Final Exercises 2025

James Edwards: After graduation, I’m headed to Delaware to be a pediatric trauma nurse.

Maya Johnson: I’ll be attending Vanderbilt University, pursuing a master’s in higher education administration.

Nicholas Lacy: I’ll be going to Pittsburgh to work as a gold bar recruiter for the Space Force.

Nakayla Figgins: After graduation, I’ll be moving to D.C. to work as a PICU nurse at Children’s National.

Chris Johnson: I’ll commission as an ensign in the Navy and head up to D.C. to start my career as a cyber warfare engineer.

Alex Schaefer: I plan to pursue a Ph.D. in electrical and systems engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.

Laura-Louise Rice: I’ll be moving to South Carolina to work on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

GK Do: I’m going to be a Double Hoo and get my master’s in business analytics at the McIntire School of Commerce.

Nick Chu: After graduation, I’ll be in D.C. while I apply to medical schools.

Precious Ezealigo: After graduation, I’m moving to Arlington, Virginia, to join Amazon as a finance manager.

Rebecca Fitch: I’ll be going to William & Mary to get a master’s in counseling with a concentration in military and veterans. And I’ll also be commissioning into the Army Reserves.

Ben Foote: I’ll be staying in Charlottesville to run my sports nutrition startup with my wife and co-founder, Paige.

Jack Siegel: I’m going to Richmond to be a Virginia Management Fellow, where I’ll do policy work for three different state agencies over two years. I really hope to continue my opera career as well.

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Katie Rogers: I will be going to New York, and I’ll be working for Mars Wrigley doing corporate finance.

Jade Preston: After graduation, I’ll be moving to Northern Virginia to continue my Air Force career as an operations research analyst.

Kaylee Chan: I’m going to be a fifth-grade math-science teacher at Walker Upper Elementary School right here in Charlottesville.

Marie-Clare Matricardi: I’m moving to D.C. to work for the Republican Attorneys General Association.

BreAnn Dishman: After graduation, I’m going to be staying right here in Charlottesville to work at UVA in the pediatric intensive care unit.

Malia Takei: I’m moving to Chicago to be a finance attorney with Mayer Brown.

Sasha Ivanov: I will be pursuing a chemistry Ph.D. at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Josh Novick: I’ll be moving to New York City as a private credit analyst for Blackstone.

Izzy Spanswick: After graduation, I’ll be joining the Peace Corps and going to Vietnam to teach English.

Charlotte Devine: I’ll be heading to Denver to work as a senior designer at the landscape architecture firm MVVA.

Jacob Hobbs: I’ll be in Washington, D.C., working as an associate software engineer at CoStar Group. Eventually, I’ll be pursuing a Ph.D. in ethical AI.

Michael Gonçalves: After graduation, I’m going to Duke University, while I’ll be completing my residency training in psychiatry.

Serena Kopf: I’m going to be a Double Hoo and pursue my master’s in counselor education here at UVA.