In the latest and last entry of her column, Ila Assegaf profiles Miriam Akhmetshin SC ’26, an art history and economics major who recently completed training to be a doula.
Author: Ila Assegaf
Claremont Characters: Simon Leonard is a fun guy who loves fungi
Simon Leonard PO ’29 is six foot eight, learning Indonesian and fascinated with fungi. For the latest edition of “Claremont Characters,” Ila Assegaf PO ’28 profiles Leonard.
Claremont Characters: Zoe Dorado’s cultures of probiotics and poetry
This week on Claremont Characters, Ila Assegaf PO ’28 spotlights Zoe Dorado PO ’27. An English and politics major, her interests include the teen writing industrial complex, the indie man epidemic and bell hooks eating Greek yogurt.
Claremont Characters: Micronutritively yours, JaQ Lai
JaQ Lai PO ’26 is the first subject of Claremont Characters, a new column on the interesting and esoteric characters that populate the 5Cs.



