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Christian Figueroa
Undergraduate, History
Undergraduate Research Aide, History Department
Communications Intern, Res Ed Central ManagementBioChristian Figueroa is a political activist, student organizer, communications specialist and B.A. candidate studying history at Stanford University.
Most notably, Christian was an appointed Kamala Harris Party Leader/Elected Official Delegate to the 2024 Democratic National Convention, representing his home state of California and serving as a youth surrogate featured on various media, including The New York Times, NPR Weekend Edition, PBS NewsHour, and local radio, television, and print. He is also an appointed California Democratic Party Delegate for California's State Senator Sasha Renée Pérez.
At Stanford, he is studying history with a United States concentration and is currently a Department of History research aide. He was also an appointed committee member in the Office of the Provost and the Office of Community Standards, and has served as a student assistant to Stanford Law School Dean Paul Brest.
Professionally, he has worked across government and political industries, and aspires to pursue a career in public service and government. He is notable on social media and news media for his political and activist involvement. -
Debra Fong
Academic Staff Hourly, Music
BioViolinist Debra Fong is Concertmaster of the Peninsula Symphony, Associate Concertmaster of the San Jose Chamber Orchestra, and Principal Second Violinist of the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. She spends her summers as a first violinist with the Grammy Award-winning Santa Fe Opera Orchestra.
Also dedicated teacher, Debra is a Lecturer in Music at Stanford University, teaching violin and chamber music, and she maintains a private violin studio. She is a faculty coach for Young Chamber Musicians, a guest conductor for the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, and a judge for several annual young artist concerto competitions. Debra is a former violin faculty member at The College of William & Mary, The Music Institute of Chicago, and New England Conservatory of Music Preparatory School.
Debra received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Violin Performance with Honors and Distinction from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where she studied with Eric Rosenblith, James Buswell, Eugene Lehner, and Louis Krasner.
Debra has been a featured chamber musician at Toronto Summer Music; Bay Chamber Concerts in Maine; Grand Teton Music Festival; Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival; Yellow Barn Chamber Music Festival in Vermont; Sarasota Music Festival; and Yale/Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in Connecticut. She has been a guest artist with the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Chicago Chamber Musicians, North American New Music Festival in Buffalo, NY, and the New Music Festival at Santa Clara University. Debra is an avid proponent of contemporary music and has worked closely with composers such as Olivier Messiaen, Thomas Adès, Joan Tower, Bright Sheng, and Kaija Saariaho.
Debra's discography includes recordings with The Santa Fe Opera, indie pop vocalist Vienna Teng, Stanford Chamber Chorale, composer John Luther Adams, Mannheim Steamroller, and she has performed on numerous film soundtracks.
Debra plays a Giuseppe Rocca violin kindly on loan from Stanford University’s Harry R. Lange Instrument Collection. In her leisure time, Debra enjoys reading modern fiction, practicing yoga, playing word games, and seeking out excellent coffee.
