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Shiella M. Cervantes
Associate Director | shiella@upenn.edu
Shiella is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and earned her degree in Cultural Anthropologyas well as a minor in Asian American Studies. She is also a graduate of the Philippine Studies Program, a summer abroad program held at the University of the Philippines, Diliman campus in Manila. DUring her undergraduate career at Penn, she was involved in the Penn Philippine Association, Oracle Senior Society, Penn's bid for the 2005 East Coast Asian American Student Union (ECAASU) Conference, the Filipino Intercollegiate Networking Dialogue (FIND), APALI, APAHW, the Pan-Asian Dance Troupe, and a number of other programs. While she was born in Baguio City, Philippines, Shiella has lived in Philadelphia since she was four years old and is the eldest of five sisters. Favorites: How I Met Your Mother, social experiments and phenomena, puns, sugar.
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Kusum Soin
Office Coordinator | kusums@upenn.edu
Kusum was born in India and is the oldest child in her family. She graduated from a three-year architecture college in 1972 and then worked as an interior designer and architectural assistant for fifteen years. From 1980 to 1990 she lived in Kuwait and then came to the United States with her husband and two daughters. Her husband, Devinder S. Soin, is a landscape architect. They experienced life during the Iraq-Kuwait War in the early 90s. Her family moved to the United States because her husband decided to go to graduate school at Penn after pondering over the decision for 18 years. He completed his Master's degree in Landscape Architecture and Urban Design. Kusum's eldest daughter, Komal Soin is doing her residency at Jefferson. Her younger daughter, Katki Soin, is a third year medical student at Jefferson. Her son Gaugin Soin is a freshman at Penn State. Kusum enjoys cooking exotic food. She also likes to watch Hindi movies and make jewelry in her spare time. Kusum's entire family loves to travel. They have visited over fifteen countries. One day they would like to add China and Australia to their list. Kusum is also taking pottery classes.
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