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Laura Walsh — 2020

2/6/2017

My name is Laura Walsh and I grew up in Bethesda, MD. I attended UVA for undergrad, where I received a B.A. in Biology with a minor in Psychology.  After college,…

Haley Smith — 2020

2/6/2017

Hello!  My name is Haley Smith. I was born in Madison, NJ and grew up in Lynchburg, VA. I pursued my love of sciences and languages at Washington and Lee…

Joscelyn Seaton — 2020

2/6/2017

I am a lifelong Virginia resident, and since 1999, I have lived less than 30 minutes from the University of Virginia. Ever since then, the Seaton family’s ties to UVA…

John Popovich — 2020

2/6/2017

I was born in Torrance, CA (a beach city, one of many Los Angeles suburbs) and went to University of California, San Diego for a B.S. in Human Biology. I…

Nikki Floyd — 2020

2/6/2017

Though originally from the Washington DC area, I am most recently from New England, via Ohio and Japan. I come from a family of teachers and was myself a professor…

Rachel Mayo — 2019

1/8/2016

I am a lifelong Virginia resident who grew up in the southwestern part of the state.  After spending my childhood and college years mostly in the New River Valley area,…

Vaishnavi Lanka — 2019

1/7/2016

I started as a high school intern at the Center for Prostate Disease Research, where I studied the effects of various mutated genes in cancer cell signaling pathways. This led…

Ahmar Hashmi — 2019

1/5/2016

Up to this point I have been a lifelong resident of New Jersey. I have been fortunate enough to have been born in Jersey City, which is considered to be…

Sarah Dillon — 2019

1/4/2016

My name is Sarah Dillon – I was born in Philadelphia but have lived in Richmond most of my life. I have 3 younger siblings and both of my parents…

Toby Ubu — 2018

12/21/2015

I'm from Englewood, NJ, a north jersey town just a stone's throw (8 short miles) from New York City. I graduated Duke University in 2012 as a Classical Studies major with…