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2015: Anastasia Crihfield

10/20/2015

The first time I came to Charlottesville I was 11 years old going to sleep-away summer camp for the first time. Charlottesville became my home away from home and I…

2016: Chris Winstead-Derlega

10/20/2015

Chris grew up at the beach's of Virginia, and has spent the last decade learning, growing, and hiking the mountains around Charlottesville. He graduated from UVa in 2009 with a…

2016: Ashley Volaric

10/20/2015

Hello! I am a Double Hoo, originally from Richmond, VA, and am super excited to stay in the Charlottesville area for my medical education. During my undergraduate years, I developed…

2016: Melissa Ogden

10/20/2015

I grew up all over the place, from Houston to Atlanta to Princeton, NJ. My mom is a pediatric oncologist, my dad is an ex-lawyer turned stay-at-home-dad, and I have…

2016: Steven Nguyen

10/20/2015

Hello! I grew up in the suburbs of Richmond, VA and then went down the road to Charlottesville for undergrad. I graduated from UVA in 2011, majoring in Biology and…

2016: Claire Montaigne

10/20/2015

Hello! I grew up outside of New York City before coming down to the wonderful city of Charlottesville for undergrad.  After graduating in 2007, I took a year off and…

2016: Penelope Carter

10/20/2015

I grew up in the sheltered suburban idyll of Southbury, CT, left for high school in Exeter, NH, and went on to undergrad at Harvard University, where, after some fits…

2017: Tamara Saint-Surin

10/20/2015

My family is originally from Haiti but I was born in Queens, NY and grew up mostly in Fairfax, Virginia in the middle of two brothers. I went to UVA for undergrad,…

2017: Nicele Puente

10/20/2015

I was born overseas in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but I was raised in Northern Virginia, and attended Boston University for my undergraduate studies in International Relations.  I spent…

2017: Stephen Mein

10/20/2015

While born in Seattle, Washington, I have spent the majority of my life in Virginia Beach, Virginia. I attended the University of Virginia as an undergraduate student where I studied…