
Meet the Team
Meet the creators of Pasta Pals!
This unique and fun charity event has been created by a team of seven passionate final year Event Management students at the University of Technology, Sydney. Find out more about them below.
Cindy Thach
Pasta Pals Co-creator
Cindy is a final year Event Management and International Studies student at UTS, who is interested in the intersection between business, innovation and creativity. She is passionate about Sydney's cultural and creative arts scene, and enjoys music, film, art, fashion and French language and culture.

Corey Dodd
Pasta Pals Co-creator
Corey is a final year student at the University of Technology, Sydney, studying a Bachelor of Business Management combined with a Bachelor of International Studies. He aspires to work in business and maintain his culture's qualities.
Eunji Park
Pasta Pals Co-creator
Eunji is in her final year, studying event management at UTS. She is bright, enthusiastic and loves an adventure! Travelling around the globe, experiencing new things has always been a hobby!
Paolo Claravall
Pasta Pals Co-creator
After spending the majority of his childhood changing schools and countries, he realised that the fastest way to make lifelong friendships were through events. Ever since then, Paolo has been obsessed with everything events. Currently in his final year, he looks forward to the unique yet rewarding challenge of planning, hosting and running events post covid-19 pandemic.
Rebecca Raeside
Pasta Pals Co-creator
Rebecca is currently in her final year of studying Event Management and a Diploma in French at UTS. She loves eating out and cooking, and is always in search of amazing food and wine, whether it be in Australia or somewhere else around the world!
Shirley Ou
Pasta Pals Co-creator
In her final year at UTS studying Event Management, Shirley loves everything and anything about travel, food and beauty. She enjoys hiking, going to the gym and exploring new restaurants. You'll for sure hear her talk about food if you meet her!
Sophie Verheul
Pasta Pals Co-Creator
Sophie is a final year Event Management student. She is a passionate people person who loves food, coffee and the finer things in life. You’ll often find her raving about what new cafe/restaurant/bar she’s recently visited to whoever will listen.