Student Government Association Welcomes New Board Members

By: Sammie Vasquez

With the end of the spring semester, a new Student Government Association board blooms. The elections were open to all students, which took place in early April to determine the new board members.

Surprisingly, most of the board was already determined when it came down to the actual election. With only one candidate running for the President, Secretary, and Treasurer positions, only the Vice President needed to be determined. 

Former President Natalie Romero said, “Applications are open to the public from the beginning, so anybody can apply. It’s not just exclusively SGA. But when it came to people applying, there was already people who were in SGA that were planning to apply from the time that they knew that, like, ‘Oh, it’s spring semester. We’re about to start transitioning.’ ” 

On May 1st SGA held their last meeting of the 24-25 school year. Photo Credits: Sammie Vasquez

As for why the competition was nonexistent, she said, “Some people don’t like to be in the spotlight. These people did, and that’s why some of them are uncontested.” 

Romero followed up by saying that the SGA would love for more people to apply and for there to be an actual election. “It’s honestly great that some people actually stepped up.”

Romero discusses why people are discouraged to apply, “I think it’s just because people fail to ask questions. I think a lot of people, when you hear that this position is ‘president’ or ‘vice president’, it sounds like a really hard job. Mind you, it is a lot of time… but they kind of get scared from the title… they don’t know enough about the position to put themselves in there.” 

During her term as SGA President, Romero has worked hard to maintain 20 senators, and getting the instagram, ‘@wrightcollegesga’, up and running. She’s brought more Taco Tuesdays to Wright and made it more accessible by moving the location to the atrium so more people could attend. 

The new SGA president, Angeline Martinez examined her goals for the next school year. “I just want to make sure everybody feels really welcome and that the school has a welcoming environment. Not saying it already doesn’t, but I just want to, like, make sure. ”

When asked about how her candidacy was uncontested, Martinez said, “I think a lot of people are really intimidated by SGA. Definitely… I think that’s part of the reason why nobody really applies because they think, like, ‘Oh, I can’t do this’ or that they lack the courage to. I think anybody should be able to apply because it’s really not that scary. It’s a very welcoming, nice community.”

Angeline Martinez will be joined by Evan Grabowski as Vice President, Bernaliz Lopez as Secretary, and Max Lemus as Treasurer for the 2025-26 school year.