Jakye Nunley for President. Abraham Mapatano for Vice President.
Transparent governance, real student outcomes, and a CSU experience that actually prepares you for what comes next.
Nunley & Mapatano
Spring 2026 · ASCSU · Colorado State University
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Students are more than a data point.
Your experience shapes every decision we make.
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Administration should be accessible and demystified.
Open doors. Real conversations. Better outcomes.
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Students deserve real belonging, engagement, and post-grad opportunity.
Not just a diploma — a competitive advantage.
Why We're Running
CSU is at an inflection point.
This campaign exists to bridge the gaps students feel every day. We're not here to maintain the status quo. We're here to fundamentally change how student government serves its primary stakeholders: students.
Core Belief
Student input should drive institutional decisions.
We believe in transparent governance where student input drives real decisions. Your university experience should connect you to real opportunity, give you a voice that leads to meaningful action, and prepare you for what comes next.
The Framework
The Bridge Framework
Four bridges. One goal: connect students to success.
Bridge 01
Peer to Peer
Bridge 02
Peer to Community
Bridge 03
Peer to Administration
Bridge 04
Peer to World
We're building intentional connection points between students, campus leaders, and administration—and helping students communicate the real value of their CSU experiences on the world stage.
Top Initiatives
Where we start.
Nunley — Initiative 01
CSU Administration Office Hours
Direct student access to leadership through scheduled office hours with key administrators—so decisions aren't made behind closed doors.
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Nunley — Initiative 02
Campus Leaders Series (CLS)
Peer-to-peer leadership development that stops student orgs from reinventing the wheel—resource sharing, mentorship, collaboration, and stronger organizations.
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Mapatano — Signature Initiative
Student Work Lab Act
Graduate with more than a degree—graduate with paid professional experience and a portfolio that proves your value.
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The Candidates
Meet Jakye and Abraham
For President
Jakye Nunley
Jakye Nunley's platform centers on repairing and strengthening the relationships that make CSU function at its best—students, faculty, administration, and governance. When these groups work transparently and collaboratively, the entire campus benefits.
For Vice President
Abraham Mapatano
Jobs, not busywork. Systems, not slogans. Abraham Mapatano is focused on increasing the real value of a CSU degree with paid experience, durable skills, and infrastructure that turns education into a competitive advantage.
On the Ground
The campaign in motion.
The Team
One unified voice, many dedicated hands.
We run clean, structured, and disciplined. This is what a campaign built on integrity looks like.
Help us build the bridges.
We win by being structured, disciplined, and professional—one unified voice, many dedicated hands.
Spring 2026 ASCSU Election
The Platform
Concrete, executable initiatives organized under one mission: bridge the gap between students and the systems meant to serve them.
Presidential Platform
Jakye Nunley
The presidential platform centers on repairing and strengthening the relationships that make CSU work. When students, faculty, administration, and governance operate in silos, progress stalls. We're opening clear access points and making sure student voices drive real decisions.
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Presidential Initiative
CSU Administration Office Hours
Direct Student Access to Leadership
For too long, CSU students have felt disconnected from administration, with key decisions made behind closed doors and without a full understanding of student realities. Scheduled office hours with key administrators open channels for questions and feedback—reducing the distance between decision-makers and the students affected by those decisions. When administrators hear directly from students, policies improve.
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Presidential Initiative
Campus Leaders Series
Peer-to-Peer Leadership Development
Student organizations across CSU face the same challenges—funding, retention, event planning, and communication—yet too often work in isolation. CLS is designed to unite student leaders across campus through skill building, mentorship, resource sharing, and cross-organization collaboration. The outcome is stronger organizations and scalable impact across CSU.
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Presidential Initiative
Collaboration Initiatives
Building a More Connected Campus
ASCSU Outings that build stronger working relationships
Recognition and celebration of athletic teams and postseason moments
Summit for Colorado university student body presidents hosted at CSU
More club/organization visits and expanded RSO partnership grants
Partnership events with cultural resource centers
Vice Presidential Platform
Vice Presidential Platform
Abraham Mapatano
Jobs, not busywork. Systems, not slogans. Outcomes that matter.
In today's economy, a diploma alone isn't enough. Students need tangible skills, professional experience, and portfolios that showcase their abilities. These initiatives are systematic changes that maximize the return on investment for every CSU student.
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Signature VP Initiative
Student Work Lab Act
Graduate With More Than a Degree
Graduate with paid professional experience and a portfolio that proves your value—not simulations, not unpaid internships, but real client work that becomes your competitive advantage.
Real Client Work for Credit
Students work on real projects from businesses, nonprofits, and community orgs—not simulations.
CSU Funded Execution Model
CSU helps fund student compensation to remove financial barriers to participation.
Public Portfolio Development
Every project becomes a portfolio artifact students can show to employers from day one.
Employer Pipeline Integration
Partner orgs become recruiting channels for internships and full-time roles after graduation.
