Meet the Class of 2022
Daniel Ruiz de la Concha
Friar Name: Friar Top Chef, Foreign Addition!
Hometown: Puebla, Mexico
Majors: International Relations and Urban Studies
Activities & Honors:
- Editor-in-Chief – Journal of International Relations, Interim Editor-In-Chief
- 2-year President – Mex@Penn
- Co-President – Amnesty@Penn
- 2-year Teaching Assistant – LALS
- Membership Vice-President – Wharton Latino
- Urban Studies Hassenfeld Award (2021)
- Penn IUR Fellow (2021)
- Sigma Iota Rho Honor Society
- Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society
- LALS Undergraduate Advisory Board – Co-Chair (2020-2021)
- Penn Model OAS Program Coordinator (2020-2021)
- PHINS, 2-year Coordinator, (2020-2021)
- Wharton Undergraduate Hospitality and Travel Club, Corporate Chair (2020-2021)
- Assembly of International Students, Membership Committee (2018-2020)
Hobbies: Cooking, reading, traveling, biking, skiing, watching movies, and eating with friends
Favorite Books: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, The Thief of Hopes by Francisco Martin Moreno, and Evidence for Hope by Kathryn Sikkink
Favorite Movies: Hercules, Argo, Scent of a Woman, Bombshell
Favorite Food: Tacos, Pizza, Mac and Cheese, and Fried Rice
Favorite Quote: “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
Plans After Penn: Going to grad school and joining the Mexican Foreign Service
