness world record holder for caffeine consumed daily
❀ 3 fascinating facts about ellie are…
✴︎ i have a tattoo 🪡 of cinnamoroll on my neck
✴︎ i’ve visited almost 30 countries ✈️
✴︎ my squat pr is 225 🏋️♀️
❀ one thing she’s looking forward to this year with asa is…
meeting everyone!! ٩(•̤̀ᵕ•̤́๑)
❀ watch out for my insta stories takeover!

BOARD INTROS 2025-26
moving on to our very own
VPF!! aileen li 。 ゚ ꒰ঌ ✦໒꒱ ༘*.゚
❀ she would be the guinness world record for fitting the most tea eggs 🥚in her mouth 👄
❀ 3 amazing facts about aileen are…
✦ i’ve been to exactly half the us states (25!) 🏞️
✦ i don’t rly drink coffee ☕️ bc it makes me tweak crazy 🫨
✦ i am a hot yoga 🧘♀️ enthusiast!
❀ one thing she’s looking forward to this year with asa is
getting our money up ⬆️🤑 and forming new friendships 🙏💗
❀ stay tuned👂for my insta stories takeover!

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our first upper board member is none other than the queen 👸 herself,
VPI!! uma muzumdar ˚. ✦.˳·˖✶ ⋆.✧̣̇˚.
❀ in the queen’s words 📜, she would be a guinness world record holder for “probably being super talented and attractive and also effervescent”
(pls comment below 👇 if this is true…)
❀ 3 glorious facts about uma are
✦ i can bend my fingers back over 90°🫸
✦ i’ve seen over 1000 movies 🎥
✦ i have a cat named toast 😺=🍞
❀ one thing she’s looking forward to this year with asa is
<3 seeing familiar faces + new ones :P
❀ watch out for my insta stories takeover! (queen’s decree☝️)

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next up is the diva herself,
ADVOCACY CHAIR!! noelani tanaka *ੈ𑁍༘⋆
❀ you’re looking at the potential guinness world record holder for the most sweet treats 🍬needed to survive 😦
❀ 3 must-know facts about noelani are…
ᢉ𐭩 my sleep 💤 schedule is horrendous and i’m basically nocturnal 🦉
ᢉ𐭩 i like baking 👩🍳 and arranging bouquets 💐
ᢉ𐭩 i’m a big reader 📖 (currently reading babel by rf kuang)
❀ one thing i’m looking forward to this year with asa is
continuing to meet new people and getting to know more api orgs throughout pgh 🙂↕️
❀ keep an eye 👁️ out for my insta stories takeover!

BOARD INTRO 2025-26
cha ching! 💲 that’s the sound of the money brought in by
FUNDRAISING CHAIR!! darren cen ⋆˚࿔
꩜ if you’ve seen him catching a few Zs😴, you’re officially obligated to vouch for his guinness world record in, you guessed it, sleeping
꩜ 3 interesting things about darren are🤔
⭑ i’ve had covid 7️⃣ times
⭑ i’ve slept over 24 hours multiple times (do we see a repeating pattern here…)
⭑ i’m in the top .1% of players on cookie run 🏃kingdom
꩜ one thing i’m looking forward to this year with asa is
meeting new people and making new friends! 🫨
꩜ don’t sleep 😪 on my insta stories takeover 🔜

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next up is *i like it picasso* in the flesh,
MEDIA CHAIR!! kenneth lin ⭑.ᐟ
꩜ we officially announce he is the guinness world record holder /j of LOUD burps 🗣️
꩜ 3 devious facts about kenneth …
⭑ i am glued 🩹to spotify (IT IS MY LIFE BLOOD)
⭑ graphic design is my passion 👨🎨
⭑ i am terrified of escalators ‼️
꩜ one thing i’m looking forward to this year is
growing the community and having fun! 🤸
꩜ watch out for my impending insta stories takeover 🕶️










⋆˙⟡Upcoming Events⋆˙⟡
♡ 8/27 CASA GBM, Nordy’s Place, 8pm
♡ 8/28 CASA Boba on the Lawn, Schenley Plaza, 7pm
♡ 8/29 CASA Trivia Night, WPU 548, 5pm
★ 8/29 ASA Welcome Social, WPU Assembly Room, 7pm
☁︎ 8/31 JSA Welcome Social, 207 David Lawrence, 12pm
❀ 8/31 VSA Welcome Social, WPU Lower Lounge, 3pm