Mayra Garces | she/her/ella
SES Associate Director, SAW Director
SAW Staff & Faculty
SAW Leadership Team
The SAW Leadership Team collaborates to ensure that academic and co-curricular experiences during SAW are meaningful and interconnected.
SAW Student Leadership Team
The SAW Student Leadership Team assist the SAW Director in major components of SAW co-curricular programming and serve as a knowledgeable support to the SAW Counselors. The SAW GA and Counselor Coordinators also live in the residence hall with SAW participants.
SAW Counselors
The SAW Counselors are upper-class FGLI students trained to support incoming first year FGLI students. They have a wealth of knowledge and are excited to welcome incoming students to the Northwestern Community. SAW participants can expect to be matched with a SAW Counselor at the program's start. SAW counselors also live in the residence hall with participants.
SAW Faculty
There are 2 academic components to SAW, a Cook Family Writing Program and School of Communication course. All SAW students are enrolled in these credit bearing courses, and they are taught by passionate and dedicated faculty and Graduate Assistants invested in FGLI student success.
Elizabeth Lenaghan | she/her/hers
Cook Family Writing Program, SAW Academic Director
Rick Incorvati | he/him/his
School of Communication SAW Liaison & Facilitator
Braini McKenzie | she/her/hers
SES Assistant Director, SAW Student Staff Manager
Marcia Maxson | she/ella/هي
SAW Graduate Assistant
Cydney Brown | she/her/hers
SAW Counselor Coordinator
Gavin Yi | he/him/his
SAW Counselor Coordinator
Elizabeth Lenaghan | she/ her/ hers
SAW Academic Director & Instructor | Cook Family Writing Program
Charles Yarnoff | he/ him/ his
Instructor | Cook Family Writing Program
Leslie Fischer | she/ her/ hers
Instructor | Cook Family Writing Program