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Lucy Nguyen is a fourth-year business marketing major and political science minor. Her freshman year she received her first taste of Student Government as a volunteer on the Associated Students, Inc. Street Team, igniting a passion for the campus and its students. Previous positions held include representing 4,000 students as Senator for the College of Business on the ASI Board of Directors and Vice-President/Chair of the Senate. Always seeking opportunities for personal growth, she was accepted into the Corporate Mentoring Program as its youngest member, a four-year member of the American Marketing Association, volunteer at the Long Beach Rescue Mission, and is one of the founding members of Long Beach Rotary. Her dream is to open a marketing firm in Southern California and a charity that will give disadvantaged children around the world an opportunity to cultivate their talents. Lucy is a local from Anaheim and attended Oxford Academy in Cypress. She is also the first Vietnamese-American to serve as an executive at CSULB. Although always busy, Lucy enjoys trying new foods, reading, and the little things in life.
A Sacramento native, Stephen joined the Beach community as a freshman in 2008. Stephen’s passion for student advocacy started early. As a freshman, he organized a group of more than 1,000 students to extend the hours of the University Library for 24 hours during finals. After his positive experience working alongside Associated Students, Inc. leaders on the project, he got involved as the Secretary of Systemwide Affairs in the President’s Cabinet. He worked closely with the AS President and Chief of Staff to gather the personal stories of students affected by the budget cuts and brought these letters to Sacramento to represent CSULB at the Capitol. It is not only the potential for positive change that gives him the drive to continue his advocacy, but the challenges that come along with the job that keeps Stephen searching for more ways to advocate for higher education, student services and student rights. It is that passion that pushed him to run for Senate in 2010, where he worked with other student leaders and AS staff to assess and propose community management software to the senate in an effort to increase communication between students, student organizations, the office of Student Life and Development, and the Associated Students. Outside of his work, he is a proud member of Theta Chi Fraternity, a former Interfraternity Council President, as well as Theta Chi Fraternity Vice President. He was recently given the honor of Greek Man of the Year. Today, he enjoys pushing his limits in more ways than one as he is in trains for his first marathon.
Michael Quibuyen began his involvement within ASI by becoming Senator for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the end of his sophomore year. As a commuter student, Michael grew up in Orange County in the city of Cypress and hopes to have a career in Southern California that focuses on environmental issues. Michael attributes his ambition and work ethic from his mother, who has had a significant impact on him. Since becoming a student at The Beach, Michael has enjoyed the college lifestyle by being involved in student organizations and within surrounding community. In ASI, Michael has served as Senator for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics for two years and now serves as the ASI Treasurer/C.F.O. Michael is passionate about Greek life as a member Delta Chi Fraternity where he has served his chapter as the Scholarship Chair, Fundraising Chair, and now the Alumni Correspondent. He also has served in IFC as the Director of Scholarship. Michael has leadership experience at a system-wide level as the Academic Technology Officer with the California State Student Association, which represents students of the CSU as a whole to the state legislature. Michael is a fifth-year Environmental Science and Policy (B.S.) major and Political Science minor with aspirations to move onto Law School to pursue a career in Environmental Law working with non-profit organizations such as Green Peace or the Sierra Club.
Deborah Rowe is a fourth-year political science major completing her final year at CSULB. She first joined ASI during her sophomore year when she served as chair of the Student Media Board. During her junior year, she was appointed Secretary for City Affairs to the President’s Cabinet. While serving as secretary, she spearheaded a large-scale voter registration and issues education effort during the 2010 midterm elections that yielded more than 2,000 new registered CSULB voters. Outside of The Beach, Deborah is extremely well-versed in politics as a result of her experience in the field. She has completed several internships across the political spectrum, including intern for a liberal grassroots organizations that represent minority voters, as an intern for conservative Assemblymember Kevin Jeffries, and as an archival intern for Richard Nixon Library and Museum. She is bi-racial, being Chinese and Caucasian, and a first-generation American and college student. Deborah is a member of the University Honors Program and is currently working on her senior thesis on state-sanctioned war propaganda. She holds honors in Pi Sigma Alpha, the political science national honor society where she serves as President, and Kappa Tau Alpha, the journalism equivalent. In her limited free time she enjoys trips to Disneyland, struggling to write poetry, making people laugh, and being a news junkie. She aspires to one day become a professor of government and to live and work in Washington D.C.
ASI has been a home away from home for Kasey as she had been working the front desk and behind the scenes for the Beach Pride Center in the University Student Union. Home to the ASI Commissions, Kasey had the opportunity to help with ASI-sponsored events and volunteered for any commission that needed help. This guided her into becoming Student Orientation Commissioner, then later the Awards and Recognition Commissioner. Outside of work, Kasey quickly got involved in USU Program Council as a volunteer, then later became its Voting Board Chair for three semesters. Kasey is also heavily involved in Greek Life at The Beach as a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority and the current Vice President of Activities for the Panhellenic Council. Through this position, Kasey recently worked with the Greek community to plan Greek Week, which is filled with activities and fundraisers for OneHeartland. Her focus is now shifting to being Rho Gamma Coordinator for the Panhellenic Recruitment Team. In the department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Kasey served as the California Parks and Recreation Society Student Representative for Recreation Society. A strong believer in the motto “You get out what you put in,” Kasey strives to contribute to the university in many outlets but knows her home is with ASI.
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