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Daylen Degelsmith
​Associate Executive Director &
​Director of Student Life
daylen@santacruzhillel.org

Daylen grew up immersed in Jewish life, going to Jewish summer camp and being involved with the youth group at her synagogue. She has always loved the sense of belonging within the Jewish community and enjoys meeting Jews wherever she travels! 

Daylen graduated from Chapman University with a BA in Psychology and continued her education at Chapman to receive her Master's Degree in Leadership Development in 2017. She is passionate about helping others to become the best possible version of themselves! 

In her free time, Daylen likes to run, swim, read, and play with her cat, Kfir. She loves to get to know people over coffee or bagels, so be sure to reach out and say hello!

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Koral Belson
Jewish Agency Israel Fellow
israel@santacruzhillel.org

Koral is from a small beach town in northern Israel and she graduated from Kinneret Academic College studying Behavioral Sciences and lived in a Kibbutz for 3 years!

She likes to play guitar, take photos, cook and bake healthy foods, she's obsessed with retro bikes, and trying to skate her cruiser board without falling!

Koral has more than 20 pairs of Vans, and even 2 related tattoos! She's also addicted to matcha lattes and açaí bowls, and she's looking for someone to teach her how to surf!

She's so excited to hang out with UCSC students and grab coffee (or matcha), ice-cream, hike, jam, take photos or just hang out! 

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