2025 Bachelor’s Degree Candidates’ Ceremony
Join us in celebrating CCA’s commencement class of 2025 bachelor’s degree candidates.
Student Speaker
Sinai Marrero
Sinai Marrero (BFA Animation 2025)
“A chimera is a mixture of many animals fused together to form one. And call me cliche, but it is truly the best representation of us as a school. We are a mixture of people, experiences, disciplines, and backgrounds. It doesn’t matter if you are an illustrator, graphic designer, writer, textile artist, photographer, or animator—we were all brought together by our love of our art. I think it's part of what makes this school so special.”
— Sinai Marrero (BFA Animation 2025), Undergraduate Student Speaker
Program
Bachelor’s Degree Candidates’ Ceremony
Grand Marshal Introduction
Calvin B. Wheeler, MD
Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees
Academic Processional
Candidates for the Bachelor of Architecture Degree
Candidates for the Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
Candidates for the Bachelor of Arts Degree
Welcome from the President
David C. Howse
President
Land Acknowledgment
California College of the Arts current and historical campuses are located on the unceded territories of Chochenyo and Ramaytush Ohlone peoples, who have continuously lived upon this land since time immemorial. CCA honors Indigenous peoples—past, present, and future—here and around the world, and we wish to pay respect to local elders.
In Memoriam
David C. Howse
President's Address
David C. Howse
Professor Emerit Announcement
David C. Howse
Conferring of Honorary Degrees
David C. Howse
TT Takemoto
Interim Provost
Commencement Address
Christopher Johnson
Artist / Educator / Author
Rob Epstein
Filmmaker
Student Remarks
Sinai Marrero
BFA Animation 2025
Commencement Video
Taro Hattori
Faculty Senate Vice President, Sculpture Assistant Professor
Step into the world of CCA alum Miyah Wooden (BFA Film 2025) as she redefines what it means to create with community. In a powerful new work commissioned for CCA’s 118th Commencement, Miyah shows how connection fuels transformation, how identity is forged through making, and how CCA’s culture lives through every artist’s journey — starting with her own.
Conferring of Degrees
Helen Maria Nugent
Dean of Design
Bachelor of Architecture
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Bachelor of Arts
Presentation of the Class of 2025
David C. Howse
Recessional
Members of the audience, please stand and remain standing until the academic procession has left the hall. Music provided by The Ben Brussell Ensemble.
Bachelor’s Degree Candidates
Celebrating 236 undergraduate students
Architecture
BArch Architecture
- Yna Tayao Bariring
- Xavier Alberto Bermudez
- Francisco Cruz Calderon
- Sebastian Evan Cartright
- Max Chen
- Saulo Emanuel Flores Viramontes
- Melissa Lucia Gomes
- Briana Gordon
- Chloe Hicks
- Yuteng Hou
- Alexandra Huerta
- Truong Nguyen
- Shinno Nomura
- Timofei Osipenko
- Enmanuel Andres Porras
- Shriyam Rai
- Natalie Sofia Schtakleff
- Jasmine Xia Wada
- Yipeng Zhang
BFA Interior Design
- Nitya Sanjana Reddy Cheruku
- Jerry Huang
- Farah Kaymouz
- Abigael Mwongeli King'oo
- Claudia Isabella Nunez
- Lufan Yang
- Shirley Yu
Design
BFA Fashion Design
- Hao Wei Chuang
- Winny Guan
- Travis Liang
- Qianyi Lin
- Cyua Vu
- Kalen Adriel Walthour
- Jingyi Yang
BFA Furniture
- Wilder Neely
- Vido Ramos
BFA Graphic Design
- Douglas L Barron, Sr.
