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El Equipo de Embody Carolina consiste en miembros del comité que trabajan durante todo el año en nuestras iniciativas de extensión, marketing, y colaboración. En el pasado, los proyectos han incluido programas de extensión por la Semana Nacional de concienciación de los trastornos alimentarios (NEDA Week), presentaciones para hermandades Panhellenic, y una colaboración con el curso de Lifetime Fitness, el programa obligatorio de salud y educación física para estudiantes en UNC. Además, varios miembros de nuestro comité realizan los entrenamientos de Embody cada semestre.
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Co-Chairs


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Sarah Leck, Co-Chair
Major: Hispanic Linguistics
Class Year: Senior            
Hometown: Raleigh, NC

Life Soundtrack: Anything I can dance to
Favorite Quote: "Nothing can dim the light that shines from within." - Maya Angelou 
If I were an animal I'd be a: Puppy!
Celebrity Look-a-like: Taylor Schilling (the woman who plays Piper on Orange is the New Black) 
Quirky Fear: Whales 
Favorite Decade: 70's and 90's for the fashion! 


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Caitlin Rosica, Co-Chair
Major: Business and Occupational Therapy, Minor in Psychology
Class Year: ​Junior
Hometown: Jamison, PA

Life Soundtrack: Lucky, Colbie Caillait
Favorite Quote: “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” – Mother Teresa
If I were an animal I'd be a: Chimpanzee
Celebrity Look-a-Like: Jamie Lynn Spears in the Zoey 101 Days
Quirky Fear: basements at night
Favorite Decade: 90’s!



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Rebecca Hoffman, Co-Chair
Major: 
Political Science Major; Philosophy Politics & Economics, History Minors
Class Year: Senior
Hometown: Levittown, NY

Life Soundtrack: "Even If It Kills Me" by Motion City Soundtrack
Favorite Quote: "Don't let the Muggles get you down." - Ron Weasley

If I were an animal I'd be a: Fox.
Celebrity Look-a-like: 
A few people have said Shailene Woodley!
Quirky Fear: Seagulls. I live near the water in NY and they're everywhere.   
Favorite Decade: 
I like the 2010s, so far!




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Rosa Hannah, Co-Chair
Major: Public Policy and Political Science
Class Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Raleigh, NC

Life Soundtrack: Soundtrack to 'Wicked'
Favorite Quote: "Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment." (Slaughterhouse-Five)
​If I were an animal I'd be a: hedgehog!
Favorite Decade: Now





Executive Team


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Teresa Ceballos, Social Media Coordinator
Major: English and Spanish
Class Year: Senior
Hometown: Wilmington, DE

Life Soundtrack: The Sound of Music Soundtrack
Favorite Quote: "Where there is love, there is life." - Ghandi
If I were an animal I'd be a: Dolphin
Celebrity Look-a-like: One time I got Julie Andrews - that was the best day of my life
Quirky Fear: Sheep (I got ringworm from a sheep once)
Favorite Decade: Now - You can see the face and hear the voice of someone across the planet on a tiny box that you can hold in your hand. What a time to be alive. 




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Alexis Hinnant, Social Media Coordinator
Major: Communications, Minor Screenwriting
Class Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Goldsboro, NC

Life Soundtrack: Tears Dry On Their Own, Amy Winehouse
Favorite Quote: “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuess. 
If I were an animal I'd be a: Panda
Quirky Fear: Having food all over me 
Favorite Decade: 90’s!



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Lainey Temple, Social Media Coordinator
Major: Psychology
Class Year: First year
Hometown: Cary, NC

Life Soundtrack: Sweet Disposition
Favorite Quote: "It is not the years in your life, but the life in your years"
If I were an animal I would be: a mountain goat
Celebrity Look-a-like: Jennette McCurdy
Quirky Fear: A shark in a pool
Favorite Decade: 50s or 60s


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Kirsten Chen, Training Coordinator
Major: Biology; Chemistry and Mathematics Minors
Class Year: Junior
Hometown: China

Life Soundtrack: all Beyonce-like sound
Favorite Quote: “Dream big and dare to fail.” - Norman Vaughan
If I were an animal I'd be: puppy plz
Celebrity Look-a-like: a bunch of Chinese TV stars with round eyes
Quirky Fear: height, but I lied when I was asked if I am afraid of height in a job interview
Favorite Decade: 2010s, potentially 2020s



