2025 Membership

Editor in Chief & President

Neya Kidambi

Neya is a junior from Trumbull, CT studying Politics with a minor in History. She will be graduating this coming May, and plans on attending law school after graduation. Neya is President and Editor-in-Chief of the NYU American Public Policy Review. She also founded NYU’s first university-wide fiber arts club, Yarn it Forward, focused on creating warm gifts for the unhoused community of New York City. She is currently doing research with a professor in the NYU Politics Department and interning for the Connecticut Office of the Secretary of the State. She began as a staff writer at ULR, before progressing to associate, executive editor, and Vice President. She now serves as the President. In her free time, she enjoys running, knitting/crocheting, and reading.

Executive Board

**Vice President**

**Michelle Mikhels**
Michelle is a junior from Brooklyn, New York studying Marketing at Stern with a double minor in Public Policy and Child & Adolescent Mental Health Studies. She plans on attending law school following graduation. She is currently working as a Senior Research Assistant on a project regarding patents and is involved in many other legal initiatives on campus. She started as a writer and business associate at ULR, served as the Business Director, and is now our VP! In her free time, she does mixed martial arts and creates visual art such as drawings, paintings, and embroidery.

**Secretary**
**Minjoo Kim**
Minjoo is a senior in CAS majoring in politics, with a passion for public policy and law shaped by her journey as an immigrant and her government internships. These experiences highlighted the importance of representation in minority communities, which she hopes to champion through a career in law after college.

**Treasurer**
**Shreeram Modi**
Shreeram is a junior from the Bay Area studying Computer Science and Philosophy at CAS. He has been involved in the ULR since his freshman year, serving as an Associate Editor and then as an Executive Editor and Secretary before becoming Treasurer this year. His legal interests are in IP and cyber law, aligning with his fields of study. Outside of the ULR, you can find him competing for NYU's policy debate team and teaching debate at Poly Prep in Brooklyn, doing network security research for the High Speed Research Network at NYU, or at https://smodi.net/.

**LPS Director**

**Rebecca Locher**
Rebecca is a junior from California studying International Relations, Journalism, and Economics. She currently works with the Latino Victory project and is a research intern with Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. She has previously worked with the Guatemala Human Rights Commission, various political organizations and campaigns, and as a research assistant for an NYU professor. In her free time, she enjoys running, baking, and coffee-shop hopping.

**Events Director**
**Jasmine Sanchez**
Jasmine is a junior from New York City studying politics and psychology with plans to attend law school after undergrad. She has been a member of the ULR for a year, serving as a staff writer for the print publication before now becoming the inaugural Events Director. Jasmine is currently a research assistant with NYU's Social Justice Lab and is pursuing the Ignite Fellowship with Teach for America. Previously, she interned for an immigration attorney at the Law Office of Robert J. Maher and served as a research assistant for the Wesleyan Media Project. She is incredibly passionate about a vast array of legal sectors including international human rights law and immigration and enjoys crocheting and reading in her free time.

**External Partnerships Director**
**Shri Vaidehi-Raja**
Shri is a junior studying Biology and Philosophy with a joint minor in Math & CS. She has been involved in the ULR since her freshman year, serving as Writer, Associate Editor, Executive Editor, and Treasurer in previous semesters. Her legal interests lie in intellectual property law and consumer protection in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. After graduation, she plans to pursue a PhD. Shri is the founder of a small organization dedicated to making research more accessible for underserved student populations, as well as a Research Associate in Weill-Cornell’s Department of Emergency Medicine. She also serves as Treasurer for Amnesty International @ NYU and Secretary for UNICEF @ NYU. In her free time, Shri enjoys playing ultimate frisbee, learning classical guitar, and binging video essays.

Sachin Sundar

Alisha Dookhie

Eesha Yalamanchili

Executive Editors

Steven Gulkowitz

Maximillian Nichols

Zhouran Wen

Shyam Ganesh

Zoë King

Brooklyn Samuels

Violetta Li

Molly Sugalski

Samantha De Vivo Burge

Con Xie

Shyam Ganesh

Associate Editors

Jamie Park

Emily Ye

Anika Pemmaraju

Sivani Srinivasan

Raghav Joshi

Maanika Gupta

Graylin Lucas

Rebecca Locher

Allie Benoit

Taylor Campbell

Liyana Illyas

Anthony Woo

Taskeen Tauhid

Beatrix Weber

Shreya Wankhade

Vinze Josha Valeza

George Brilliant

James Robles

Jasmine Sanchez

Angela Liu

Michelle Mikhels

Betsy Zalinski

Emmy Yang

Abigail Harrison

Justin Yen

Lydia Peevey

Aria Jain

Gabriella Sawa

Emmy Yang

Audrey Vo

Hayden Le

Ryan Mai

Stella Zhong

Shajuti Dey

Emma Pallante

Skylar Baria

Nayoung Kang

Julian Medina

Jamie Luo

Violet Lahde

Benjamin Sapozhinkov

Sophia Wang

David Medina

Gordie Meek

Ethan Du

Juliet Linderman

Staff Writer

Lauren Fakhoury

Claudia Cheng

Sherry Wang

Aadya Kuruvalli

Lily Mobraaten

Abigail Lin

Samantha Eill

Aria Mallick

Trisha Swamy

Alisha Nagpal

Cristina Kim

Dylan Warren

Fhatima Shakir

Annissa Khanna

Muhammad Jalal Hussain

Mya Sato

Betsy Zalinski

Hannah Kestenberg

Cristina Kim

Nash Dsouza

Erica Betts

Youngyoon (Yuna) Kim

Martin McPhee

Pirum Ung

Paige Ablon

Shrisay Reddy

Daisy Campos

Dillon Kalinani

Ruhan Ganpath

Brian Delgado

Minkyu Kim

Graylin Lucas

Emma Pallante

Business Associates

Zhuoran Wen

Jamie Luo

Brooklyn Samuels

Kaylee Ng

Violet Lahde

Aria Jain

Isabel Bilbao