executive board
2026 Calendar Year
Jacqueline Suarez
Jacqueline is a junior majoring in Public Health. She is from Westport, Connecticut, and she is a proud member of the Chi pledge class (WI '24). Outside of PhiDE, Jacqueline is heavily involved with the Science Learning Center (SLC), facilitating and course leading CHEM 210, and serving on the Advisory Board. She has also started as an Undergraduate Instructional Aide (UIA) for CHEM 215, which allows her to pursue her passion for education. She is an analyst for Blueprints for Pangea, where she helps allocate excess medical supplies to communities in need. After working as an EMT at Huron Valley Ambulance, she was motivated to found MedicZero at Michigan, which addresses ambulance arrival delays by educating bystanders on basic life support practices. Additionally, she has been working with the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) at Michigan Medicine as an Undergraduate Researcher to determine lifestyle and genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease in the Hispanic community. In her free time, Jacqueline enjoys weightlifting, reading fiction, charcoal drawing, and checking off her bookmarked restaurants on Beli!
President
Jacob Azar
Vice President of Programming
Jacob is a Junior double majoring in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience, and Middle Eastern Studies. He is from Troy, Michigan, and a proud member of the Phi Class! Jacob’s favorite part of PhiDE is the mentorship and networking opportunities PhiDE offers, such as Doctor Dinner, Med Student brunch, and various panels. Outside of PhiDE, he is a Medical Assistant at the Michigan Ear Institute. He also serves as the President of the Syrian Student Association, where he cultivates the Syrian culture and heritage by creating events and collaborations that unite the Syrian identity on campus. Additionally, Jacob is a part of Camp Kesem, an organization that fundraises money to support children whose parents have been impacted by cancer, allowing them to attend camp for a week. He also serves as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for both Chem 210, Organic Chemistry I, and Chem 211, Organic Chemistry Lab I. In his free time, Jacob also dances a folkloric Arabic dance, Debke, in his dance troupe within U of M, called Arabesque. He also enjoys listening to music, cooking, and eating food!
Maya Barnabas
Vice President of Recruitment
Maya is a junior majoring in Biochemistry and minoring in Asian Pacific Islander American Studies. She is from Kailua, Hawaiʻi, and is a very proud member of the Phi class! Outside of PhiDE, Maya works as an Honors Admission Advisor, where she participates in student panels on Admission tours, tables at LSA student fairs, and leads prospective student meetings. She is also the Treasurer for the Filipino American Student Association (FASA), a cultural organization that embraces and shares Filipino culture through performances and club events. In FASA, she enjoys spending her time dancing tinikling in FASA cultural shows. Maya is also the Vice President of the Hawaiʻi Club at UofM, where students from Hawaiʻi have a space to connect with familiar faces and plan their annual lūʻau. Outside of UofM, Maya is a mentor with Kūlia College Pathways, where she advises Hawaiʻi high school students on next steps in the college application process. In her free time, Maya enjoys watching Michigan women’s basketball games, playing intramural basketball with her friends, learning new songs on the guitar, and binge-watching supernatural TV shows.
Nidhi Mistry
Vice President of Finance
Nidhi is a junior majoring in Biology, Health, and Society (BHS) with a minor in Writing. She is from Farmington Hills, MI, and a proud member of the Phi pledge class! Outside of PhiDE, she works as a research assistant at the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology and volunteers regularly with elder community members and at Mott Children’s Hospital. She is also a founding member and the current Vice President of ProjectMED, an organization focused on bringing pre-health opportunities to underrepresented high schools across Metro Detroit. When she is not in class or the lab, Nidhi is usually dancing with Wolveraas, where she serves as Public Relations Chair and travels around the country competing in the national Raas-Garba circuit. She also writes for Portraits of South Asia (POSA), a publication focused on capturing the South Asian experience, watching shows with her roommates (s/o New Girl), and visiting art fairs across Michigan with her family!
Serafim Dionyssopoulos
Secretary/Risk Management Officer
Serafim is a Junior majoring in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB). He is from Grosse Ile, Michigan and a proud member of the Phi member class! Outside of PhiDE, Serafim is nationally registered as an emergency medical technician (EMT) and works at Huron Valley Ambulance. He is also an undergraduate research assistant in the Comparative Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Laboratory (CORL), where he studies solutions to restore musculoskeletal health after orthopaedic injury in novel animal models. Additionally, Serafim works at the Metropolis of Detroit Summer Camp (MDSC), a Greek Orthodox camp where he has served as medical director, councilor and lifeguard. Serafim is currently an Organic chemistry (Chem 210) Teaching Assistant leading four discussion sections. In his free time, Serafim enjoys hammocking, walks in the arb, card games, and spending time with friends!