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Jason Taylor
East EPO High School
Nazareth College '15
B.A. in International Studies
Life after VISTA: Working on his own podcast and d.j. for Jazz 90.1!
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Seana Vitoff
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities
Roberts Wesleyan College
B.A. in Psychology & Religion/Philosophy
Life after VISTA: Attending graduate school in the lower Hudson Valley for Marriage and Family counseling
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Katie Waring
Greater Rochester Summer Learning Association (GRSLA)
SUNY Geneseo '15
B.A. in English
Life after VISTA: Attending graduate school for creative writing and working to finish her book!
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Meghan Kearns
M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
SUNY Geneseo '15
B.A. in English & International Relations
Life after VISTA: Hired on after her VISTA year, Meghan is currently working at the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence.
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Rachel Sonnet
URMC: Teen Health + Success Partnership
University of Rochester '15
B.A. in Political Science
Life after VISTA: Moved to Pittsburgh to do politically engaged work in her home city!
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Julie Elliot
Rochester City School District: Community Partnerships and Expanded Learning Time
University of Rochester '15
B.A. in American Studies
Life after VISTA:
Working on her Master of Urban Planning at NYU's Wagner School; worked as the VISTA leader for Rochester Youth Year's 2016-2017 cohort, hosted by the Rochester Center for Community Leadership at the University of Rochester
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Burnette Woody
Rochester City School District: Reading by Third Grade
St. John Fisher College
B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies
Life after VISTA:
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Morgan Kennedy
Rochester City School District: Enrico Fermi School 17
University of Rochester '15
Take 5 Participant
B.S. in Neuroscience
Life after VISTA:
Attending Graduate school for Public Health at Mcgill University in Montreal.
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Melissa Guck
Discovery Charter School
St. John Fisher College '15
B.A. in Sociology
Life after VISTA: Attending graduate school!
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Kendra Hester
Center for Youth Crisis Nursery of Greater Rochester
University of Rochester '15
B.A. in Public Health & Psychology
Life after VISTA:
Serving another year in a public health focused AmeriCorps program in Philadelphia.
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John Wilson
Anthony Jordan Health at Community Place
University of Rochester '15
B.S. in Biological Sciences: Molecular Genetics, B.A. in Psychology
Life after VISTA:
Attending Medical School at the University of Rochester.
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Hannah Wright
Refugees Helping Refugees
Nazareth College '15
B.A. in Psychology & Studio Art
Life after VISTA: Doing another AmeriCorps year but this time with AmeriCorps NCCC in Denver Colorado.
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Matias Piva
RYY Program Coordinator, AmeriCorps VISTA Leader, Rochester Center for Community Leadership, University of Rochester
University of Rochester '14
B.A. in Psychology & Philosophy
Life after VISTA: Working to get to his certification to teach English and go abroad!