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Tulane Global Ambassadors
Below is just a small group of international and U.S. students at Tulane who are actively engaged with our international community. These Global Ambassadors are more than happy to discuss aspects of Tulane with you, as well as their adjustment to making our unique campus and city home.
Each student has listed topics that most interest them, as well as their hometown. Please get in touch with any and all of them for their personal perspectives on Tulane.
Leticia Ferreira Nakatani
São Paulo, Brazil
Major: Neuroscience
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, German, English, Spanish
Class of 2021
lnakatani@tulane.edu
Jackie Kandalaft
Abu Dhabi, UAE and Beirut, Lebanon
Majors: Psychology, International Relations
Languages Spoken: English, Arabic, French
Class of 2019
jkandala@tulane.edu
Zekun Wu
Shangrao, China
Majors: Finance, Marketing, Computer Science
Languages Spoken: Mandarin, English
Class of 2020
zwu13@tulane.edu
Valeria Gonzalez
Quito, Ecuador
Major: Undecided Business
Languages Spoken: Spanish, English
Class of 2021
vgonzalez@tulane.edu
Sarper Tutuncuoglu
Istanbul, Turkey
Majors: Business, Computer Science
Languages Spoken: Turkish, English, some French
Class of 2021
stutuncuoglu@tulane.edu
Pritika Sharma
New Delhi, India
Majors: Anthropology, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Minor: International Development
Languages Spoken: English, Hindi, French, Punjabi, Urdu
Class of 2020
psharma@tulane.edu
Jae Eun Park
Seoul, South Korea
Major: Psychology
Languages Spoken: Korean, English
Class of 2020
jpark14@tulane.edu
Dinuka Malith Don Nakandalage
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Major: Economics, Mathematics
Minor: Political Science
Languages Spoken: Sinhala, English
Class of 2019 (Transfer student)
ddonnakandalage@tulane.edu
Cathleen Kuo
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Majors: Biomedical Engineering
Languages Spoken: Chinese, English, Taiwanese
Class of 2021
ckuo3@tulane.edu
Jeong min Oh
Busan, South Korea
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Languages Spoken: Korean, English
Class of 2018
joh1@tulane.edu
Derrick Shu
Shanghai, China
Major: Management
Minor: Marketing
Languages Spoken: English, Chinese, Japanese
Class of 2020
xshu@tulane.edu
Pari Dhruva
Mumbai, India
Majors: Cellular & Molecular Biology, Marketing
Languages Spoken: English, Hindi, Gujurati
Class of 2021
pdhruva@tulane.edu
Thanda Myo Win
Yangon, Myanmar
Major: Economics
Languages Spoken: Burmese, English
Class of 2020
twin@tulane.edu
Charles Copetas
Paris, France
Major: Linguistics
Minor: Spanish
Languages Spoken: French, English
Class of 2020
ccopetas@tulane.edu
Phuong (Suzy) Ho
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Major: Marketing
Languages Spoken: Vietnamese, English
Class of 2021
pho1@tulane.edu
Monica Hurtarte
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Majors: Economics & Finance, Master of Accounting
Minor: Legal Studies in Business
Languages Spoken: Spanish, English
Class of 2019 (Master of Accounting, 2020)
mhurtart@tulane.edu
Leyao (Emma) Tong
Taiyuan, China
Majors: Legal Studies, Computer Science
Languages Spoken: Mandarin, English
Class of 2021
ltong@tulane.edu
Judith Dayan
Panama City, Panama
Majors: Communications, Psychology & Early Childhood Education
Minors: School of Liberal Arts Management Minor, Jewish Studies
Languages Spoken: Spanish, English, some Hebrew
Class of 2021
jdayan1@tulane.edu
Deepika Rajkumar
Pune, India
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Minor: Music
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish, French, some Hindi and Tamil
Class of 2020
drajkuma@tulane.edu
Parshva Vakharia
Mumbai, India
Majors: Economics, Political Science
Minor: School of Liberal Arts Management Minor
Languages Spoken: English, Hindi, Spanish, Gujarati
Class of 2021
pvakharia@tulane.edu
Alejandra Gonzalez Vargas
Monterrey, Mexico
Majors: Anthropology, Management
Languages Spoken: Spanish, English, French, German, some Arabic
Class of 2020
agonza2@tulane.edu