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Campus Correspondent
Sierra Piland is a junior Journalism – Graphic Design and Communication Studies – Media Production double major at UNC-CH. In addition to serving as the president of the Ed2010 branch at UNC-CH (UNC’s magazine club), she is Design Director of UNC’s popular fashion magazine Kaleidoscope and recently founded the UNC campus branch of Her Campus online magazine. Sierra has been on staff with The Daily Tar Heel design department and was an officer in her sorority, Alpha Chi Omega. This past summer, she interned with MTV Networks, working in the website department of CMT (Country Music Television) and is currently an art intern at Southern Weddings magazine. Sierra hopes to land a stellar internship with a major magazine this summer in NYC. She loves ice cream, the beach, camping and hanging out with friends.
President
Kelsey Isenberg is a junior Journalism and Psychology major. She is originally from Mooresville, NC. She has been the President of Her Campus UNC since it was founded in August 2010. Kelsey is also deputy editor for UNC-CH’s only fashion and lifestyle print magazine, Kaleidoscope, and has worked with the magazine since her freshman year in both the fashion and layout departments. Last summer, Kelsey interned in the fashion department at Marie Claire magazine and currently interns with BaubleBar, a jewelry company based in New York. A few of her obsessions include sweet tea, boxing, traveling, Mexican food, and of course, her unhealthy relationship with the mall.
Editor-in-Chief
Missy Fournier is a junior Journalism, Public Relations, and Communication Studies, Interpersonal Communication, double major. She has been Editor-in-Chief of Her Campus since its founding in August 2010. Missy is originally from Laurinburg, NC, which is a tiny southern town. On top of her responsibilities with Her Campus, Missy is also Columns Editor for Blue and White Magazine and a writer for UNC-CH’s fashion magazine Kaleidoscope. She has had PR internships with two local non-profits, and currently interns with international fashion blog, www.collegefashionista.com and Carolina Woman Magazine. She is also a member of Zeta Tau Alpha. Missy hopes to get a baller internship this summer and figure out what she wants to do after graduation, PR, editorial writing or law school.
Executive Editor/Abroad Blogger
Katy Charles is a junior studying Journalism and International Studies. Currently, she is studying (journalism) abroad at Sciences Po in Paris and is the social media intern for a French cooking school. Katy is the executive editor for Her Campus UNC and assists Missy with all things AP Style-related. She is also an assistant editor for Kaleidoscope, a copy editor for Carolina PASSPORT and a member of Pi Beta Phi. Katy has been on staff with The Daily Tar Heel university desk and has been the aesthetics committee chair for the Eve Carson Memorial 5K for Education for two years. After graduation, Katy hopes to work for a publication that is related to travel or fashion and live in a city like Paris or Washington, D.C. Last summer, she interned in the digital media department of National Geographic Channels and loved it. She hopes to return from Paris with a sturdier knowledge of French and a lot of chic clothes.
Publicity Director/Campus Correspondent
Paris Flowe is a junior at UNC-CH from Mooresville, NC. She is double majoring in Journalism, Public Relations and Psychology and loves everything about Chapel Hill. In addition to working for Her Campus UNC, she is also the online editor for the Daily Tar Heel and an intern at University Events. She enjoys interacting with people and is willing to try new things. Besides spending time with her friends, Paris likes eating, shopping and boxing. She loves “Glee” and “Jersey Shore” and listening to anything Britney Spears. If you see her on campus, make sure to say “hi!”
Assistant Publicity Director
Jacqui Johnstone is the Assistant Public Relations Director for Her Campus UNC. She updates the Her Campus Facebook and Twitter page and works on publicizing articles and special events. Jacqui is a junior originally from Kensington, Maryland. She is a Journalism, Public Relations major. She loves movies, music (especially going to live concerts!) and hanging out with friends. Jacqui hopes to someday work in public relations, but she’s not sure exactly what she wants to focus on. This past fall she studied abroad in Montpellier, France and absolutely loved it – she highly recommends studying abroad to anyone considering it!
