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"The big push for student activism was what attracted me the most about 51����. This is a campus where students use their passion to change things. My passion is running and I wanted to encourage people to cherish running and see it as a medium to build community and lift each other up."

"Seeing 51���� students always pursue their unique passions has pushed me to seek out roles and experiences that I would not traditionally apply to."

"The culture at 51����: the Honor Code, being able to trust your neighbor, standing up for the little guy ... it does inspire and motivate me to keep going."

Pictured: Students in the 360°: Textiles in Context, which provided a multidisciplinary approach to the technical analysis, historical interpretation, and museum display of early Byzantine textiles.

She describes the College as “a gift of four years where I could focus on myself and my friendships and my academic interests. … So by the time that I was out in the ‘real world,’ I was already fully formed, and I wasn't going to change because of patriarchy.”

I will definitely be collaborating with the ECC’s four affiliated AMO groups (Sisterhood*, BACaSO, Mujeres*, and Zami+), but I hope to act as a resource for any student group that desires support around creating an inclusive environment for their members and event participants.

Don't let the comfort of having a cushion prevent you from growing. Experience isn't just a matter of years you've worked; it's what you've learned and how that can change where you go moving forward.

Over the next few years, my research aims will remain centered on investigating the genetics of underrepresented human ancestries—e.g., African, Latin American—and to use computational tools to understand the interplay between evolutionary processes and complex disease/phenotypes.

I learned so much from the district office manager and realized how much the congress members do for their constituents.