Search



Archives: Students-1

Will Ford

8/23/2019

I am a Louisville, Kentucky native who grew up in Alexandria, Virginia. Throughout middle and high school, I spent a lot of time attending Special Olympics events and working with…

Alexa Caffio-Learner

8/23/2019

Hi, I'm Alexa, and I'm originally from Montgomery County, Maryland. I double-majored in biology and Spanish at Washington and Lee University (just an hour away from UVA), where I decided…

Jeffrey White

9/6/2018

Hi! I’m from Montrose, New York, about an hour north of New York City, and I graduated from Boston College in 2015, with a degree in physics. That’s a remnant…

Morgan Tyler

9/6/2018

Hey y’all! Where I’m from is kind of a complicated question, but the simplest answer is Virginia Beach, Virginia. My dad was in the Navy for most of my life;…

Haley Meade

9/6/2018

Hey y’all!  I’m from Pound, Virginia (a small town in the coalfields of southwest Virginia), and I graduated from Virginia Tech in 2018, with a B.S. in Biochemistry and B.A.…

Brett Jackson

9/6/2018

Hi, my name is Brett! I am from a rural region of southern Colorado called the San Luis Valley, where I grew up surrounded by a large extended family. I…

Eugenie Hughes

9/6/2018

Hello!  My name is Genie, and I am originally from the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where I grew up surrounded by family and going to the beach.  I traded my…

Andrew Burns

9/6/2018

Hello! I am from Annandale, Virginia, a suburb outside of DC. I graduated from the College of William & Mary in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience and…

Caleb Southall

8/9/2017

My name is Caleb Southall. I was born April 7, 1992. I am from the small, rural town of Sutherland, Virginia. Sutherland is located just south and west of the…

Alexander Paap

8/9/2017

I grew up in Highlands Ranch, CO, which is a suburb of Denver. Even though I loved everything about Colorado, I decided to switch things up and take on a…