Webmaster
Shannon Smith is a sophomore from Cary, NC. She is a Public Relations major and an Environmental Studies minor. She is a Webmaster for Her Campus-UNC and a lab assistant for the Department of Marine Sciences. She spent last summer working on a project on the BP Oil Spill, and admits she still loves following BP on Twitter because of its extraordinary public relations. This summer, she hopes to take some film and photojournalism classes for fun. After graduation she hopes to study environmental law and create Super Bowl commercials.
Contributing Writer
Alexa Burrell is a sophomore Journalism, Editing and Graphic Design, and International Studies double major at the UNC-CH. She is originally from Aurora, Colorado, which is just outside of Denver, and she lived there her entire life before moving to North Carolina for college. She is a member of Phi Mu sorority where she is the T-Shirt chair and a member of the Public Relations Committee. She is also interning at Off the Quad this semester and is involved with Greek Week 2011, the Daily Tar Heel and CAFME, the Carolina Association of Future Magazine Editors. Basically, Alexa likes to be really involved. Alexa has wanted to work for a magazine since she was 12 year old and hopes to live in New York after graduation. She loves basketball, The Office, Twitter, Harry Potter and hanging out with her friends.
Contributing Writer
Alexa Gellman is a sophomore from Charlotte. She is in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and is a new addition to the Her Campus staff. Although studying takes up a lot of her time, Alexa also likes to run and go out with her friends. She visits Nashville several times a semester to visit her boyfriend at Vanderbilt and was upset when they beat UNC-CH in basketball (Go Heels!). She works at Brixx Wood Fired Pizza in Meadowmont, as well as a Brixx in Charlotte. Alexa plans on studying abroad and wants to incorporate writing into whatever career she ends up choosing. Her favorite movies are Zoolander, I Love You, Man, Billy Madison and Caddyshack.
Contributing Writer
Amanda MacLaren is a senior Journalism, Reporting, major in the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication and a Creative Writing minor from Charlotte, NC. She is a new writer for Her Campus, and an experienced writer for The Siren, an on-campus feminist perspective magazine. She is also an intern writer and blogger for U the Magazine, a college lifestyle magazine focusing on schools in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area. She works at Davis Library as well as the Franklin Porter Graham Student Union at UNC. She hopes to one day be a writer or editor for either a local magazine or a lifestyle magazine like Seventeen or Cosmopolitan. Amanda enjoys traveling (although she has many more places she would love to go!), working out, going to movies, taking bad pictures and constantly living in a summer mindset.
Contributing Writer
Andrea Golindano is a senior editing and graphic design major in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, with a minor in creative writing. She was born in Miranda, Venezuela but grew up in Miami, Florida. She is currently a staff writer for Her Campus UNC and has participated in other on-campus publications including Kaleidoscope Fashion Magazine and the Cellar Door. Andrea is the graphics assistant to the curator of exhibits at Kidzu Children’s Museum and loves every minute of it. She was also the graphic design intern for the Foreign Language Department at UNC this past summer and spent another summer working at Walt Disney World. In her spare time, Andrea loves to draw and paint, sing, read, watch Youtube makeup tutorials and engage in overall silliness with her sister (who is her roommate). In the future, she hopes to be working in a graphic design firm, a fashion magazine or as book editor. She also hopes to write a novel (or two!) someday.
Contributing Writer
Brittany Bass is a junior Visual Communications major in the UNC-CH School of Journalism and an Entrepreneurship minor, originally from Frederick, MD. She has worked for several print and online publications on campus as a photographer, columnist and writer. As a photography intern at the Durham Herald-Sun newspaper she spent countless hours shooting minor league sports, covering performances (including Ringo Starr!) and witnessing more graduation speeches than anyone ever should. She has worked as a multi-media producer for the Foreign Language Department and speaks intermediate Italian. Brittany enjoys snowboarding, rock climbing, water sports and all things to do with the beach. In the future she hopes to work in the magazine industry, travel, continue practicing yoga and stop burning food when she cooks.