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Isabel Rodriguez, Community & Outreach Coordinator
Major: nutrition and psychology 
Class Year: sophomore
Hometown: Miami, FL
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Favorite Quote: "you are exactly where you need to be"
If I were an animal I'd be a: Cat
Quirky Fear: roosters
Favorite Decade: 90s 


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Laura Buczek, Community & Outreach Coordinator
Major: Biology
Class Year: Senior
Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC

Life Soundtrack: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Favorite Quote: "Hate us cause they ain't us" -James Franco
Quirky Fear: I'm scared of things (bugs) crawling out of bathroom drains- significantly more than just being in the bathroom.
Favorite Decade: 80s


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Gillian Fortier, Photo Editor
Major: Exercise and Sport Science, double minoring in Cognitive Science and Comparative Literature
Class Year: Junior
Hometown: Apex, NC

Life Soundtrack: "Dreamer" by Elizaveta
Favorite Quote: "Be in love with your life. Every minute of it." -Jack Kerouac
If I were an animal I'd be a: Sea Otter. They live in the ocean and hold hands - two of my absolute favorite things!
Celebrity Look-a-Like: Rupert Grint, ideally.
Quirky Fear: Frogs. I loathe them with every fiber of my being.
Favorite Decade: I have a soft spot for the 1950s.



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Ashley Broadwater, Event Coordinator
Major: Psychology
Class Year: 2020
Hometown: Gastonia, NC

Life Soundtrack: Shake it Out by Florence & the Machines
Favorite Quote (Bible Verse): "The pain you have been feeling cannot compare to the joy that is coming." --Romans 8:18
If I could be an animal, it would be: a panda!
Celebrity look-alike: Some people have said Shenae Grimes-Beech?
Quirky fear: Getting "goosed" in Duck Duck Goose
Favorite Decade: 1920s!


Committee Members


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Adrienne Bonar
Major: Psychology and Women's and Gender Studies
Class Year: Junior
Hometown: Waxhaw, NC

Life Soundtrack: Future People by Alabama Shakes
Favorite Quote: " 'You miss 100% of the shots you don't take' -Wayne Gretzky" - Michael Scott

If I were an animal I'd be a: ​Bunny
Celebrity Look-a-like: Quvenzhané Wallis (I don't think we actually look alike, but she's amazing)
Quirky Fear: Getting my ears pierced
Favorite Decade: 2000's. Arrested Development, Mean Girls, and Lady Gaga- it was a great decade



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Laura Haulsee
Class Year: Senior
Major: Nursing 
Hometown: Pinehurst, NC 

Life Soundtrack: “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift 
Favorite Quote: “Education is the most powerful weapon you can choose to change the world.” ~Nelson Mandela 
If I were an animal I'd be a: sea otter
Celebrity Look-Alike: My friends say Emma Roberts…. I guess I can handle it! 
Quirky Fear: Elevators…. I always have to be the last one on and the first one off 
Favorite Decade: I am a fan of the flower children of the 1970s. Plus, the music from that era is GREAT!


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Alexus Roane
Major: Public Policy & Women's and Gender Studies
Class Year: Junior
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
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Life Soundtrack: Cheetah Girls 2
Favorite Quote: "Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare." - Audre Lorde
If I were an animal I'd be: a bunny because they're cute and adorable
Celebrity Look-a-like: Beyonce
Quirky Fear: Dolls!!
Favorite Decade: 90s and early 2000s


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Morgan Welge
Major: Political Science and Public Policy
Class Year: Senior
Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC

Life Soundtrack: "Meet Virginia" by Train
Favorite Quote: "Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me." -Michael Scott

If I were an animal I'd be: A cuddly dog!
Celebrity look-a-like: Gwyneth Paltrow and Joni Mitchell
Quirky fear
: I hate being chased
Favorite decade: 1950s-1960s


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​Abigail Liles
Major: Psychology
Class Year: Senior
Hometown: Waxhaw, North Carolina 

Life Soundtrack: Anything by the Black Keys
Favorite Quote: “Every second that you spend doubting your worth, every moment that you use to criticize yourself; is a second of your life wasted.” –unknown
If I were an animal I'd be a: Pug
Celebrity Look-a-like: Kate Winslet
Quirky Fear: A stranger will walk up and talk to me in the pit
Favorite Decade: The 1960s! 



