Student: Melody Martinez
Melody Martinez has known since she started dancing at age 12 that she wanted to pursue a career in the performing arts. “Dance holds a beautiful place in my heart,...
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Faculty: Angela Wells
Angela Wells has always been creative. All you have to do is ask the children who received one of the balloon animals she used to make when she worked in...
Student: Fernando Chivela
Growing up in Angola — a country on Africa’s west coast beset by civil war, poverty and preventable diseases — has inspired Fernando Chivela to use technology to improve access...
Staff: Samantha Hamilton
Just like the history she enjoys, Samantha Hamilton understands how the work she does today can shape the futures of students at East Carolina University. Hamilton is nearing her fourth...
Student: Amelia Hernandez
With a high school senior project looming, Amelia Hernandez asked her brother to teach her webpage building technology over a weekend. She emerged sleep-deprived but succeeded in creating a website...
Student: Maggie Baile
Maggie Baile was “100% certain” that she would attend law school after earning undergraduate degrees at East Carolina University. But getting a job in the ECU Honors College her freshman year...
Staff: Sarah Sconyers
Sarah Sconyers worked as a teacher for 12 years, laying the foundation as students planned for college or careers. “In that time, only a handful of students expressed an interest...
Student: Christian Penister
Christian Penister’s admiration for his childhood dentist and desire to provide care for the underserved led him to dentistry. Penister, a third-year student in East Carolina University’s School of Dental...
Faculty: Dr. Pamela Reis
A car crash changed the future for East Carolina University’s Dr. Pamela Reis — and the future of thousands of students, mothers and their babies. “I was in a car...
Student: Kateryna Kosolapova
Creating the “People of Greenville” podcast helped fulfill Kateryna “Kate” Kosolapova’s dream of telling other people’s stories. She grew up watching TV hosts and news anchors and pored through magazines...