Meet the Annandale Campus Student Life Team
At Student Life, we have the goal of providing enriching and most importantly fun events for our students! The team of Student Life is happy to have you here and we hope to see you soon!
Diana Keay, M.S
Student Life Program Coordinator
Phone: 703.323.3385
Email: dkeay@nvcc.edu
Bio: Diana is a former NOVA employee from the Loudoun Campus who served as the Administrative Specialist to the Dean of Students and then as an Academic Advisor and Psychology and SDV instructor. Diana has also worked at George Mason University as the Student Success Advisor for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences where she coordinated major support programs and events and taught a variety of undergraduate psychology courses. More recently, she worked in the corporate world as a Professional Learning Coordinator.
Outside work, Diana enjoys spending time with her two young sons, husband, and her two furry pets Coco a one-year old tea-cup yorkie, and her cat Jasper.
Lauren Kaplan, Ed. D.
Student Life Advisor
Phone: 703.323.3269
Email: lkaplan@nvcc.edu
Daniel Asmelash
Student Life Specialist
Phone: 703.323.3147
Email: dasmelash@nvcc.edu
STUDENT LIFE AMBASSADORS Spring 2026
Our wonderful team of Student Life Ambassadors and NOVA Corps Ambassadors:
Karen Triana
Student life ambassador
She enjoys traveling, sharing her culture, create videos and stories.
She's happy to help you out in whatever you need :) !
Youssef Hassan
Student Life Ambassador
Youssef Hassan is an active student leader at Northern Virginia Community College, currently serving as President of SkillsUSA and a Student Life Ambassador. Known for always being positive and uplifting, he brings joy to those around him and is quick to help anyone in need. Passionate about engineering and space exploration, Youssef strives to inspire others through his leadership, kindness, and dedication to the student community.
Evie Fontaine
Student Life Ambassador
Keisha Votega
Student Life Ambassador
Keisha is a smiley girl originally from Kenya. She's an engineering major, who somehow manages to balance equations and binging K-dramas, anime and rom-coms. Keisha is always ready to help out, even if it's just to talk, so don't be shy :)
Agageldi Dovletov
Student Life Ambassador
Agageldi is an international student from Turkmenistan. He is majoring in computer science at Nova and he is very friendly, open to new challenges, and highly competitive. He enjoys reading psychology books, spending time in the forest, and going to the gym.
Huy Le
Student Life Ambassador
Junainah Zafar
Student life Ambassador
Junainah is a science major, originally from Pakistan.
She loves sitcoms like Brooklyn-99 and the Big Bang Theory.She is also obsessed with Formula One (MV1/ CS55!!!)
Daniele Felix
NOVA Corps Ambassador
Daniele is originally from Brazil, majoring in Business Administration. Dani is extremely passioanate about nature, summer and sky.
Sheeva Khan
Student Life Ambassador
Sheeva is a business administration major who has a passion for philosophy, literature, music and coffee. She is also very deep and broody (so she says).
Maria Duarte Cruz
Student Life Ambassador
Maria is a business administration student who love going to events and constantly connecting with new people. She likes sports and cooking desserts, in her free time she is always on facetime with her best friends or family.
Renato Sumar Berru
Student Life Ambassador
Renato is an economics major who has a passion for finance and meeting new people. He is also spending all his free time playing tennis or surfing.