Nekisha Olaya is the Operations Director for Bauer Women Society. She is a Junior of the Hilton College pursuing a major in Hotel and Restaurant Management and a minor in Business Foundation. She has been an active member of Bauer Women Society since Fall 2015.
Aside from being an active member, she currently works at the Welcome Center as a UH Ambassador. She enjoys informing prospective students about the great things that happen here at the University of Houston through the huge events like the UH Football games to the student involvement that adds to the Cougar Spirit. Her involvement with the organization has helped her develop skills leadership and communication. She has also become more passionate about leading people and helping them grow into becoming stronger people within and outside of this organization.
In her downtime, she loves cheering on her UH Football team at every football game. She also enjoys dancing, reading, and also she sometimes likes to draw. She hopes to open up her own restaurant, club, or community center of her own in the future. She may come off with a lot of energy, but she is always smiling and never afraid to talk to others. And if you want some cougar spirit, just be around her at all of the games!

Xena Ayala is the Logistics Manager for Bauer Women Society. She is a sophomore pursuing a supply chain management degree at C.T Bauer College of Business. She has been an active member of Bauer Women Society since Fall 2015.

Xena loves cooking, playing with animals, being outdoors, and giving back to the community. Some of her favorite places to volunteer at is The Cottage Shop at The Women's Home, and also at the UH community service events. 

Her dream is to become a fashion buyer for a retail company. She currently works as a Student Outreach Programs Coordinator at the Undergraduate Programs Office at the Bauer College of Business. 

She is very passionate about helping others and is excited to be a part of a wonderful organization that helps young women learn and grow together. 

Edith Rubio is the Corporate Relations Director of Bauer Women Society. She is a business student at the C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston, pursuing a major in Management Information Systems. She has been an active Bauer Women Society member since Fall 2015, where she participated in the Operations Directorate.

She currently works for Direct Energy in the Connected Home department as an Innovation Intern. In the past semesters, Edith has held several graphic design internship positions in Schlumberger and The Daily Cougar Newspaper.

Aside from being passionate about technology and innovation, Edith enjoys volunteering in her free time. Since 2012, Edith has been a volunteer for Via Colori, a fundraiser for the Center for Hearing and Speech. She also volunteers as a Henna tattoo/face painting artist in several school districts around Houston.

She believes that education is key, therefore she devotes her free time to working with organizations which missions are to make education more accessible in developing countries. Edith is also part of Ten Thousand Villages, a fair trade and non-profit organization that benefits artisans in developing countries around the world.
Aside from traveling across South America and Europe, one of Edith’s goals is to move to Spain a few years after graduation.