Contributing Writer
Beth Thompson is a junior Journalism, Public Relations, major and English minor at UNC Chapel-Hill. She is originally from Charlotte, North Carolina. She has always been interested in writing and currently interns for Charlotte Parent Magazine in downtown Durham. She has also written for the Daily Tar Heel. On campus, she is a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority and is an active committee member for Dance Marathon, one of UNC’s largest fundraisers throughout the year. She is shamelessly addicted to Starbucks, Alpine Bagel Cafe, Jodi Picoult novels and UNC basketball. In her free time, she enjoys working out, watching TV, spending time with friends and family, and playing with her golden retriever Maggie. After she graduates, she plans to either teach elementary education or work for a Health and Wellness magazine in a big city such as New York or Boston.
Contributing Writer
Cara Richards is a junior at UNC-CH majoring in Journalism and International Studies. She is a writer for Her Campus and an Assistant Editor at UNC’s new health and fitness magazine, The Well-Being. She hopes to one day be working in the magazine industry, either as a writer or editor. Her interests include watching 30 Rock and Mad Men on her Netflix account; reading blogs and magazines; cooking, especially with friends; and spending time with friends.
Contributing Writer
Caroline McKay is a junior multimedia major in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications and a double major in dramatic art. In addition to writing articles for Her Campus, Caroline has interned at the Garner Citizen as a journalist. Caroline enjoys photography, horseback riding, baking, and drinking coffee in her spare time. She loves vacationing at the beach and has an obsession with the Beatles. She hopes to write for a fashion magazine in New York in the future, but for now wants to put off graduating for as long as UNC will allow her.
Contributing Writer
Caroline Smith is junior Journalism major with a concentration in strategic communication at the UNC-CH School of Journalism and Mass Communication. This is her first semester as a staff writer for Her Campus. She also works at the Daily Tar Heel as an assistant advertising executive. She is in Zeta Tau Alpha and serves as senior activities chair for their programming council. She dances with Blank Canvas Dance Company. She hopes to graduate next spring and move wherever she can to work her dream job in a well-known advertising agency. She is from Danville Virginia. She enjoys dancing and zumba in her spare time. Her favorite show is Dexter and she loves UNC Basketball!
Contributing Writer
Chesley Kalnen is a sophomore Journalism and History double major at UNC-Chapel Hill. On campus, she is involved in Blank Canvas Dance, Presbyterian Campus Ministries and University Career Services Student Advisory Board. She is also a co-captain of the Pleiades White Ultimate Frisbee team. In her spare time, Chesley enjoys going to concerts, playing intense Bananagrams matches (are they anything but intense?), jamming out on her mandolin and watching Saturday Night Live. When she was younger, Chesley wanted to be an opera singer, but now aspires to attend law school.
Contributing Writer
A first year at UNC, Claire McNeil is a Journalism and French double major trying to juggle everything she crams into her schedule. It would probably be easier if she weren’t on the Internet so much, but Google Reader keeps calling her back. She hopes to be a magazine journalist and, more specifically, hold down a career at Esquire magazine one day. For now, she writes for The Daily Tar Heel and Her Campus UNC. You’ll find her doing crossword puzzles whenever she’s got a few extra seconds. Also on her favorites list: airports, grocery shopping, cardigans and swing dancing (She’s from the North, so she’s still practicing her moves).
Contributing Writer
Claudia Plazas is a sophomore, double-majoring in Journalism, specializing in reporting, and Sociology and minoring in French at UNC-CH. She is originally from Bogota, Colombia; however, she attended Nova High School in Florida. She worked for the Daily Tar Heel for the State and National desk during her freshman year. Then, she worked for UNC Student Television. Claudia is very passionate about sports, especially soccer. She will sacrifice anything and everything to watch games from the UEFA Champions League, Il Calcio, the Spanish League, the Premier League, the Bundesliga, and of course, every four years she is glued to the television watching the World Cup. She also enjoys tennis, cycling, and F1. As for other topics of interest, she is very interested in women’s issues, freedom of speech and the press, and is an avid user of twitter as a tool for following those topics. She is also an officer of Francophiles, UNC’s French Club. Claudia speaks three languages: Spanish, English and French.
