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-started my first assistantship for MRL

-group trip to Danville for the fair

-a generational bingo win

-rooftop adventures

-a lot of clue and garticphone nights

-nachos for dinner tonight. love you. ❤️
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posting this very late, but better late than never :)

as of may 10th, i graduated cum laude with my BA in psychology, which is still insane to process. 

when i first came to mary baldwin, i had no idea what the road ahead would look like, or if i would even stay in school. i was freshly grieving the loss of my dad and struggling to find my place in the world. little did i know i was about to find the people who would pull me out of my shell and change my life in ways i still can’t fully describe. without those friends, and without the professors and faculty who believed in me along the way, there is no way i could have made it. 

i wore a lot of hats during my time at mary baldwin: mailroom assistant (i’ll probably never like a job as much again 😭), psych club secretary, psi chi co-president, TA for research methods and techniques of counseling, and thesis researcher. coming in not sure if i’d last a semester and leaving with all of these experiences under my belt still doesn’t feel real at all. to anyone who worked with me in any of those positions, thank you for dealing with my weekly crashouts lol. none of this came easy, but together it all meant everything to me.

to my college family (you know who you are): i could not have done this without you. through everything this chapter of our lives threw at us, you had my back, and i’ll always have yours. i will hold these friendships and memories close for the rest of my life. you all showed me a side of people i really wasn’t sure existed anymore.

to my real-life family: thank you for always believing in me and for talking me off the ledge every time i called with an academia-or-otherwise-induced meltdown. you were figuring this out right alongside me and never let me feel like i was doing it alone. i would not have made it here without you. i hope to make you proud. 

i will miss mary baldwin, staunton, and this experience so much. though i can’t help but grieve that such a formative part of my life is over, i know brighter days are ahead. 💛

alumna out 🥲🎓
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⭐️ january-june 2025
this year was so insane and i have so much to learn from it. thank you to everyone who played a role in my life in the past year, and especially to those who had my back through all the peaks and pitfalls. i love my people and am so full of gratitude 💗
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