Meet Our Board
The 2022-2023 Board Officers
Cindy Phung
Co-President
Year: 4th
Major: Biological Sciences
Who I relay for: my late aunt, Dao Thi Nguyen
Additional description: Hi everyone, I’m Cindy and I relay for my late aunt Dao Thi Nguyen. I want to show kindness and care to those who suffer and have suffered from cancer, making them feel like they have a place to belong and that they are valued for their experiences. Welcome all to our club!
Email: cphung4@uci.edu
Khuong Dinh
Co-President
Year: 4th
Major: Biological Sciences
Who I relay for: my aunt, my grandma, and cancer research
Additional description: Cancer is my main concern, and I want to focus on getting involved in different activities to support the cancer community. Watching my loved ones and people I know suffering from cancer urges me to do something to help them in their fight. To be a part of this club, I hope you and I together can make positive changes and bring cancer to its end.
Email: khuongtd@uci.edu
Karen Lam
Secretary/Treasurer
Year: 3rd year
Major: Biological Sciences
Who I relay for: I’m a 3rd year biological sciences major, and I relay for cancer survivors and patients.
Additional description: While my duty as secretary/treasurer of CAC/ACS at UCI is to organize and manage club finances, I am resolutely an advocate for cancer awareness and survivorship in the journey to support cancer patients and survivors. By bringing awareness to these central ideas, I hope that my efforts to relay for others have an impact.
Email: karentl1@uci.edu
Janice Jiang
Fundraising Chair
Year: 3rd year
Major: Biological Sciences
Who I relay for: relay for my grandma!
Email: janicej2@uci.edu
Theresa Vo
Team Captain
Year: 2nd year
Major: Public Health Policy Major
Additional description: I volunteer my time to support everyone affected by cancer, whether indirectly or directly. Because Cancer doesn’t just affect one person, it affects families, friends, and loved ones. No one deserves to deal with cancer and should not have to do it alone.
Email: thereslv@uci.edu
Bita Sadrossadat
Entertainment Chair
Year: 4th
Major: Biological sciences
Who I relay for: I relay for my grandma!
Email: bsadross@uci.edu
Deena Ayesh
Education Chair
Year: 4th
Major: Biological Sciences, Medical Anthropology minor
Who I relay for: I relay for more accessible patient care and treatment!
Email: dayesh@uci.edu
Noor Rifai
Survivorship Chair
Allyson Farfan
Publicity Chair
Year: 2nd
Major: Biological Sciences
Who I relay for: I relay for my aunt who was diagnosed with breast cancer last year.
Additional description: I hope to bring awareness and education to the people around me. I never realized how much family member getting diagnosed would affect me so imagining how cancer effects other's everyday lives is the reason I joined CAC at Irvine. We hope to leave things better than how we found it.
Email: aifarfan@uci.edu
Desareen Delgado
Outreach Coordinator