Name:  Lilla Eperjesi  

Job Title: Advising Coordinator 

Email: gsa-well@uwaterloo.ca

Job description: The Advising Coordinator, is the primary advocate for graduate students engaging in grievances or navigating the University’s policies. The Coordinator supports graduate students through managing, operating, and delivering advising sessions on behalf of the GSA.   

Meet Lilla: 

Born and raised in Serbia, I moved to Canada in 2013 with my family and completed my bachelor’s degree in political science at the University of Guelph. During my undergraduate studies, I worked for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario at MPP Mike Schreiner’s office where I closely interacted with constituents, ministries and stakeholders on the provincial and municipal level. I also worked under two professors as a research assistant and investigated differentiation in benefit and service extension in Europe as well as Canadian public policy. I moved to Waterloo in 2024 to start my masters in global governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. My research centers around gender, security, and peacekeeping. Outside of academics, I enjoy traveling, road cycling, cooking and painting.  

Where is your go to lunch spot on or around campus? What do you order? , what would it be?  

My go-to spot is the Grad House! It’s hard to pick a favorite item, but their Taco Tempeh Salad never disappoints. 

Which is more versatile, pasta or potatoes? 

Since they can be part of a main dish, side dish, a snack or even desserts, I have to say potatoes. However, being from the border of “potato Europe” and “pasta Europe”, we eat potatoes with pasta, so who can really choose. 

If you were to choose your superpower, what would it be?

I would choose teleportation to be my superpower. I would love to be able to instantly travel anywhere in the world.