Contributing Writer
Dawn Sesta newly joined the Her Campus UNC staff this semester as a contributing writer. She is a sophomore Journalism and Communication Studies double major, and loves anything involving magazines and the entertainment industry. She calls Wilmington, North Carolina home, where her parents and cats Cashew and Pecan currently reside; however, she was born in Newport, Rhode Island and also lived in East Hampton, New York and Barnegat Light, New Jersey. She aspires to work in the magazine and entertainment world, preferably in New York City because they have the best bagels. She is a supreme lover of cats and really anything fluffy. She is also, to her detriment, a potato chip enthusiast. She enjoys any activity that has the potential to include both of these things, as well as a good magazine. She is a member of CAFME, a lover of celebrity gossip sites, and formerly went to the same doctor as Chevy Chase’s kids.
Contributing Writer
Dimitra Hatzudis is a junior double majoring in Political Science and International Studies with a minor in Business at UNC-CH. She is currently an administrative assistant with Sweeps (a start-up business on Franklin St.) and is starting her own t-shirt clothing line called D.MA (look out for a website coming soon). In the future she would love to work for a fashion magazine or start her own business. In her free time she enjoys hanging out with friends, reading magazines, eating out at restaurants and of course writing for Her Campus! Some interesting facts about Dimitra are that she’s Greek and can’t snap no matter how hard she tries.
Contributing Writer
A Winston-Salem, NC native, Erin Holcomb is a junior electronic communication major at UNC-CH. In addition to writing for Her Campus, Erin volunteers with Carolina Week and tutors Hispanic students at an elementary school nearby. Erin hopes to attend graduate school after completing the journalism program at UNC-Chapel Hill. A sports fan herself, Erin wishes to work for ESPN as a sportscaster. Her favorite teams include the New York Yankees and the Miami Heat. As a fun fact, Erin met the cast of One Tree Hill after the show’s second season.
Contributing Writer
Georgia Cavanaugh is a sophomore pursuing majors in English and international studies and a minor in Spanish. In addition to writing for the UNC branch of Her Campus, Georgia works for The Daily Tar Heel and Blue & White magazine. She also serves as a counselor for Carolina United and Catalyst Conference and is a member of Phi Mu, the Honors Program Executive Board and AGRADU. Her favorite things include traveling, yoga, copy editing, Starbucks, making lists in her planner and trying to find time for sleep.
Contributing Writer
Hillary Rose Owens is a junior at UNC-CH majoring in Communication Studies with a focus in media production. She is also pursuing a minor in Art History. Besides being a writer for UNC’s Her Campus, Hillary also writes for other student publications. She works retail at Urban Outfitters, and she constantly finds herself being a personal stylist for her friends. While she enjoys writing, Hillary is unsure what career she wants to pursue after college. She has tossed up the idea of writing for a magazine, but her vagabond dream of traveling is directing her to being an au pair in either Denmark or France. Sustainability is also something important to Hillary, and she believes it is something that can be combined with fashion. She has helped with UNC’s sustainable fashion show to help other’s realize how they too can be sustainable in every aspect of their lives. Hillary is addicted to drinking coffee — she prefers it black — and working out. She hopes to achieve abs like Shakira one day soon.
Contributing Writer
Kelly Blessing is a sophomore double Journalism and Political Science at UNC-CH. She is currently interning at the Washington Post in Washington DC and sharing her experiences by writing for Her Campus. She is involved with The Daily Tar Heel, Feel Good and Healthy Heels. She loves to read magazines, run, kayak and watch far too many T.V. shows on Netflix. In the future she hopes to work at a large metropolitan newspaper as a reporter, and then go to law school after a few years.