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VP Initiative
Digital Infrastructure Act
Scaling Student Organization Impact
Student organization leaders lose countless hours to admin tasks—budgets, member lists, event planning, reporting. The Digital Infrastructure Act provides no-code tools and automated systems to handle routine operations so student leaders can focus on mission and impact, not spreadsheets. Student leaders spend less time on logistics and more time delivering programs that matter.
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VP Initiative
AI Proof Talent Resolution
Future-Ready Skills for Every Graduate
We're aligning CSU student development with durable, employer-aligned skills that age well in a rapidly changing job market—so students graduate resilient, competitive, and ready. This isn't about chasing trends. It's about building the kind of irreplaceable human judgment and applied expertise that no tool can replicate.
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VP Initiative
Room for Growth Priorities
Affordability + Student Voice
Bolster student benefit programs
Advocate for lower tuition and tuition caps
Advocate for higher student wages on campus
Keep student fees low
Strengthen student representation, including governance-level voice
Ready to build these bridges?
Join the campaign and help us make this platform a reality.
Presidential Candidate
Jakye Nunley
Repairing the relationships that make CSU function at its best — transparent governance, open access, and student voices that actually drive decisions.
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Vice Presidential Candidate
Abraham Mapatano
Congolese-American founder, economist in training, and systems architect. Jobs, not busywork. Systems, not slogans. Outcomes that compound.
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The Full Team
Every bridge needs builders.
The people behind this campaign show up because they believe CSU can be better—and they're willing to do the work to get there.
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55th Student Body President · ASCSU · Presidential Candidate Spring 2026
Jakye Nunley
"Leadership is not symbolic. It is structural. And structure creates legacy."
55th
Student Body President of ASCSU
41K+
Homecoming attendance record under his leadership
$5K
Saved in Fall Retreat costs through fiscal discipline
3
Executive ASCSU roles held
Who He Is
Systems-Driven Leader. Civic Strategist. The 55th Student Body President of CSU.
Jakye Nunley's leadership is defined by structural reform, measurable impact, and a deep commitment to student well-being. Across three ASCSU roles — Deputy Director of Health, Chief of Staff, and Student Body President — his record reflects one consistent theme: build systems that outlast you.
"Structure over slogans. Results over rhetoric. Leadership is not symbolic — it is structural."
— Jakye Nunley
ASCSU Career — Three Roles, One Standard
A Record Built Role by Role
Deputy Director of Health
Student Wellness Infrastructure
Hosted Ryan Sallans educational event — inclusion, identity, and campus dialogue
Facilitated Body Project partnership — body image and mental health for students
Supported Narcan partnership with Mile High Resilience (Aurora, CO)
Advanced The Purify Initiative — harm-reduction conversations campus-wide
Chief of Staff
Governance Reform & Organizational Excellence
Authored and passed the Growing Food Security Bill (2023)
Instituted the Public Initiative Tracker — accountability for every government promise
Cut Fall Retreat spending by $5,000 through fiscal discipline
Modernized decade-old ASCSU bylaws
Established the Executive Code of Conduct
Launched a Rotational Internship Program — broader student access to executive roles
Opened Cabinet meetings to RSOs for improved transparency
Instituted Cabinet Leadership Team structure for cross-department alignment
55th Student Body President
Campus & Colorado Statewide Impact
Broke Homecoming records — 41,000+ student attendance
Joined Colorado Student Government Coalition — statewide advocacy
Sent formal letters to the Department of Higher Education
Authored the ATFAB Alternative Routes letter on behalf of students
Represented CSU nationally at the ACUI Conference
Joined the CSU Police Department Advisory Board
Engaged the Board of Governors directly
Hosted Fall Budget Townhall — fiscal transparency with students
Integrated Emergenetics into ASCSU leadership development
Organized Key Communities Networking Night + Year2Uesday initiative
Presented at CSU Symposium Inspire and to the Division of Student Affairs
Beyond Student Government
Community, Culture & Civic Engagement
Jakye's leadership extends across all corners of campus. He served as Secretary then VP of United Men of Color, led networking and growth initiatives, and served as Peer and Lead Peer Coordinator at the Black African American Cultural Center — participating in the Black Issues Forum two consecutive years and the 41st Pursuit of Excellence Ceremony.
On the Lory Student Center Governing Board, he served as Administrative Coordinator and led the "Taste of the LSC" partnership. As a Young Invincibles Policy Fellow, he lobbied at the Colorado State Capitol. He holds membership on the Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholar Leadership Council and serves as American Cancer Society District 2 Representative. He also coached an intramural flag football team to a championship and delivered a keynote at Eaglecrest High School.
ASCSU Career Path
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Deputy Director of HealthWellness infrastructure & harm reduction
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Chief of StaffBylaw reform, fiscal discipline, governance transparency
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55th Student Body PresidentCampus & statewide impact
"Students deserve government that serves, not performs."
The Nunley Standard
Meet Abraham Mapatano
Read the VP candidate's full bio and vision.
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Vice Presidential Candidate · Spring 2026 ASCSU
Abraham Mapatano
"Opportunity is stewardship. Stewardship demands multiplication."