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Emma Stinson
Major: Nutrition/Pre-Pharm
Class Year: Junior
Hometown: Winston-Salem, NC
Life Soundtrack: Anything Beyoncé
Favorite Quote: “Take it easy. But take it.” –Woody Guthrie
If I were an animal I'd be a: Panda
Celebrity Look-a-Like: Katherine Heigl
Quirky Fear: Never, ever tickle me.
Favorite Decade: 90’s by far







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 Zoe Rose
Major: Food Studies
Class Year: Junior
Hometown: Fairview, NC

Life Soundtrack: Dolly Parton, Nickel Creek, Lizzy Ross, Steep Canyon Rangers, Mipso 
Favorite Quote: “Comparison is the thief of joy” 
If I were an animal I'd be a: North Carolina Panther! Their roar is dramatic and terrifying.
Favorite Decade: 1916 so I could meet my Great Aunt Elizabeth who I’ve heard so much about.

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Violet Noe
Major: Nutrition
Class Year: Junior
Hometown: Greenville, NC

Life Soundtrack: "September" by Earth, Wind and Fire 
Favorite Quote: "Ignore what other people think. Most people aren't even paying attention to you." -Amy Poehler
If I were an animal I'd be a: Panda
Celebrity Look-a-like: I've been told I look like Christina Ricci and Katy Perry
Quirky Fear: Bugs
Favorite Decade: The 80s hands down!


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Mishelle Duran
Major: Biology
Class Year: Junior
Hometown: Monroe, NC

Life Soundtrack: “Under the Sea” The Little Mermaid
Favorite Quote: “You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” Winne the Pooh
If I were an animal I'd be a: Panda or Elephant
Quirky Fear: Butterflies, yeah I don’t why…
Favorite Decade: 80’s definitely 



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Mary Selzer
Major: Exercise and Sport Science
Class Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Huntersville, NC

Life Soundtrack: Elevate by St. Lucia
Favorite Quote: “We get so worried about being pretty. Let’s be pretty kind. Pretty funny. Pretty smart. Pretty strong.”
If I were an animal I'd be a: Beluga Whale
Quirky Fear: Shredded coconut
Favorite Decade: 2000’s (The only one I’ve experienced fully so far)



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Tori Yegelwel
Major: Education
Class Year: Senior
Hometown: Long Island, NY

Life soundtrack: "Love on Top" by Beyonce
Favorite Quote: "It is what it is." - my mom

If I were an animal I'd be a: Meerkat
Celebrity Look-a-like: Selena Gomez. Not actually, but if I could look like a celebrity I would look like her.
Quirky fear: The world running out of chocolate
Favorite decade: the 90's. Backstreet boys though...


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Kaileigh Gray
Major: Biology OR Psychology, with Spanish Minor 
Class Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Rutherfordton, NC

Life Soundtrack: Beautiful Soul by Jesse McCartney 
Favorite Quote: "Your imperfections make you beautiful, they make you who you are." - Demi Lovato 
If I were an animal I'd be a: Elephant 
Celebrity Look-a-Like: Jennifer Lawrence???
Quirky Fear: terrified of tornadoes 
Favorite Decade: 1990's



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Amanda Hsiao
Major: Undecided
Class Year: Sophomore
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Hometown: Marvin, NC

Life Soundtrack: The Mojo Radio Gang by Parov Stelar (though in actuality the soundtrack to my life would be composed of so many other songs as well)
Favorite Quote: "You are not required to set yourself on fire to keep other people warm" - Unknown
If I were an animal I'd be a: Panda bear
Celebrity Look-a-Like: I honestly don't know enough celebrities to think of one
Quirky Fear: Ants
Favorite Decade: The 2010s




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Amber Holt
Major: Psychology and Exercise and Sport Science
Class Year: Senior
Hometown: Statesville, NC

Life Soundtrack: “You Are More” - Tenth Avenue North, and basically any song by Taylor Swift or Augustana
Favorite Quote: “Let your smile change the world but never let the world change your smile.” “Not all those who wander are lost” - J.R.R Tolkien
If I were an animal I'd be a: A Little Lamb
Celebrity Look-a-Like: I don’t really have one but maybe Tinker Bell!
Quirky Fear: my hair turning brown 
                                                                   Favorite Decade: 90s (fan of the music)



