Random Walks - Peru

Overview

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Itinerary Description

Random Walk Peru offers an exciting, fast-paced tour staying in Lima, Aguas Calientes, and t Cusco. Take in the breath-taking Sacred Valley, historical Ollantaytambo Archaeological Site, Machu Picchu, and Sacsayhuaman and Tambomachay tour. This tour will be full of discovering a unique land and culture.

Preliminary Itinerary*

Dates: Monday 9/1 - Monday 9/8/2025

View the Peru itinerary via WorldStrides.

*Activities and hotel selections subject to change.

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KEY DATES

February 7
Random Walks Fair

February 11

Online registration for all Admits

February 14
All trip registrations suspended

May 5
Waitlist registration begins

May 19
Trip notifications

June 3
Final payment due

June 9
Waitlist placements begin

June 30
Waitlist registration deadline

August 28-Sept 2
Trips depart

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Trip Leaders

Christian Ochoa

cochoa0@chicagobooth.edu

Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI

Undergrad College: United States Military Academy - West Point

Undergrad Major: Legal Studies

Work Experience: U.S. Army; Uber; UChicago Medicine Research Assistant

Booth Clubs: Hispanic American Business Student Association (HABSA), Armed Forces Group (AFG), Healthcare Group (HCG), Low-Income First-Gen Group (LFG), Graduate Business Council (GBC).

2024 Random Walk (if any): Malta

Hobbies:   Esports, Michigan Football + da Bears (RIP), I like to cook and make cocktails (my Guac and Margarita are my signatures). Also an aspiring amatuer DJ.

Fun Facts: I went viral once, I can juggle, I collect old books and vinyl, Squirt is my favorite pop

Numaya Shahriar

numaya.shahriar@chicagobooth.edu

Hometown: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Undergrad College: Northwestern University

Undergrad Major: Economics & Psychology

Work Experience: Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company, Strategy Manager at Foodpanda

Booth Clubs: Booth Technology Group (BTG), Analytics Club, South Asian Business Group (SABG), Muslims in Business (MiB), Games Group

2024 Random Walk (if any): Puerto Rico!! (with Pratham)

Hobbies:   Being unproductive at Gleacher with my friends, missing the 8am metra for morning classes, simultaneously complaining about and praising MPP, trying out new restaurants in different Chicago neighborhoods

Fun Facts: Does being good at Codenames and a shopaholic count?? - Pratham says: “Numaya is the best deal finder on the internet ever”. I will say word on the street is I know everything and am a “fact book”. IDK if any of this is “fun”...

Prathamesh Saygaonkar

psaygaon@chicagobooth.edu

Hometown: Nashik, India

Undergrad College: University of Pune

Undergrad Major: Engineering (Electronics and Telecommunications)

Work Experience: Strategy Manager, Danfoss (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Equity Research Analyst, Goldman Sachs (Bangalore, India)

Booth Clubs: MCG, SABG, BSG, Coffee Club, and Student Managed Investment Fund

2024 Random Walk (if any): Puerto Rico (with Numaya!)

Hobbies:  Long distance biking, Cold dipping, Coffee tasting

Fun Facts: I can spot the plane make/airline from far away on the ground, I have sat on 320 trains and I can solve the rubik’s cube in 30 seconds

Selena Lopez

Selena.Lopez@chicagobooth.edu

Hometown: San Gabriel, CA

Undergrad College: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

Undergrad Major: Biology and Global Health

Work Experience:  Healthcare consulting

Booth Clubs: Management Consulting Group (MCG), Hispanic American Business Student Association (HABSA), Low-Income/First-Generation Group, Chicago Women in Business (CWiB), Entrepreneur/Venture Capital, Stage and Screen Club, Veg Club

2024 Random Walk (if any): Morocco

Hobbies:  dragging my partner to watch broadway musicals with me, going to live comedy shows, late night chit chatting with Numaya, eating my way through the best vegetarian restaurants in Chicago

Fun Facts: My S.O of five years is also a Boothie, I’m the proud mother of a 5-year old cockatiel named Lola, I once backpacked around the Himalayan mountains, I was a theater kid in high school