- Grace Zhongyi Cao
- William Yoonho Choi
- Julie Du
- Cindy Guan
- Bonny He
- Iyari Heredia Zenteno
- Meg James
- Leona Jiang
- Ashton Landis
- Seoyeon Lee
- Anny Long
- Isabelle Chae Mitter
- Hana Noory
- Sujin Park
- Victor Arlo Russell
- Cassia Karen Smith
- Maya Eloise Vaughan
- Kelly Yong
- Feier Yuan
- Jiaxiang Zhou
BFA Illustration
- Loki Alzhin
- Gabriella Bernstein
- Cris Chong
- Dominique Du
- Patricia Espejo
- Yixuan Gao
- Audrey Evelyn Grover
- Hannah Grace Hagen
- Chengyan Hu
- Wei Huang
- Asa Kittner
- Robin Elizabeth Larisch
- Kaeli Rose Mcleod
- Teirra Antwonnette Miller
- Nathan E. Miller
- Moses W Ost
- Kristelle Oswald
- Keana Palacios
- Eva Makani Ponting
- Yuqi Qian
- Danny Andrew Romero
- Yiting Shen
- Andrew Ly Vu
- Eva Rose Washburn
- Ruichen Yang
- Yaru Yuan
- Eloise Zhu
BFA Industrial Design
- Nobby Chen
- Derek Hyungdo Cho
- Veronica St.jane ophelia Dodds
- Evan Dunkel
- Matthew Silvano Halim
- Yi He
- Jialiang Hu
- Meka Green Jannali
- Minhwi Kim
- Jiahui Li
- Xuchen Liu
- Zewey Pham
- Ajax Allen Robinson
- Kaiyu Zhang
- Mary Zhang
- Jacqueline Zheng
- Xinhao Zhou
BFA Interaction Design
- Niyah Sahar Ali
- Doris Chang
- Evette Cho
- Andrew Seungho Choi
- Raul Jose Contreras
- Abed Darwazeh
- Vrushti Desai
- Riya Gajeshwar
- Purva Gangur
- Tonghe Ge
- Rhea Konstantina Haley
- Hannah He
- Kya Higgins
- Iccha V. Iyengar
- Sanjhal Jain
- Elaine Jin
- Anannyaa Kapur
- Merma Ma
- Shuheng Miao
- Akira Nirvana
- Ruhie Shalin Shah
- Jinglin Xu
Fine Arts
BFA Animation
- Batu Alpas
- Yosabed Alvarez
- Noah Bayter
- Maiya Rea Brown
- Kam Bulaieva
- Paulina Cabrales
- Iris Chang
- Trevor Wen Li Chen
- Arwen Evenstar Creswell
- Isabella Pamela Delazerda
- Jazzlyn Dowling
- Jaden Lane Black Earl
- Joshua Julius Esparza
- Sahiti Guduru
- Kai Jane kalaniohuohu Ho
- Brenna Zsera Hughes
- Yufan Jin
- Irene Kao
- Usman Khan
- Jessy Kim
- Riley Kuang
- Maribella Langley
- Will Larsen
- Jesse Lee
- Tony Liu
- Sinai Arisbet Marrero
- Lauren Pearl McGee
- Meghan Marina Olsen
- Dartagnan Leemar Parsons
- Crystal Lee Perez
- Sophie Alice Ring
- Isaac Rodriguez
- Rain Sassorossi
- Kimberly Seda
- Teanna Sherman
- August Smith
- Sheldon Stallworth
- Sue Suhy
- Tanner Thayer
- Lewi Thute
- Morty Tillman
- Alec Souren Tufenkjian
- Alyssa Irene Valdivia
- Ziqi Wang
- Megan White
- Irene Wong
- Zhoujue Wu
- Brooke Yancey
- Yusi Yao
- Tye Grace Zimmer
BFA Film
- Lauren Heine
- Marley Sebastian James
- Qadir R. Parris
- Taylor John Sanford
- Tariq Stone
- Alena Urban
- Miyah Nyshai Wooden
- Lin Zhong
BFA Game Arts
- Paolo J Pascual-mitchell
- Kyle Bryant
- Crystal Kim
- Seyon Lim
BFA Individualized Studies
- Malcolm August Christie
- Dudash Dudash
- Em Elster
- Sophie Margaret Hiltner
- Redd Jia
- CJ Jugel
- Sierra Amber Karr
- Camila Frota Killion
- Marisol Lara
- MC Payen
- Leonardo Ruben Perez Cruz
- Aris Ruff
- Alex Raiq Tanveer
- Khushi Thakkar
- VII Void
- Kennady Autumn Wickizer
BFA Jewelry and Metal Arts
- Coli Drechsel
- Lindsey Katherine Machado
BFA Painting and Drawing
- Lily Margarita Crawford
- Ayanna Ewing
- Yidan Gong
- Fermargie-a Cuevas Iso
- Kelly Nicole Lin
- Bella Mendias
- Nicolette Anne Reinsmith
- Michaela Sarah Sampas
- Iris Lina So
- Xinyi Zhang
BFA Photography
- Donovan Tyler Fortune
- Jacob Hyun
- Stella Kudritzki
- Theo Gesar LaBrusciano-Carris
- Sofia Elizabeth Porzio
- Nicholas Satzger
BFA Printmedia
- Lauren Bartlett
- Jackson Mayers
- Zoe Spikerman
BFA Sculpture
- Sara Marilyn Cruz
BFA Textiles
- Patty Jarmy
- Della Koreia
- Cole Axtell Morrison
Humanities and Sciences
BA History of Art and Visual Culture
- Renata Blanco gorbea
- Cielo Alejandra Carrasco
- Mike Li
BA Writing and Literature
- Furdeuce Mused
CCA’s 118th Commencement celebrates students who completed their degree requirements in fall 2024, as well as students anticipated to complete their degrees in spring and summer 2025. Degrees will officially be conferred upon successful completion of all degree requirements.