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Meet the Team!

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at App State chapter.

You’ve read their stories, now meet the lovely ladies that make up our fabulous team! 

Rachele Anthony  Social Media Director

Year: Senior

Major: Public relations with a minor in marketing

Hometown:  Denver, NC

Fun Fact: “ I’ve been the flower girl in three weddings, so you could say I’m a pro.”

 

Jordan Boles   writer

Year: Sophomore

Major: Communication, journalism and PR/ marketing

Hometown:  High Point, NC

Fun Fact: “ The people in the school coffee shop know my regular order: double shot caramel Appachino and make it snappy”

 

Megan Brody PR team

Year: Senior

Major: Public relations with a minor in sociology

Hometown:  Winston Salem, NC

Fun Fact: “ I’ve seen Ed Sheeran in concert twice.”

 

Katy Crisp PR team

Year: Junior

Major: Communication sciences and disorders for audiology

Hometown:  Lenior, NC

Fun Fact: “ I’m really bad at jokes but my friends feel bad and laugh anyway.”

 

Taylor Dills writer

Year: Junior

Major: Creative writing with a minor in communication

Hometown:  Sylva, NC

Fun Fact: “ My roommate and I have the same first name and middle name .”

 

Christiana Houser writer

Year: Sophomore

Major: Elementary ed

Hometown:  Cramerton, NC

Fun Fact: “I play guitar and piano.”

 

Kacey Howard writer

Year: Junior

Major: Journalism with a general business minor

Hometown:  Concord, NC

Fun Fact: “ I have met Cam Newton and I am obsessed with the Carolina Panthers .”

 

Katy Huis   PR team

Year: Senior

Major: Elementary ed with a minor in special ed

Hometown:  Raleigh, NC

Fun Fact: “ I was App’s homecoming queen”

 

Carlin Kennedy writer

Year: Junior

Major: Public relations 

Hometown:  Star, NC

Fun Fact: “I’m a ‘Bachelor’ fanatic. Go Ben Higgins!”

 

Jennifer Kline writer

Year: Senior

Major: Advertising

Hometown:  Raleigh , NC

Fun Fact: “ I’ve traveled five times to Europe and four times to Asia.”

 

Jennifer La Bianca writer

Year: Junior

Major: Public Relations

Hometown:  Indian Trail, NC

Fun Fact: “ I was a competitive kick boxer”

 

 

Amber Layfield  Campus Correspondent/ writer

Year: Senior

Major: Psychology and criminal justice  

Hometown:  Holly Springs, NC

Fun Fact: “ Ask any of my friends, I’m literally a dog whisperer.”

 

Kendall McGee  Campus Correspondent/ writer

Year: Senior

Major: Journalism and communication studies with a minor in general business

Hometown:  Waxhaw, NC

Fun Fact: “ I met Taylor Swift and got her autograph before she was famous.”

 

Erin McKenzie Director of Events

Year: Senior

Major: Public relations with a marketing minor

Hometown:  Grand Rapids, MI

Fun Fact: “ American Pie is based off of my high school.”

 

Jocelyn Mendez PR/ photographer

Year: Junior

Major: Molecular biology with minors in chemistry and sustainable development  

Hometown: Charlotte, NC

Fun Fact: “ I roughed it for a week in the woods with no showers and no bathroom.”

 

Kaitlan Morehouse writer

Year: Senior

Major: English, professional writing 

Hometown:  Lake Toxaway, NC

Fun Fact: “I made my parents spend $5,000 on a splinter because I was too scared to pull it out of my finger”

 

Madison Muire writer

Year: Sophomore

Major: Public relations 

Hometown:  Salisbury, NC

Fun Fact: “ I’m obsessed with Tori Kelly”

 

Megan Pociask writer

Year: Sophomore

Major: Apparel design and merchandising with a minor in marketing

Hometown:  Southern Pines, NC

Fun Fact: “ I went to my first concert when I was five years old to see Sting.”

 

Taylor Rhodes writer

Year: Senior

Major: Exercise science with clinical concentration

Hometown:  Greensboro, NC

Fun Fact: “ I studied abroad in Belgium and traveled to 11 different countries while I was there”

 

Kalin Rierson PR team/ Social Media Director

Year: Senior

Major: Marketing with a minor in healthcare management

Hometown:  Winston Salem , NC

Fun Fact: “ I do triathlons sometimes. Sometimes I fall during them. Also I studied abroad in Cuba.”

 

Sydney Sharpstene    writer

Year: Freshman

Major: Secondary English education

Hometown:  Greensboro, NC

Fun Fact: “ I read 24 books for my English class last semester .”

 

Paxton Shaw PR team

Year: Junior

Major: Public relations 

Hometown:  Gastonia , NC

Fun Fact: “ I’m addicted to TJ Maxx, so I guess you could call me a Maxxinista”

 

Amanda Ullmann writer

Year: Senior

Major: Journalism

Hometown:  Greer, SC

Fun Fact: “ I got in trouble for my incurable RBF as a child.”

 

Kendall is a senior at Appalachian State studying Communication Studies and Journalism.  Though she grew up in the Queen City, she is the daughter of two former Mountaineers and has always considered Boone a second home.  She has a love for dirty chai lattes, Grey's Anatomy, red lipstick, and a future in Television News.