Ways to Give
Student Ambassadors
The AAP Foundation works with periodontal program directors across the country to identify second- or third-year students to serve as AAP Foundation Student Ambassadors. These Student Ambassadors host a lunch program for their fellow residents, and present a PowerPoint presentation about the Foundation. The Foundation provides a budget for lunch, the PowerPoint, and supporting materials. If you’re interested in becoming a Student Ambassador, please contact Sarah VanAmburg, sarah@perio.org.
Special thanks to our Student Ambassador Sponsor, A-Titan Instruments. A-Titan will be presenting details about their special student program at select schools.
2026 AAP Foundation Student Ambassadors
- Amy Yu Xuan Lin — New York University
- Andro Azer — Boston University
- Anne Miller — University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Avinash K. Nagpal — Indiana University
- Brynn Gwartzman — Columbia University
- Daniel McCarthy — Saint Louis University
- Dedrian R. Barrett — University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Elizabeth Shalaby — Nova Southeastern University
- Frida Van Straaten — University of British Columbia
- Gregory Yip — University at Buffalo
- Ingrid Chai — University of California, San Francisco
- Isabella Barreto Cote — Dalhousie University
- Isabelle Hwang — University of Tennessee Health Science Center
- John Kerns — Louisiana State University
- John T. Russo — Harvard University
- Jose Rovira Alvarado — University of Puerto Rico
- Kelly De La Torre — VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
- Kirk Davidson — University of Washington
- Lauren Getz — Texas A&M University
- Liana Umbrio — University of Rochester
- Madison Miller — University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- Maryam Hafeez — Rutgers University
- Matthew Lee — University of Iowa
- Michelle Morris — University of Illinois at Chicago
- Morgan Josey — U.S. Army, Fort Gordon
- Natalie Wen — Naval Postgraduate Dental School
- Nursima Lacin — University of Pittsburgh
- Olivia Bodnar — Ohio State University
- Pamela Espinoza — Tufts University
- Paolo Nava — University of Michigan
- Pooja Patel — Oregon Health and Science University
- Rachel Koh — Loma Linda University
- Riley McKay — University of Southern California
- Riley Thomas Crismon — University of Oklahoma
- Russ Smith — Virginia Commonwealth University
- Saba Tohidkhah — University of Minnesota
- Sebastion Garcia — University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Sophia A. Nottoli — University of Pennsylvania
- Sydney Steinhardt — University of Louisville
- Tyler Buterbaugh — University of Kentucky
- Valeria Estrella — University of Missouri, Kansas City
- Vanessa J. Garcia — University of Colorado