Meet the Team!
Favorite Spots: Aggie Reuse, Pachamama Coffee, and The Artery Art Gallery
Favorite Food/Drink: Coffee, Yerbas, Trader Joe's Peanut Butter Cups Gallery
Kate Richards
Unit Director • 3rd Year
"Aggie Reuse is the best place ever!! We provide a critical basic needs resource to our Davis community, and work to make our campus more sustainable by bringing our lovely fun thrifty energy to campus."
I get to oversee the whole unit and work with everyone — I connect ASUCD to our unit, lead the team in running events, keep the store functioning, and work with our volunteers.
Fun facts: I have a twin sister + live with the Aggie Reuse Point Director (lol)
Aradhya Chakraborti
Point Director • 3rd Year
"Aggie Reuse is the coolest spot on campus - it's the free thrift store that accepts donations and redistributes them to the community. It's a fantastic basic needs resource, and it has the greatest community."
As the associate director, one of my duties is writing and presenting the quarterly reports to the ASUCD senate. I work with the team leads and other director on events, collaborations, and new projects. One of my favorite parts of the job is tabling at events and interacting with the community!
Favorite spots: Northstar Park (there's the world's most climbable tree somewhere in the green belt over there), Yang Kee Dumpling (I dream about it sometimes), & SPCA
Favorite animal: Currently I'm a big fan of Stoats and Elephant Seals
Fun Facts: I live with the Unit Director, I'm a Genetics and Genomics major, I love hiking & tide-pooling, and I've been trying to get into bird of prey identification! (I only ever spot red-tailed hawks)
Fun Facts: I like philosophy; I love Allegory of the cave by Plato.
I like to eat copious amounts of straight frozen fruit: mangos, bananas, strawberries, blueberries.
I recently read "How much land does a man need?" by Leo Tolstoy.
Thy Pham
Data Analytics • 3rd Year
"Aggie Reuse is a chill unit of people who care about making an impact on our community through sustainability, and specifically clothing. I find both volunteers and leads refreshing in their down to earth personalities and consistent pursuit of hobbies/interests. I would liken it to a family/neighborhood-run clothing bank."
Usually I make analytic reports (insights and visualizations) based on the sales, donations, foot traffic, and environmental waste data. In addition, I develop projects to do for the store that may be useful for promotion or internal work. In general, I also table for the store at events, doing things like block printing for promotion, and help out with the social media team!
Favorite spots: Yesterday Vintage, SPCA Yolo County, Kobe Mini Mart
Pearl V.
Data Analytics • 4th Year
"I would describe Aggie Reuse Store as Funky, Fresh, Fun :)"
I'm responsible for tracking seasonal trends regarding item popularity and foot traffic in order to best inform our sales, marketing, and social media teams on promotional efforts!
Favorite spots: Wyatt Deck (Fridays @ 1pm) for folk music jam sessions
Favorite food/drink: Molly Jasmines' Ceylon Milk Tea with Whipped Cream & Open Rice Kitchen's Pork Belly Fried Rice
Fun Facts: I do glassblowing at the craft center and am trying to learn guitar!
Fun facts: I love historical fashion, theater, and being outdoors hiking and writing poetry
Julia Holton
Design • 4th Year
"I help make our store interior design pretty and functional and plans events for the Aggie Reuse Store. I can't wait for some really fun events I have planned and some killer crafts my team has in store for the store (I love a pun, if you ever see me please tell me a pun those make my day)."
I'm responsible for tracking seasonal trends regarding item popularity and foot traffic in order to best inform our sales, marketing, and social media teams on promotional efforts!
Fun fact: I'm working on a new checkout interface for our sales volunteers!
Samara Dixon
Design • 5th Year
"Aggie Reuse is such an item + clothing treasure created by the community of Davis :)"
Besides helping at the desk, I'm painting signage around the store or building layouts for the website!
Favorite spots: Good Friends, Manetti Shrem, and Temple
Favorite Food/Drinks: Hojicha oat lattes, white peaches, & mangos
Favorite Spots: The Arboretum, it's so peaceful and relaxing to walk-in!
Favorite Food/Drink: Sushi (specifically omakase), korean barbeque, and hot pot!
Fun Facts: I love fabric arts (sewing, embroidery, crochet), I know how to juggle, and I enjoy going to the gym!
