2018 Fellows
2018 Magis Induction Ceremony
The 2018 Fellows were inducted into the Magis Alumni Society on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. In total, 17 students were inducted into the ceremony and all four Clusters presented on their projects that, "made USF a better place". View photos from the ceremony below!
2018 Fellow Roster
Adrian Quiroz
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Favorite Leadership Quote: "Be an oar, not an anchor."
Amelia Browder
Hometown: Murrieta, California
Favorite Leadership Quote: "Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. And you cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore." - Cesar Chavez
Annika Cowen
Hometown: Lake Barrington, Illinois
Favorite Leadership Quote: "Good leaders don't make followers, they make other leaders."
Ariana Robert Martinez
Hometown: Pearland, Texas
Favorite Leadership Quote: “When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.” - Malala Yousafzai
Caitlynn Gosha
Hometown: Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Favorite Leadership Quote: "The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there." - James Buchanan
Dori Do
Hometown: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Favorite Leadership Quote: "Don't count the years, make the years count."
Elijah Westall
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada
Favorite Leadership Quote: "When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'" - Lao Tzu
Gabe Gibbens
Hometown: Iowa City, Iowa
Favorite Leadership Quote: "Don't find fault, find a remedy."
Jack Brown
Hometown: Paradise Valley, Arizona
Favorite Leadership Quote: "With struggle comes understanding, with understanding comes compassion, and with compassion comes love."
Jessica Ramirez
Hometown: Stockton, California
Favorite Leadership Quote: "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."
Kenneth Cacacho
Hometown: Fremont, California
Favorite Leadership Quote: "If you can't fly, then run, if you can't run, then walk, if you can't walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lauren Gascon
Hometown: Aiea, Hawaii
Favorite Leadership Quote: "Be true. Be you. Be kind."
Malia Aiello
Hometown: Aiea, Hawaii
Favorite Leadership Quote: "The people who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do." - Steve Jobs
Meg Grant
Hometown: Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania
Favorite Leadership Quote: "A leader's job is not to do the work for others, it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible." - Simon Sinek
Sonja Angst
Hometown: Maunaloa, Hawaii
Favorite Leadership Quote: Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them - John C. Maxwell
Zena Jaber
Hometown: Colma, California
Favorite Leadership Quote: "The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution." - Huey P. Newton
Zharia Butler
Hometown: Hayward, California
Favorite Leadership Quote: "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou