Crusader of the Week: Ruth Lopez Espinoza

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Viveca Stucke ’26

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Name: Ruth Lopez Espinoza

Class Year: 2025

Hometown: Los Angeles, California

Major: Political Science & Spanish with LALC concentration

Campus Activities: SGA Co-President, Secretary for DESI, Peer Mentor, Spanish Tutor, & Research Associate

Favorite Movie: How to Train Your Dragon

Favorite Song: “Paths” by NIKI [currently]

Favorite singer/group: The Marias 

Favorite color: Green 

Favorite sports team: The LA Dodgers!

Favorite class taken at Holy Cross: SPAN 499 “Writing the Short Story”

Item on HC Bucket List: Attend a Pub Night! 

Embarrassing HC Moment: Texting my OSI group chat pictures that were meant for my SGA group chat 

Bragging Rights: I speak 5 languages 

Words to live by: “A rejection is a redirection” & “Mind over matter”

Favorite TV Show: The Unexplained

Favorite Book: Cien años de Soledad by Gabriel García Márquez

Favorite Kimball meal: Chicken Parm

Favorite Cool Beans Drink: Iced Matcha

Favorite spot on campus: Cafe Babel 

Favorite off-campus restaurant: Bocado Tapas

Guilty Pleasure: Eat a KitKat chocolate bar

Some small things that make your day better: Hanging out with my friends 

First thing you do when you wake up: Check my Google calendar 

Last thing you do before going to bed: My skincare routine

Favorite place you have traveled to: London, UK or Merida, Mexico 

Something you look forward to when you go home: Seeing my dog, Bambi, and spending time with my mom

Post-Graduation Plans: Attend graduate school and continue working as an assistant to the Associate Executive Director at the YMCA in Los Angeles

Featured image courtesy of Viveca Stucke ’26

Copy Edited by Caroline Kramer ‘26

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    We proud of you 👏 Always remember that you are loved and appreciated by everyone We Love you 😍

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