Keymora Mikaylin Panaligan
Marketing • 2nd Year
"I would describe Aggie Reuse as a special place to support and feel supported by your community! The cool things that you can exchange and see through second-hand items is a beautiful thing. It is wonderful to see the creativity and love in each piece of fabric and item in the store."
For the store, I am in charge of marketing outreach! We organize donation drives, help with tabling, and work with communications to build a relationship with our Davis community. Previously we have held lab coat/professional drives, newsletters, and events!
Lily Matthews
Marketing • 4th Year
"Aggie Reuse is an environmentally conscious and friendly store that promotes sustainability, community, and creativity. It is supported by the hard work of volunteers and staff to create a meaningful and unique experience for the Davis community."
I work on promoting events, advertising for the store, and creating outreach within the community.
Fun Facts: I love the journaling, taking pictures of spiders and bugs, and pranking people
Favorite Food/Drinks: Froyo, dumplings, and Thai food
Navin Federico
Sales • 3rd Year
"Aggie Reuse is more than just a store. It is a community that brings together students and Davis residents alike while promoting sustainibility and helping those in need."
I help manage all of the sales volunteers and help make sure the store runs smoothly on a daily basis.
Favorite Spots: Mendocino Farms & Varsity Theater
Fun Facts: I have skied for 18 years and have competed for 10 years. Also, I've played the French Horn for 10 years
Favorite Food/Drinks: PESTO
Fun Facts: I made an ice cream cone for a K-pop idol and his managers, I am double jointed, and I love roller coasters
Sally Zhen
Sales • 3rd Year
"The Aggie Reuse store is a free student run thrift store on campus. It is an amazing place where the community brings in donations and volunteers get to put them back out for the community to take. It is an inclusive and safe space, we welcome anyone and all donations!"
As a sales co-lead, I send weekly messages and plan socials for the sales team. I help out at tabling events whenever I can to promote our store! In the store, I usually put up donations brought in by the community and display it in the store for people to take. Part of being a volunteer for the store, we also track foot traffic and collect data for clothes going in and out.
Favorite Spots: The Arboretum, Sit Lo Saigon, i-Tea, Lakes, THE AGGIE REUSE STORE, MUGA Bowling alley, ARC, and Boheme
Favorite Food/Drinks: I love any type of noodles :D (pho, ramen, pasta, etc.). I like boba too :D
Favorite Spots: Avid & Co, Arboretum, Avid Reader, Eiar Studio, and Creme de la creme!
Favorite Food/Drinks: Sinigang! I love myself a good bowl of sinigang Fries! (My friends have noticed that I have this thing for fries), and Lemon Lime Gatorade
Reyna Padillo
Social Media • 2nd Year
"Aggie Reuse is one of the best things that has happened to me in UCD! A free thrift store AND a great team?! My freshman year I had no clue whatsoever what it was and I was genuinely nervous to even step into the store— but when I found out it was this free thrift store that followed what I believed in (aka upcycling and sustainability) I was immediately pulled into the deep end! The store has not only brought me an immense amount of good finds, but friends that I genuinely cherish!"
I’m one of the social media co-leads! Other than working shifts at the store, I work with Shreya to curate content for the online presence of Aggie Reuse! From pictures to reels and infographics, I do my best to keep everyone up to date with what’s going on in the store through our Instagram! I do my best to spread the fun, exciting, and positive vibes we’re trying to give people, and hopefully it’s working! Whenever there’s an event or something fun going on, know that I’m 99.9% going to show up with my phone, camera, and JBL speaker to keep the fun-tastic and wonderlicious vibes up and going! Say cheese!
Fun facts:
I had braces for about seven years… whoops
I love soft orange, blue, and sage green!
I LOVE to talk and yap, which is contradicting the fact that I’m very much introverted!
Shreya Paul
Social Media • 3rd Year
"Aggie Reuse is a resource and community at UC Davis that supports students and community. The values include equity and sustainability which are really important to create a place for everyone to thrive."
I make social media for the store which includes graphics, photo editing, and making short-form video content. I also help facilitate off-campus collaborations and create incentives for volunteers and donations. I also table and work store shifts!
Favorite Spots: Arboretum, ASUCD Gardens, Downtown, Nugget Market
Favorite Drinks: Chai, Matcha, Green Tea, Mango Juice