100+
Pages of original research on AI & structural unemployment
3K+
Voters in the ASCSU campaign he led as Campaign Manager
X2
The philosophy that anchors everything he builds
∞
Compounding impact across generations, industries, nations
Origin
Born Into Sacrifice. Built for Multiplication.
Abraham Mapatano is a Congolese-American founder, economist in training, and systems architect. Born November 13, 2004 in Atlanta, Georgia — the youngest of six, the only son of parents who fled the DRC during civil war. His father, Isaac Mapatano, was a teacher. His mother, Julie Mapatano, founded Redeeming Love Ministries, which has sponsored thousands of orphans and built schools across the Congo.
When his father passed in 2008, a mentor stepped in. From that moment forward, Abraham internalized a principle: Opportunity is stewardship. Stewardship demands multiplication. He does not see his life as self-made. He sees it as inherited responsibility.
"Gratitude is not expressed by paying it back. It is expressed by multiplying it. X2."
— Abraham Mapatano
The Work — Three Domains
Builder. Economist. Leader.
The Builder — Mapatano & Company
Founder & CEO · Student-Powered Marketing & Automation
Engineered systems that generate thousands of outbound touches per month
Built high-margin fulfillment infrastructure through automation
Mentors students into managing real client revenue portfolios before graduation
Core mission: make education economically productive again
Philosophy — Marketing is capacity. Automation is leverage. Students are operators, not interns.
The Economist — Honors Research
Reisher Scholar · Business Administration & Economics · Colorado State University
Authored 100+ pages of original research on AI and structural unemployment in digital labor markets
Core thesis: the education-employment gap is a systems gap, not just a skills gap
Developed the Mapatano Workforce System — a vertically integrated model connecting students, universities, unions, and small businesses
Described as category-defining with national scaling potential
Thinks in decades, not semesters
The Leader — Campus Impact
Organizations, Campaigns & Executive Councils
President, CSU Marketing Association
Lead Campaign Manager — 3,000+ voter ASCSU administration campaign
Member, Dean Student Leadership Council
Leadership philosophy: institutions move when systems align, results build credibility faster than titles
"Not just preserving opportunity. Expanding it. Not just inheriting a legacy. Compounding it."
— The X2 Philosophy
X2 — The Philosophy
Multiplying Sacrifice Across Generations
X2 is the throughline of everything Abraham builds. If one generation sacrifices for survival, the next must sacrifice for expansion. If one mentor shows up weekly, build a system that mentors hundreds. If one school is built, design infrastructure that transforms entire workforce pipelines.
His parents fled civil war. His mother built a nonprofit that changed thousands of lives. Mentors gave time they didn't have. X2 means not just preserving that — compounding it.
Global Horizon
Fort Collins → Beijing → Cambridge
Abraham intends to pursue the Schwarzman Scholars Program — a Master's in Global Affairs at Tsinghua University, Beijing — designed for leaders navigating global economic and policy systems. Following Tsinghua, he plans advanced study at Harvard, leveraging Schwarzman as a bridge into institutional leadership ecosystems.
China and the United States represent two of the most influential economic powers of the century. Understanding global policy, labor dynamics, and cross-border economic design equips him to build institutions that operate beyond local constraints.
Local pilot → State adoption → National infrastructure → Global policy influence.
National infrastructure — Mapatano Workforce System
Focus Areas
Workforce DevelopmentStudent OrganizationsDigital InfrastructureFuture of WorkAI & Labor EconomicsSystems DesignEntrepreneurship
"Jobs, not busywork. Systems, not slogans. Outcomes that compound."
VP Platform · X2 Standard
Meet Jakye Nunley
Read the presidential candidate's full bio and vision.
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Common Questions
FAQ
What does "Building Bridges" mean in real life?
It means direct access to leadership, strong student org collaboration, and systems that turn the CSU experience into real outcomes—skills, portfolios, and opportunity. Every bridge is an intentional connection between students and the systems, people, or opportunities that can help them succeed.
Are you focused on student outcomes or politics?
Outcomes. We're designing systems that make student life and post-grad readiness better—without the noise. Student government should be in the business of delivering results, not performing engagement.
How do you plan to run the campaign?
Structured, professional, one unified voice, and strict compliance—no pressure tactics, no incentive-for-votes behavior. We promote turnout enthusiastically and respect voter autonomy completely.
What is ASCSU and why does this election matter?
ASCSU (Associated Students of Colorado State University) is the student government body that represents all CSU students. Its leadership has a direct seat at the table with administration, faculty senate, and university leadership. Who holds these positions shapes policy, budget advocacy, and the student experience campus-wide.
How can I help beyond volunteering?
Share the platform with your student org, host a conversation with your peers, follow campaign updates, and show up to vote. The biggest thing you can do is have one genuine conversation with another student about why this election matters.
When is the election?
Spring 2026. Exact voting dates and registration details will be shared via ASCSU's official channels and through our campaign updates. Sign up to get notified.
"This campaign exists to bridge the gaps students feel every day."