Contributing Writer
LaDawn Penigar-Mitchell recently joined the staff as a contributing writer this semester. She is a sophomore originally from Shreveport, Louisiana and majors in Journalism, Public Relations. She transferred to UNC from Baylor University in Texas. She has loved every single moment at UNC and could not be more thankful to be at such a wonderful school! LaDawn is a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority, OSSA and CAFME and hopefully will get to work on the DTH this semester as well. She has a great passion for fashion and shopping, travelling the globe, reading and enjoying the company of friends and family. LaDawn absolutely loves socializing and meeting new people, just being around others makes her happy! She eventually hopes to work in the fashion industry as either a magazine writer or PR specialist. If that does not work out, E! News is her backup! LaDawn has a knack for party planning, a weird obsession with cosmetics and makeup, spontaneously breaking into dance and learning as much trivia and celebrity gossip she possibly can!
Contributing Writer
Margaret Croom is a junior history and journalism major and German minor at UNC-CH from Mooresville, N.C. She works for the Daily Tar Heel as an online editor and is a member of Phi Mu fraternity. For the past semester, Margaret has been a writer for Her Campus, writing articles about Campus Cuties, Campus Celebrities and need-to-know articles on changing fashion fads. In addition, Margaret is the community service chair for the National Society of Leadership and Success at UNC. Margaret hopes to take a year off after graduation and travel, and then attend grad school overseas somewhere. She enjoys skiing, playing soccer (intramural champs two years running at UNC!), red wine, spending time with her family and anything to do with history.
Contributing Writer
Mary Avant is a senior from Thomasville, North Carolina who majors in Journalism, Reporting, and minors in Russian Culture. She is a contributing writer for Her Campus UNC, a member of the Carolina Vibe dance team and CAFME. She previously worked at Carolina Woman, a women’s magazine in Chapel Hill, and this semester, she’s interning with QSR, a business-to-business food industry magazine. She loves spending time with her family and amazing friends at UNC, and when she’s not writing, she enjoys dancing, shopping, going out with friends and reading on her new Kindle. This past summer, she interned at a business magazine in Ireland, where she also spent time in Paris, London, Edinburg and Amsterdam. After graduation, Mary plans to move to NYC and work on the editorial staff of a women’s magazine while enjoying life in the big city. She’s obsessed with Harry Potter, Edward Norton and hockey (go Carolina Hurricanes!) and she loves chocolate, gofugyourself.com and her beagle, Bakie!
Contributing Writer
Melissa Guerin is a senior at UNC-CH and will be graduating in May 2011 with a B.A. in Journalism. Melissa has had a lot of great internship experience – yes, even including running errands for her bosses, which will hopefully contribute to her landing a full-time job in May. After graduation, she would like to work for a professional sports team. Currently, Melissa is interning for the Carolina Hurricanes as a community relations intern. In summer 2010, Melissa traveled to Chicago to intern with the Illinois Bar Foundation as a special events intern. She was able to conquer a new city and gain knowledge about planning large-scale events. In addition to her internship experiences, Melissa is part of Alpha Chi Omega sorority and she is a public service scholar. In her free time, she enjoys watching Friends on repeat, eating Middle Eastern food and buying plane tickets to California.
Contributing Writer
Rachel Bennett is a junior journalism major and cinema studies minor at UNC-CH, and she has been a contributing writer for Her Campus since the fall of 2010. Rachel has also written for The Siren, UNC-CH’s feminist magazine, and has been an editorial writer and online staffer at The Daily Tat Heel. As a content development intern for Bloginity, an entertainment news site, she has written numerous articles about her passion: movies and television. Just ask her about any television show (especially ‘Mad Men’) or movie, and she could pretty much talk for hours. She also enjoys spending time with family and friends, music, women’s studies and chocolate. Although her roots and heart are in the South, she has dreams of working in New York City as a film and television critic in the magazine industry.
