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Class of 2029
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Aida Saake
Class: 2029
Major: Global Affairs
College: Davenport
Hometown: Mooresville, North Carolina (The better Carolina)
Activities: Modern Dance Collective (affectionately known as ModCo), The Progressive Party of the Yale Political Union, Yale Dems, First-Year Representative Davenport College Council, talking about Mock Trial to anyone who will listen, complaining about the lack of proper sweet tea in Connecticut.
About: Aida enjoys annotating novels for her first-year English seminar (though the jury is still out on whether she actually enjoys reading them) and perusing the Internet for ideas to make her LDub common room even more cozy. She thinks that Starbucks' fall drinks are by far their worst seasonal flavors, but fall is by far the best season so it evens out. She is passionate about the rose vanilla matcha from Atticus, the Atlanta Braves, the merits of Chick-fil-A buffalo sauce, and the movie "Good Will Hunting". She is not passionate about the stairs in WLH.
Major: Global Affairs
College: Davenport
Hometown: Mooresville, North Carolina (The better Carolina)
Activities: Modern Dance Collective (affectionately known as ModCo), The Progressive Party of the Yale Political Union, Yale Dems, First-Year Representative Davenport College Council, talking about Mock Trial to anyone who will listen, complaining about the lack of proper sweet tea in Connecticut.
About: Aida enjoys annotating novels for her first-year English seminar (though the jury is still out on whether she actually enjoys reading them) and perusing the Internet for ideas to make her LDub common room even more cozy. She thinks that Starbucks' fall drinks are by far their worst seasonal flavors, but fall is by far the best season so it evens out. She is passionate about the rose vanilla matcha from Atticus, the Atlanta Braves, the merits of Chick-fil-A buffalo sauce, and the movie "Good Will Hunting". She is not passionate about the stairs in WLH.
Shubhan Mehta
Class: 2029
Major: English + Ethics, Politics, & Economics
College: Silliman
Hometown: Jericho, NY
Activities: WORD, Yale Film Society, Yale Drama, The Herald, South Asian Society
About: Shubhan is serially late to everything— to class, to YMTA team practices, to getting work done, to submitting this bio, to sleeping and to waking up. He's a huge fan of movies, tennis, poetry, the Yale Mocha, and all good music, from Bob Dylan to Kendrick to Big Thief. He likes to think of himself as a poet and actor, but thinks it's too pretentious to say out loud. You can never find him without an airpod buried in his ear (he's working on it) or staying quiet for longer than a solid 5 minutes. He hasn't quite settled on what he wants to pursue in life, but is leaving it up to his future self to make that mistake (probably law).
Major: English + Ethics, Politics, & Economics
College: Silliman
Hometown: Jericho, NY
Activities: WORD, Yale Film Society, Yale Drama, The Herald, South Asian Society
About: Shubhan is serially late to everything— to class, to YMTA team practices, to getting work done, to submitting this bio, to sleeping and to waking up. He's a huge fan of movies, tennis, poetry, the Yale Mocha, and all good music, from Bob Dylan to Kendrick to Big Thief. He likes to think of himself as a poet and actor, but thinks it's too pretentious to say out loud. You can never find him without an airpod buried in his ear (he's working on it) or staying quiet for longer than a solid 5 minutes. He hasn't quite settled on what he wants to pursue in life, but is leaving it up to his future self to make that mistake (probably law).
Mira Lehman
Class: 2029
Major: Undecided
College: Berkeley
Hometown: San Diego
Activities: debate & premed stuff
About: The one thing more variable than my music taste is my resume. When asked why I spend all my time debating as a self-declared premed, I respond that mock trial is a home for the ambiguous in-betweens: for the debater-scientist with no bat mitzvah, janky Hebrew, worse Korean, acne, and a loud, distinctly American demeanor I can’t shed for the life of me.
Major: Undecided
College: Berkeley
Hometown: San Diego
Activities: debate & premed stuff
About: The one thing more variable than my music taste is my resume. When asked why I spend all my time debating as a self-declared premed, I respond that mock trial is a home for the ambiguous in-betweens: for the debater-scientist with no bat mitzvah, janky Hebrew, worse Korean, acne, and a loud, distinctly American demeanor I can’t shed for the life of me.
Timothy Leung
Class: 2029
Major: time will tell
College: Silliman
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Activities: Yale Mog Trial Association, Da Doox A Capella, Movement, YDN
About: Like half of this tap class, Timothy is a retired high school Speech and Debate kid who wasn’t ready to stop yapping post-graduation. He is a man of many names—sometimes “Tim,” even more times “Timmy,” and on his best days, “Lil’ Timmy on the Beat.” Just as he is scared of his gcal, his gcal is scared of him. Most importantly, please subscribe to his lit crazy movie YouTube channel (his name).
