Cinco de Gaucho:
The Second French Intervention in Mexico, 1862

Alycia Wong

Alycia Wong is a fourth year Sociology and Asian American Studies double major from Towson, Maryland. She joined UCSB MUN her freshman year after seeing a “G.O.A.T. WANTED” flier and has been forced to stay because no one else can fill the position. She also loves her awesome friends. In her free time she enjoys making LeBron James claymation edits, crafting EDM mixes of the Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked soundtrack on her DJ controller, and conducting experiments on her 50x50x50ft red ant farm.  

Matthew Tede

Matthew Tede is a fourth-year political science major from the Bay Area, California. He has done MUN for around a year, and his first time creating a committee, but he is very excited about it. In his free time, Matthew enjoys playing volleyball with friends, hanging out on the beach, and reading. He hopes that everyone participating in this committee will enjoy it as much as the chairs and CD have enjoyed creating it. If you have any questions about MUN in college, he would be happy to talk about it.

Jacob Varela

Jacob Varela is a third-year student at UCSB with a double major in History and Economics. He is from Placentia, California in Orange County. He has been doing Model UN for five years now, with two years of experience in high school before joining the team here at UCSB. He is incredibly proud to be a part of the team that he now considers a family to him. He's traveled around the country (and beyond) for conference and chaired at SBIMUN and GauchoMUN. Outside of Model UN, you find probably find Jacob reading on the beach, trying to find new places to eat in Isla Vista, or cramming for his next economics midterm.