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Meet the Team Part 2: Alex, Melanie & Elaina!

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Caitlin Mann Student Contributor, Boston College
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Introducing another three amazing ladies who are members of the Her Campus BC Team!!

Meet Alex!

Name: Alex Machetanz
School: A&S
Class Year: 2015
Major: Biology/English
Role in HC BC: Pub Team

Hometown: Seattle
Extracurricular involvement: Peer Health Exchange, Relay for Life, Campus School Marathon Team
Favorite class: Sociology
How you spent your summer vacation: Working and lying on the beach

Guilty pleasure dessert: Blueberry pie!
Song currently stuck in your head: “All Night Longer”
Movie you watched most recently: When Harry met Sally
The TV show you can’t get enough of: Downton Abbey

Favorite chichéd quotation: Yolo :))
Little known fact: I have three scars on my face

Meet Melanie!

Name: Melanie Chang
School: CSON
Class Year: 2013
Major: Nursing

Hometown: Westlake Village, CA
Extracurricular involvement: Her Campus, CSON Senate, Undergraduate Research Fellow, Jamaica Mustard Seed Spring Break
Favorite class: Italian for Foreigners
How you spent your summer vacation: Traveled around Europe after a semester abroad in Venice

Guilty pleasure dessert: Chocolate chip cookies
Song currently stuck in your head: “Boyfriend” by Justin Bieber
Movie you watched most recently: The Dark Knight Rises
The TV show you can’t get enough of: Top Chef

Favorite clichéd quotation: “Live, laugh, love”
Little known fact: I’ve been to 18 countries in the past 8 months.

Meet Elaina!

Name: Elaina Donofrio
School: A&S
Class Year: 2013 (Ew. Let’s not talk about it.)
Major: Communication, Studio Art minor
Role in HC BC: Writer and pub team

Hometown: Vernon, CT
Extracurricular involvement: SAP (tour guide and greeter), RHA, Her Campus, NRHH, Intramural Ref, Late Night slave
Favorite class: American Public Address with Bonnie Jefferson
How you spent your summer vacation: working my butt off to make the money back that I spent abroad

Guilty pleasure dessert: anything incorporating chocolate and/or peanut butter
Song currently stuck in your head: “Animal” by Mike Snow
Movie you watched most recently: The Birdcage
The TV show you can’t get enough of: Awkward (TEAM MATTY ALL THE WAY)

Favorite chichĂ©d quotation: “Everything happens for a reason.”
Little known fact: I am dually enrolled in Boston College and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

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Caitlin Mann

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Caitlin is currently a student at Boston College studying English and Pre-Law.  At BC, she is a member of the Boston College Irish Dance Club, on the Honors Program Student Executive Board's Community Service Committee, and interns and writes for the fashion and culture blog Rusted Revolution.  She has been wriring for Her Campus BC since Jaunary 2011 and is serving as BC's Campus Correspondent for the 2012-2013 school year.  Outside of school, she is a competitive Irish dancer, and has been dancing for 18 years. During her high school career, she completed an engineering project at Case Western Reserve University that made her one of 40 Intel Science Talent Search Finalists in 2009.   In addition to all of this, Caitlin loves reading, yoga, running, shopping, spending time with friends and family, and traveling.