Major: time will tell
College: Silliman
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Activities: Yale Mog Trial Association, Da Doox A Capella, Movement, YDN
About: Like half of this tap class, Timothy is a retired high school Speech and Debate kid who wasn’t ready to stop yapping post-graduation. He is a man of many names—sometimes “Tim,” even more times “Timmy,” and on his best days, “Lil’ Timmy on the Beat.” Just as he is scared of his gcal, his gcal is scared of him. Most importantly, please subscribe to his lit crazy movie YouTube channel (his name).
Alex Gross
Class: 2029
Major: tdps/political science/tbd!
College: Grace Hopper
Hometown: Larchmont, NY
Activities: Just Add Water!!!!, YMTA (duh), prob more idrk tbh
About: alex goes with the vibe. he doesn't exactly remember how he ended up at a ymta info session, and now he can't leave. please check on him sometime. his captains won't stop beating him. this is a cry for help. he also likes dogs.
Major: tdps/political science/tbd!
College: Grace Hopper
Hometown: Larchmont, NY
Activities: Just Add Water!!!!, YMTA (duh), prob more idrk tbh
About: alex goes with the vibe. he doesn't exactly remember how he ended up at a ymta info session, and now he can't leave. please check on him sometime. his captains won't stop beating him. this is a cry for help. he also likes dogs.
Sarah Lehman
Class: 2029
Major: Undecided
College: Morse
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Activities: YDA, reading, thinking of comebacks hours after the conversation has ended
About: Before the YMTA, Sarah did no mock trial. Her impression of the American criminal justice system came from a high school field trip, where she saw a case about a bow-and-arrow murder which occurred during the pandemic. Sarah is not an archer, but she could sympathize: the murder was over a girl, and the pandemic made the best of us homicidal.
Major: Undecided
College: Morse
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Activities: YDA, reading, thinking of comebacks hours after the conversation has ended
About: Before the YMTA, Sarah did no mock trial. Her impression of the American criminal justice system came from a high school field trip, where she saw a case about a bow-and-arrow murder which occurred during the pandemic. Sarah is not an archer, but she could sympathize: the murder was over a girl, and the pandemic made the best of us homicidal.
Thabile Moyo
Class: 2029
Major: Biomedical Engineering
College: Branford
Hometown: Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Activities: Surviving, Breathing, Eating!
About: Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Thabile Moyo, the man, the myth, the moment. Effortlessly soaring through life’s chaos, Thabile is powered by equal parts curiosity, humor, and pure willpower. His name means Happy Heart, and somehow he manages to keep it that way—even the 9am classes pile up . Whether he’s thinking too deeply about nothing or doing nothing too deeply, Thabile’s got it handled. Calm. Collected. Happy
Major: Biomedical Engineering
College: Branford
Hometown: Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Activities: Surviving, Breathing, Eating!
About: Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Thabile Moyo, the man, the myth, the moment. Effortlessly soaring through life’s chaos, Thabile is powered by equal parts curiosity, humor, and pure willpower. His name means Happy Heart, and somehow he manages to keep it that way—even the 9am classes pile up . Whether he’s thinking too deeply about nothing or doing nothing too deeply, Thabile’s got it handled. Calm. Collected. Happy
Laira Larson
Class of 2029
Major: Global Affairs???
College: Benjamin Franklin
Hometown: Billings, Montana
Activities: The New Blue A Cappella, RSAY, baking little treats, romanticizing the walk from Franklin
About: Laira is willing to try almost anything once. Sometimes it’s successful (like mock trial!), sometimes it is not (like most sports). Once, she tried to test if she had a telepathic connection with her twin in Olive Garden, but sadly, her mind-reading powers had yet to grow in. She probably spends more time talking about her work than actually doing it, but you know what they say—pressure makes diamonds. At least, that’s what she tells herself at 11:59 on Sunday evenings.
Major: Global Affairs???
College: Benjamin Franklin
Hometown: Billings, Montana
Activities: The New Blue A Cappella, RSAY, baking little treats, romanticizing the walk from Franklin
About: Laira is willing to try almost anything once. Sometimes it’s successful (like mock trial!), sometimes it is not (like most sports). Once, she tried to test if she had a telepathic connection with her twin in Olive Garden, but sadly, her mind-reading powers had yet to grow in. She probably spends more time talking about her work than actually doing it, but you know what they say—pressure makes diamonds. At least, that’s what she tells herself at 11:59 on Sunday evenings.
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