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Emily Hagstrom, Co-Chair of Carolina Advocating for Gender Equality
Major: Political Science and Public Policy
Class Year: Junior
Hometown: Hendersonville, NC

Life Soundtrack: "Just Fine" by Mary J. Blige
Favorite Quote: I really like this stanza from a poem by Emily Dickinson: "Hope is the thing with feathers/ That perches in the soul/And sings the tune without the words/And never stops-at all."
If I were an animal I'd be a: ​Golden retriever for sure
Celebrity Look-a-Like: I don't think I have one!
Quirky Fear: Basically afraid of everything, especially the dark and bees.
Favorite Decade: the '90s


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Rachel Uri​ 
Major: Psychology, Minor in Neuroscience
Class Year: Senior
Hometown: Charlotte, NC

Life Soundtrack: Beyonce all day, every day!  
Favorite Quote: "But if these years have taught me anything it is this: you can never run away. Not ever. The only way out is in." - Junot Diaz
If I were an animal I'd be a: Panda  
Celebrity Look-a-like: I've been told I look like Ariana Grande but I don't really think so...  
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Quirky Fear: Any sort of bug/insect/spider. Especially if it has wings. Favorite Decade: 1970's for the music and fashion (bell-bottoms!).  

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Meg Orita
Major: Musicology
Class Year: PhD
Hometown: Princeton, NJ

Life Soundtrack: "Miracles Happen" - Myra (From The Princess Diaries soundtrack)
Favorite Quote: "I have no special talent, I am only passionately curious" -Albert Einstein
If I were an animal I'd be a: Hummingbird 
Celebrity Look-a-like: I don't have one, which I think is awesome!
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Quirky Fear: Tripping on my own shoelaces
Favorite Decade: 2000's! 2000's pop is my FAVORITE


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Megan Sefler
Major: Biology and Italian
Class Year: Junior
​Hometown: Cary, NC

Life Soundtrack: Any Disney song ever (especially songs from The Lion King)
Favorite Quote: "Be yourself, everyone else is already taken."
Quirky Fear: Being in the shower when the fire alarm goes off
Favorite Decade: 2010's

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Charlotte Thompson
Major: Psychology
Class Year: First Year
Hometown: Cary, NC
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Life Soundtrack: Bet On It - Troy Bolton
Favorite Quote: "What lies behind us & what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Emerson
If I were an animal I'd be: Something that sleeps a lot
Celebrity Look-a-like: Personality-a-like = Beyonce #fab
Quirky Fear: trying to pet a dog & it being mean
Favorite Decade: 20's


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Lizzi Thompson
Major: Undecided
Class Year: First year
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Hometown: Long Island, NY
Life Soundtrack: The Kim Possible Theme Song
Favorite Quote: "Just keep swimming" - Finding Nemo
If I were an animal I'd be: a cat
Celebrity Look-a-like: Kristen Bell
Quirky Fear: Being late


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Siham Sherif
Major: Exercise and Sport Science
Class Year: First Year
Hometown: Memphis, TN
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Life Soundtrack: Gilmore Girls theme song
Favorite Quote: “Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.”
-Eleanor Roosevelt
If I were an animal, I’d be: a dolphin
Celebrity Look-a-like: Malia Obama…does that count?
Quirky Fear: Fireworks
Favorite Decade: 70s!!


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Megan Cooke
Class Year: Senior
Major: Psychology
Hometown: Creedmoor
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Life Soundtrack: Dancing in the Moonlight
Favorite Quote: "Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness." - Steve Maraboli
If I were an animal, I'd be: a hyper kangaroo joey
Celebrity Look-a-like: Don't know
Quirky Fear: Clowns, but only smiling ones
Favorite Decade: 20s


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Sarah Wahid
Class Year: First Year
Major: Psych/English
Hometown: High Point
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Life Soundtrack: High School Musical 3
Favorite Quote: "Most lives are long, and most pain is short.  Hearts don't actually break; they always keep beating."
If I were an animal I'd be: a squirrel
Celebrity Look-a-like: none??
Quirky Fear: trypophobia
Favorite Decade: 90s



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Danielle Altchiler
Class Year: First Year
Hometown: Fairfield, CT
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Life Soundtrack: What Dreams Are Made Of by Hilary Duff (Lizzie McGuire Movie)
Favorite Quote: " "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" -Wayne Gretzky" -Michael Scott "
If I were an animal I'd be a: Panda Bear
Celebrity Look-a-like: Candance Cameron-Bure (DJ from Full House)
Quirky Fear: The waiter/waitress forgetting that I specified to not put a pickle on my plate
Favorite Decade: The 20s



