Interviewees

Peter Ambiel

Peter is a 22 year old caucasian male who was born on January 1, 1992 in Palo Alto, California where he still resides today with his parents and younger brother. He went to high school in Palo Alto and attended Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, majored in Energy Studies and graduated a few weeks ago on May 17, 2015. Peter is an avid soccer player, and has played for as long as he can remember, including for the Yale Men’s team. Peter’s family are avid nature lovers, and are constantly spending time outdoors. Whenever he is home they go hiking and camping, just recently they went to Oregon for a family vacation where they spent four days camping and hiking with family friends.

Tessa Robertson

Tessa is a 22 year old caucasian female who was born on July 19, 1992 in Ann Arbor Michigan, where she still resides today with her parents. She has an older brother, Nathaniel who currently lives abroad. Tessa attended to high school in Ann Arbor and currently attends Dartmouth College, and plans to graduate this upcoming June of 2015. She is majoring in government and minoring in Chinese, which she speaks fluently.

Katie McConnell

Katie is a 22 year old caucasian female who was born on June 18 1992 in Falmouth, Maine where her family still resides. She attended high school in Maine, and currently attends Dartmouth College where she plans to graduate this upcoming June of 2015. She is a Psychology Major and is a member of Dartmouth’s Sugarplum dance group.

Jackie Friedman

Jackie is a 20 year old junior at Dartmouth College from San Diego, CA.  She is a co-captain of the Women’s Soccer Team.  She is completing a psychology major and interning at Morgan Stanley this summer.

Emily Leede

Emily is a 21 year old caucasian female who was born on July 14, 1993 in Texas. She grew up in Fredericksburg, Texas, where her family still resides. She currently attends Dartmouth College and will graduate in June 2015. She is a psychology major and a member of Alpha Phi sorority.

Sam Schiff

Sam Schiff is a 22 year old caucasian female who was born on February 3, 1993 in New York City. Sam grew up in NYC but spent every summer between the ages of 8 and 16 at Tripp Lake, an all girls camp in Poland Maine. She is currently a senior at Dartmouth College and will graduate in June with a BA in government and economics. Sam is also a member of the varsity women’s lacrosse team and a sister of KDE.

Meredith Gurnee

Meredith Gurnee is a 20 year old sophomore at Dartmouth College from Orlando, Florida.  She is a member of the Women’s Soccer Team and completing an economics and engineering major.  Her mom’s side of the family is from Norway though she does not recall any significant events impacting her family.

Kayla Kesslen

Kayla Kesslen is a 22 year old caucasian female who was born on January 13th, 1993 in Tenafly, New Jersey. She grew up in Tenafly and her parents still reside there. She has one younger brother named Benny who just finished his freshman year at Tufts in Boston, Massachusetts. She attended Tenafly High School , and is now a senior at Dartmouth College, where she will graduate in June 2015 with a BA in Economics and Environmental Sciences. She is also a member of Alpha Phi Sorority, has been highly involved with Dartmouth’s First-Year Trips program, and Dartmouth’s Sustainability initiatives.

Erica Hendershot

Erica Hendershot is a 22 year old caucasian female who was born on March 27th, 1993 outside of Boston Massachusetts. She grew up in Simsbury, Connecticut and her parents still reside there. She has one younger sister and both an older brother and sister. She attended Simsbury High School , and is now a senior at Dartmouth College, where she will graduate in June 2015 with a BA in Psychological Sciences. She is also a member of Alpha Phi Sorority and was a member of Dartmouth’s Track and Field Team as a sprinter all four years.

Helen Li

Helen Li is a 21 year old Chinese-American girl, born on December 7, 1993, in Boston Massachusetts. She grew up in Waverly, Massachusetts, where he family still resides. Helen’s parents are Chinese immigrants, and she has one younger brother. She attended Buckingham Browne and Nichols School, and is now a senior at Dartmouth College, where she will graduate in June 2015 with a BA in Economics. She is also a member of Alpha Phi Sorority and DREAM, a mentoring program on campus.

Katelyn Pan

Katelyn is a 20 year old Chinese American girl, born on September 21, 1994, in Boston, Massachusetts. She has lived in Boston her whole life. Her parents are first generation Chinese-American, and she has two older brothers. She went to Buckingham Browne and Nichols School in Boston. She and her family are avid skiers, and Katelyn attended camps for skiing throughout her childhood in Colorado and Oregon. She is currently a sophomore, class of 2017 at Dartmouth College, majoring in Biology. She is also a member of Alpha Phi Sorority, and SHEBA Dance Troupe.

Sally Glowiak

Sally is a 20 year old caucasian female born on January 5, 1995. She lives in Western Springs, Illinois. She attended Lyons Township High School and now is a sophomore at Dartmouth College. She is a member of Tri Delt Sorority and the Decibelles Acapella Group. She has attended both family camp and a summer camp for seven weeks in the summer since she was 10 years old.

Leigh Steinberg

Leigh is a 19 year old caucasian female born on April 19 1996. She lives in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. She attended the William Penn Charter School and graduated in 2014. She is currently in her first year at Dartmouth College. Leigh attended an all girls summer camp in Maine from 2005-2011 called Camp Walden. At Dartmouth, Leigh is involved in Dimensions as well as club lacrosse, Chabad at Dartmouth and club squash.

Carrie Wolf

Carrie Wolf is a 22 year old caucasian female from Chicago. She was born on November 22, 1992 in Chicago Illinois. Carrie has a twin sister and a brother. Carrie attended the Latin School of Chicago before attending Dartmouth College where is expected to graduate in June 2015. Carrie attended camp for 8 summers and has also been a counselor at a summer camp. Carrie attended the Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute (OSRUI) in Wisconsin for two summers, where her dad attended camp. She then decided to switch to her mom’s former camp called Camp Walden. Camp Walden is seven week overnight all girls camp in Maine where Carrie attended for five more summers.

Marina Plesons

Marina Plesons is a 21 year old caucasian female from Santa Barbara, California. She was born on August 10, 1993. Marina’s father is from Greece and grew up and went to school in Greece at the time of the Dictatorship. Her mother is from Massachusetts. Marina is a senior at Dartmouth College and is expected to graduate in June 2015. Marina is a pole vaulter at Dartmouth College and is also a member of Alpha Xi Delta Sorority.

Mia Steck

Mia Steck is a 20 year old Caucasian female from Wellesley, Massachusetts. She was born on January 20, 1995. She grew up in Massachusetts, but most of her family is from the Midwest. She is a sophomore (class of 2017) at Dartmouth College. Mia is a member of Dartmouth’s sailing team.