The results are in and Tomás Rocha has been voted in as your new Liberation Officer, taking over from Grace Cleary, with 1,329 votes.
At the results event, he said: “I’m absolutely knackered, speechless. I’m gonna get some sleep then like I said I have a lot of faces and lots of names across Sheffield because I have a lot of work to do. I’ve got a long year ahead of me and I’m so excited to get started. Thank you so so much.”
Tomás’s policy centred around making accessibility a ‘right not a privilege’ with plans of creating a standardised support system in order to create a collaborative effort to help every student.
You can read his full manifesto here.
During an interview with Forge Press earlier in his campaign, he said: “As a Disability Champion, I could say that my entire degree has prepared me for this role, but as an autistic student, who has suffered barriers to participation and marginalisation, in many ways – without sounding too pompous – I do genuinely think I am born for this role.
“I’m genuinely so excited. The student feedback that I’ve been getting has been amazing in the short time I’ve been campaigning.”