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Brooke Wheeler 
Class Year: First Year
Major: Exercise and Sport Science
Hometown: Perquimans, NC
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Life Soundtrack: Anything Taylor Swift or the Arctic Monkeys
Favorite Quote: "Always leave people better than you found them."
If I were an animal I'd be: definitely a Dalmatian puppy
Celebrity Look-Alike: I honestly have no idea if I have one, but if you think I do, let me know
Quirky Fear: the unknown/uncertainty 
Favorite Decade: the 90s/early 2000's




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Shirin Ataei
Major: Biology
Class Year: First Year
Hometown: Chapel Hill
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Life Soundtrack: High School Musical 2
Favorite Quote: "Raleigh if you came to slay, say I slay!" - Beyoncé, Lemonade World Tour
If I were an animal I'd be: a komodo dragon
Celebrity Look-a-like: ​Demi Lovato when I was 12
Quirky Fear: people
Favorite Decade: '90s



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Caroline Hall
Major: Psychology/Nursing
Hometown: Whitsett, North Carolina
Life Soundtrack: "Welcome to Your Life" by Grouplove
Favorite Quote: "Don't let a bad day make you feel like you have a bad life."
If I were an animal I'd be a: yellow lab
Celebrity Look-a-like: Melissa Rauch (Bernadette from The Big Bang Theory)
Quirky Fear: People coming up and talking to me trying to sell things #awk
Favorite Decade: 2010s fo sho yo


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Emily Jarrett
Major: Global Studies and Anthropology, with a minor in Creative Writing
Class Year: 2018
Hometown: Charlotte, NC

Life Soundtrack: any One Direction song
Favorite Quote: "to be/ soft/ is/ to be/ powerful" - rupi kaur
If I were an animal I'd be a: Elephant
Celebrity Look-a-like: I've had people say I look a bit like a younger Kate Winslet
Quirky Fear: things touching the inside of my forearms
Favorite Decade: early 2000s because Arthur was my jam


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Amanda Becker
Major
: Nutrition
Class Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Winston Salem

Life Soundtrack: Trampoline that booty- Kystylis
Favorite Quote: "We have free food"- Anynonomous 
If I were an animal I'd be a: Elephant
Celebrity Look-a-like: Larry the Cucumber
Favorite Decade: the 70s


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Emily Rodgers
Major: Biology
Class year: First year
Hometown: Yorktown, VA

Life Soundtrack: Nothing Personal - All Time Low
Favorite Quote: Your value doesn't decrease based on someone's inability to see your worth
If I were an animal I would be: a pug
Celebrity Look-a-like: Tia or Tamera Mowry
Quirky fear: Big horses
Favorite decade: 2000s


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Kate Shurtleff
Major: Psychology
Class Year: 2020
Hometown: Morehead City, North Carolina

​Life Soundtrack: Early 2000s Taylor Swift
Favorite Quote: “Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.” Kurt Cobain
If I were an animal I’d be a:  Sea turtle
Quirky Fear: Giant Squids
Favorite Decade: 90s!



The UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders Sponsors

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Christine M. Peat, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders
Hometown: Phoenix, AZ

Life Soundtrack: Dave Matthews Band's Dancing Nancies"
Favorite Quote:  "Forget conventionalisms; forget what the world thinks of you stepping out of your place; think your best thoughts, speak your best words, work your best works, looking to your own conscience for approval. I had ratherŠmake history than write it. Failure is impossible."
If I were an animal I'd be: My pup Stanley
Celebrity Look-a-like: I don¹t - but I do get mistaken for my twin sister!
​Quirky Fear: Monkeys
Favorite Decade: 90s


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Zeynep Yilmaz, Ph.D.  
Research Assistant Professor
UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders

Hometown: Izmir, Turkey & Toronto, Canada
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Life Soundtrack: "Soul Meets Body" by Death Cab for Cutie
Favorite Quote: "Pick your battles wisely" - Unknown
Spirit Animal: Most definitely a cat
Celebrity Look-a-like: I am not sure if I have one
Quirky Fear: Bugs of all assortments
Favorite Decade: 1990s, hands down!

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