Participants

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Spring 2022 Participants
Charlotte Berman
Courtney Bodeen
Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus
Caroline Chaffiotte
Adrian Ellett
Zoe Garrett
Sinead Garvey
Liv Gregory
Dan Hadelman
Jessica Hanna
Justin Hart
Guthrie Hartsfield
Ben Hursh
Marissa Kanakry
Amelia Keenan
Payton Kiss
Michaela MacCracken
Emerson McEvoy
Sarah McGrail
Hana Memisevic
Jordan Merrill
Karina Novais
Ellie Reder
Emily Russo
Joseph Spelman
Saach Tapse
El Thomas O'Brien
Dequan Thompson
Eliza Trevor
Amanda Wells
Justin Wiggins
Violet Windam
Dana Woychowski





Spring 2020 Participants
Alex Akopian
JBK
Alissa Carey
Zach Dagan
Ben DeSena
Emily Embury
Lily Etlinger
Henry Gold
Jamie Goodwin
Cary Gouldin
Renee Grubler
Karen Iizuka
Eliana Kaplan
Brook Kramer
Anastasia Kranz
Tessa Lopresti
Dylan Marat
James Margotta
Brian Marulis
Oskar Mattes
Troy Mattos
Brennan McIntyre
Becca Miller
Will Myung
Bridget Parkerson
Isabela Ramirez
Nick Ramirez
Maura Rielly
Laura Scheidmemantel
Phoebe Seifert
Elizabeth Shelto
Adi Shmerling
Marcel Smith
Rosie Steiner
Aidan Travis
Nikki Vaynshteyn
Jaiymee Wilson

Spring 2018 Participants
AnnG
AlliB
CaleighG
CallumL
DakotaK
DanaP
DarienO
DeannaB
EmilyT
EvanL
GraceH
JordanH
JBK
KathleenO
MackenzieG
SamiG
ShannonS
ShawnM
SophieS

Past Participants
Sanjit
Matisse
Anna
Jaime
Sophia
Graham
Jerome
EmilyG
Kevin
Catherine
Elise
Samantha
Dylan
Ariella
Stuart
EmilyM
Naomi
Saul
Steven
Marlon
Laila
EmilyS
Liza
Jenna
Gabriella
MaiaW

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