Meet Our Members

RISE AmeriCorps members are intentionally recruited from the diverse
​refugee and immigrant communities they serve.

IKRAAN
​AHMED

EMBARC
Des Moines

HALIMA
ALI

​Oakridge
Des Moines

KAVYA
RAJU​​

IC Compassion
Iowa City

CHRIS
​​​WEBER

EMBARC
Waterloo

JONATAN
ARTOLA

​IC Compassion
Iowa City

ZA
AUNG

EMBARC
Des Moines

LANA
​BACCAM

ArtForce Iowa
Des Moines

MARIA
​BARROSO

​YPN
Cedar Rapids

MADISON
​BEAUCHAMP

IC Compassion
Iowa City

KATHERINE BERBER-SOLIS

Latino Coalition
Des Moines

EVELYN
​BERRYHILL

Catherine
​McAuley Center
Cedar Rapids

MIJHA
BOLTON

​Eastern Iowa
​African Diaspora​
Cedar Rapids

JULIET
​BWALYA

​IC Compassion
Iowa City

JOSEPH
BWALYA

Catherine
​McAuley Center
Cedar Rapids

ELISE
​BATY

Jewels Academy
Des Moines

MERRIE​
​AWM

EMBARC
Des Moines

CASSANDRA
​DEAL​

Eastern Iowa
​African Diaspora​
Cedar Rapids

JULIA
​DIGIACOMO​

EMBARC
Des Moines

CHRISTOPHER
​GARDNER

Bridge of Storm Lake
Storm Lake

EYOB
​GEBREZGABIHER

EMBARC
Waterloo

VARICK
GORDON

​IC Compassion
Iowa City

KELLY
JOHNSON​

Catherine
​McAuley Center
Cedar Rapids

FELI
KETI

EMBARC
Waterloo

KAMAURA
KIM

ArtForce Iowa
Des Moines

KELLI
KLAUS

Eastern Iowa
​African Diaspora​
Cedar Rapids

NAFISSATOU
LAMIDI

​Eastern Iowa
​African Diaspora​
Cedar Rapids

ESTHER
​LIM

EMBARC
Des Moines

GRACE
​​LIN​

City of Ottumwa
​Ottumwa

ISRAEL​
LOPEZ YEPEZ

​DREAM Iowa
Des Moines

JUNNIE
​LUKAMA

​Intercultural
​Center ​of Iowa​​
Cedar Rapids

SAMUEL
ZAM

​​EMBARC
Des Moines

​ORLINE
​MAKENGO

YPN
Cedar Rapids

MAGDELIN
​​LOPEZ BATISTA

Centro Latino of Iowa
Council Bluffs

LAURA
​MEZA RAMIREZ

Iowa Latino Affairs Commission
Des Moines

MASOKA​
​MKOMBOZI

​Community
​Youth Concepts​​
Des Moines

BENJAMIN
​MOELLER

DREAM Iowa
Des Moines

MAR BLU
​MOO
​

ArtForce Iowa
Des Moines

EMILY
​MU
​

​EMBARC
Des Moines

LAL
​​MUANI
​

​EMBARC
Des Moines

MU
​PAW
​

EMBARC
​Des Moines

ANNA
​​NDAMWITEZE

​Eastern Iowa
​African Diaspora​
Cedar Rapids

STACY
NEAGLES​

Bridge of Storm Lake
Storm Lake

ANGELIQUE
NIJIMBERE

Eastern Iowa
​African Diaspora​
Cedar Rapids

DAVID
​NIYOGUSHIMA

​Eastern Iowa
​African Diaspora​
Cedar Rapids

SHEL
PAW

ArtForce Iowa
Des Moines

MAGGIE
PETERSON

City of Columbus Junction
Columbus Junction

NADIA
​​YASSIN​

Oakridge
​Des Moines

LIZBETH
​​SALINAS-REYES

Latino Coalition
Des Moines

JOSHUA
SAW​

Bridge of Storm Lake
Storm Lake

BENJAMIN
​STAINBROOK

​EMBARC
Waterloo

NYAKEK
​​TETE​

Bridge of Storm Lake
Storm Lake

DECEMBER
THAW

EMBARC
Waterloo

EHSHEE
THAWBER

EMBARC
Des Moines

ANA
VAZQUEZ

​City of Columbus Junction
Columbus Junction

SAMSON
WELDU​

​Mary Treglia
Sioux City

ALEXIS
WINECKE

​IC Compassion
Iowa City