Contributing Writer
Sterling Cates is a sophomore at UNC-Chapel Hill from Hillsborough, NC. She is majoring in Journalism with a minor in Spanish. Sterling enjoys a simple life of taking long walks on the beach with her beloved terrier Baxter, reading poetry, and drinking coffee as the sun rises. In reality, Chapel Hill is hours from the beach, most reading is assigned by a class and she consumes coffee only in order to cram for finals. When she isn’t writing about herself in the third person, Sterling is a member of the UNC Women’s Club Volleyball team, works at the Carolina Club, and volunteers at the NC Jaycee Burn Center. She loves to either go out and have a good time or stay in and be lazy. Her interests are sports, music, fashion, and Trey Songz. In the future, she hopes to work in the entertainment industry, possibly through broadcast media.
Contributing Writer
Tatum Gibson is a junior at UNC-CH. She is majoring in Public Relations, with a minor in History. She is a member of Zeta Tau Alpha and PRSSA. Tatum has a slight obsession with all things Hollywood and loves to read magazines and blogs. Her twin sister, Elizabeth, also attends UNC, and she often gets the “OMG you’re twins!” expression. In her spare time she loves shopping, going to the beach and baking for her friends and boyfriend.
Contributing Writer
Tiffany Du is a sophomore double majoring in journalism and psychology. Born and raised in Concord, SC, she is a long time resident of North Carolina and has only traveled along the east coast. She is currently unable to make up her mind about whether she wants to focus on advertising or public relations. Her dream jobs would be to work on advertising campaigns that promote confidence and natural beauty in women (such as the Dove Beauty Campaign) or be a publicist for a non-profit. Tiffany loves helping people and giving back to the community. On campus, she was involved as a social coordinator for mentoring program for first years. She currently works at the front desk at Kidzu Children’s Museum on Franklin Street and really enjoys her job, especially being able to interact with some of the cutest kids that come in. Some of her addictions include Gossip Girl, books by Janet Evanovich, shopping the clearance rack, laughing, Fossil brand, Orange Leaf and “Fashion Faceoff” on people.com.
Contributing Writer/Abroad Blogger
Nancy Adriana Torres, born in Colombia and originally from Maryland, is a junior Business Administration major in the Kenan-Flagler Business School with an emphasis in Marketing and International Business. She’s currently spending her junior year abroad in Denmark and Hong Kong through the Global Learning Opportunities in Business Education (GLOBE) program. As an off-campus Her Campus UNC contributing writer, Nancy hopes to make international topics relevant and transferrable to Her Campus Collegiate™ experiences in the States. Nancy interned this past summer at a non-profit organization in Washington D.C. working in the marketing and communications fields. She has also been involved on campus through student organizations such as Community Government and the professional business fraternity, Alpha Kappa Psi. Nancy has many different interests including reading, writing (obviously), volunteering, and traveling. She hopes to have a big city life after graduation with a career that not only combines her passions but challenges her as well.
Contributing Writer
Kirsten Stone is a sophomore from Morganton, NC. She is majoring in Strategic Communications in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She is a transfer student from NC State University. This is my first semester at UNC-CH so she is still learning the ropes. In high school she worked on her school paper and was editor for the yearbook. At State she tried out different organizations and a different major and finally realized that Journalism was her calling. She loves to travel whenever possible and is currently taking German. She works at the Art Library on campus, which is an awesome job because she can spend hours looking through books! Kirsten loves art, particularly photography and abstract art. Also, whenever she has time and money she loves snowboarding, watching musicals, reading and going to concerts. As for the future, Kirsten is still figuring that out. She knows she wants to work in a big city, do something in the field of journalism and mass communications, and travel as much as possible.
Abroad Blogger
Elizabeth Byrum is a sophomore at UNC-CH from Raleigh, NC. She is pursuing a double major in journalism and international studies and a minor in Hispanic studies. This semester she is studying abroad with the UNC in Sevilla program in Seville, Spain. At Chapel Hill, Elizabeth is a staff writer for the Diversions entertainment section of the Daily Tar Heel, where she writes music reviews and brushes shoulders with members of the Triangle’s local music scene. Elizabeth aspires to join the Peace Corps following college and eventually find her way into a journalism career with an international focus. Her interests include coffee shops, music, Spanish, photography, breakfast for dinner and exploring as much of the world as possible before she has to settle down.
