Leaders

Sarah Brown is a junior Arabic Studies and Linguistics double major from Frederick, MD. She went to Guatemala through Alternative Breaks last winter and loved it so much that she decided to return again in 2014 as a trip leader. In addition to AB, she is involved in several other groups on campus such as the Project on Children’s Language Learning, Honors, the Arabic Flagship Program, and the Language House Living-Learning Program.

Christopher Frye is a sophomore Economics and Environmental Science and Policy major from Glen Burnie, MD.  Though this is his first trip as a leader he has much experience with service trips as he has participated in many Habitat for Humanity build trips and was a participant on the Alternative Winter Break 2013 trip to Gaston, NC for Rural Education.  He likes long walks on the beach, watching serial dramas, and molding young minds.  

Lizeth Gonzalez is a graduate of the University of Maryland’s Robert Smith School of Business, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.  She has taken graduate level higher education courses at UMCP and will complete the UMD-Smith School of Business Leadership Academy in December 2013.  She is passionate about college student leadership development.  Since 2009 she has worked with the Alternative Break Program at the University of Maryland to advise and guide students through community service learning experiences domestically and abroad in places such as California, South Carolina and the Bahamas.  She has advised student service learning experiences focusing on general healthcare, childhood healthcare and education, environmental conservation and eco-tourism, as well as community development.  Lizeth is the Advisor to the National Society of Collegiate Scholars at the University of Maryland.  She was recently married and currently resides in Silver Spring, MD.