The Womyn’s Resource Center Staff

Advisor:

Alane Varga has been at Utica College for 24 years, working with the Womyn’s Resource Center since its beginnings. Alane first served as a counselor in Academic Support Services, and is currently the Associate Dean of Students. Her personal philosophy is: “It is necessary to teach by living a speaking those truths which we believe and know belong understanding….for it is not difference which immobilizes us but silence.”-Audre Lorde

Interns at the Womyn’s Resource Center:

Suhayl Santana is a sophomore with a major in International Studies and a minor in Human Rights Advocacy. Suhayl has been with the Center since fall 2006. This is Suhayl’s second year with the Center and she has made the administrative intern position her own. In her spare time she likes to spend time with her friends and go out shopping. Suhayl also likes to participate in the many events that are brought to the Utica college campus. Her favorite quote is “To thine own self be true.”- William Shakespeare 

Tracey Daley is a senior. Her major is Health Studies and her minor is Psychology. She is from the Bronx, NY. Tracey enjoys working at the center she says that “it is a great place to be”. Her favorite quote is “Don’t ever underestimate yourself, you don’t know what your future holds” –Tracey Daley 

Kendra Arzu is a junior who is majoring Government and politics w/ a concentration in International Business Management. She is from NYC, which she loves because of the building designs and the fast pace life style. This is her first year working at the center and she says “I love to work hard and succeed in whatever comes my way.” Her favorite quote is “To be nobody but myself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.” ~ E. E. Cummings ~(1894-1962)

Rashida Rowe is a senior majoring in Business Management with a concentration in Marketing. Rashida has been with the Center since November of 2006. Rashida enjoys dancing and being involved in the interesting things the campus brings here. Her favorite quote is “Well-behaved women rarely make history.” -  Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Programming Assistants

Annamaria Cirrincione is a sophomore majoring in mathematics with a concentration in pre-law and a minor in Spanish. This is her first semester working at the Womyn’s Resource Center. Her favorite quote is, “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by the every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along…you must do the thing you think you can not do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt  

Jaime Evanoff is a freshman on campus. She is currently a Cyber Security and Information Assurance Major. She was born and raised in Syracuse NY. This is her first year working at the Womyn’s Resource Center and she says that “She absolutely loves it”. Her favorite quote is “Live everyday like it’s your last”-anonymous  

Joely Germosen is a freshman on campus. She is currently undecided on a major but she is looking forward to having a major in nursing and a minor in psychology. This is Joely’s first year at the Womyn’s Resource Center and she says that she likes to work at the Center because she gets a feel for a lot of the events on campus. Her favorite quote is “Live for today. One never knows what is in for tomorrow”

Diana Inga is a senior on campus. Her major is Business Management with a concentration in Human Resources.  Diana tends to be very cheerful and focused on her career. In her spare time she enjoys dancing and exercising. Her favorite quote is “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”  - Helen Keller 

Ruth Joseph is a senior transfer student who is currently working on her second degree in Nursing. She is new to the center and she says that “so far it has been great.” Her favorite quote is “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy. It does not boast. It is not self-seeking, it keeps no records of wrong. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It always protects, always trust and always preserves.” 1 Cor.13 :4-8

Kevin Martin is a senior majoring is Public Relations. He has been with the Center since Spring of 2007 and has both contributed to the Center and learned to be an ally for women in our society. He likes to be involved on campus and always has a helping hand for anyone who needs him at the Center. His favorite quote is “Excellence is not an act, it is a habit.” -Aristotle