Abroad Blogger
Lexi Sydow is a Public Policy and Economics double major at UNC-CH. She is currently in Manchester, England studying abroad at the University of Manchester, and blogging for Her Campus about her adventures in the UK. She aspires to attend law school after undergrad, but is unsure of where that road will take her! On campus she is on the executive board for Kamikazi hip hop dance team, a member of Nourish International- working Hunger Lunch in the pit every Wednesday, and a member of Kappa Delta sorority. Lexi hopes to get involved in similar outlets here in the UK, while also broadening her scope of involvement to other clubs and organizations. She’ll keep you posted in her blog about all of the experiences and happenings in Manchester!
Abroad Blogger
Maria Angeles Gontaruk or “Angie”, hails from Bs. As., Argentina and moved to Cary, NC when she was 13 years old. She is a junior at UNC Chapel Hill double majoring in Journalism and French, and hopes to get a certificate in Latino Journalism and Media. Angie is in Paris for the spring semester doing the journalism exchange program at Sciences Po., Paris. At UNC, she is a staff writer for The Daily Tar Heel, a counselor for Carolina Kickoff, founder and co-chair for LINC’s Mentoring Program in the Campus Y and abroad blogger for Her Campus UNC. She worked for Que Pasa newspaper in Raleigh and is currently an intern for the International Herald Tribune, the Global Edition of the New York Times, in Paris. In the future, she hopes to write for a newspaper abroad or be an international correspondent. After writing, she would like to go to Law School to focus in Latino/a affairs and Immigration. Angie loves mochas from the Daily Grind, chocolate and backrubs. She is the first one on the dance floor and the last one to leave it, and she can teach you how to dougie.
Abroad Blogger
Mary Withers is a junior journalism major from Swannanoa, NC, a small town just outside of Asheville. She is studying abroad in beautiful Sevilla, Spain this semester and blogging about her experience for Her Campus. Mary fell in love with journalism in high school, where she was the editor of her newspaper and literary magazine, and when she is in school she works at the North Carolina Scholastic Media Association helping other high school students to fall in love with it too. She has worked as a staff writer for the Daily Tar Heel and interned at the Black Mountain News. In her free time, Mary enjoys hiking to waterfalls, writing stories, playing tennis, contra dancing and stargazing.
Photographer
Ashley Miess is a sophomore biology major from Charlotte, NC. She’s a member of the CAFME who is pursuing a minor in journalism. Ashley is a distance runner on the varsity cross country and track and field teams. When she is not studying or training, Ashley likes to capture the beauty and energy of Chapel Hill through a camera lens as a Her Campus UNC photographer. Ashley enjoys spending time with friends, shopping, horseback riding, and of course, cheering on the Tar Heels!
Photographer
Dana Hong is a sophomore, advertising major in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the UNC-CH. She is contributing to Her Campus UNC as a photo blogger. She is from Seoul, South Korea. She loves fashion, photography, and performing arts. She especially likes hiphop dancing. After college, she hopes to work at international organization, so she recently started learning French after Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish.
Photographer
Lauren Odom is a junior double majoring in Spanish and Journalism, Public Relations from Hendersonville, NC. She is interested in new languages, dresses and cooking. She is a photo blogger for Her Campus and on the Relay for Life Fundraising Committee. She studied abroad in Spain last summer and was the campus representative for Cheerwine for the past year. Her future aspirations include international public relations and she says working for FIFA would be sickkk.
Photographer
Tiffany Ezuma is currently as sophomore at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is double majoring in English and Political Science with a minor in Social and Economic Justice. When she’s not in class Tiffany can be found volunteering at local elementary schools or at her job with America Reads. Besides photography her interests include, sleeping, dancing, making collages, and listening to new music. She is also a film buff and her favorite movies include City of God and Goodfellas. She hopes to find a career where she may travel a lot.