A message from our Presidents
Hi everyone!
Our names are Salma Setia and Camila Beresford-Redman and we are incredibly honored and excited to serve as the USC Helenes Co-Presidents for 2025. For over 100 years, Helenes has been a home to Trojans dedicated to serving the USC community and the greater Los Angeles community. Since joining, we have been so lucky to find a family within Helenes and our home away from home. We have met some of our greatest friends within this organization and gained a family of compassionate, kind-hearted, and inspiring individuals – something we are incredibly grateful for. Helenes come from a variety of academic pursuits, personal backgrounds, and meaningful passions, but we share a common love for the Trojan student body and for serving our local community.
Some of our favorite USC memories have been with fellow Helenes, from meeting new members at our Open House to hanging out in the Helenes section during Gatecall, or just seeing friends at the Helenes Bench in Alumni Park. In all that we do, Helenes is a supportive community, committed to service, spirit, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and family. We hope that in learning more about the USC Helenes, you get to meet some of our wonderful members and hear about their favorite memories and traditions. If you have any questions about the application process or what it is like to be a Helene, please do not hesitate to reach out to us via email! We would love to hear from you.
Helenes love and all of ours,
Salma Setia (she/her) & Camila Beresford-Redman (she/her)
Co-Presidents
A message from our Vice President
Hello everyone!
My name is Benny Woodward, and I am very honored and excited to serve as the 2025 USC Helenes Vice President! When I found the Helenes in the spring of my freshman year, I instantly fell in love with our organization’s welcoming community full of some of the most wonderful and caring people on our campus. These past semesters I have made many invaluable friends, had the opportunity to give back to the campus and LA community, and found a true sense of belonging at USC.
One of my favorite memories has been getting to know many Helenes at our weekly Farmer’s Market Hangout, a chance for our members to enjoy each other’s company at the farmer’s market in McCarthy Quad. I loved catching up with my first friends (shoutout Spring ‘24!) while also getting closer to our newest rosebuds. My main focus as Vice President is connecting all of our membership to bring us together as a community. I am dedicated to helping our members create meaningful relationships with each other by hosting many events throughout the semester. Most importantly, I am in charge of putting together our century-old traditions of Welcome Night and Install Tea, therefore upholding the tradition of family, one of our core pillars, in the Helenes.
I am so grateful to have the opportunity to strengthen the bond of the Helenes community for this coming year! If you have any questions about our organization, please feel free to connect with me through my email.
Helenes love and all of mine,
Benny Woodward (she/her)
Vice President