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Blog Archive: Vermont Spotlights
Lizzie Vaughan grew up on a dairy farm in South Ryegate, and her involvement in 4-H and the ag program at Riverbend Technical Center helped her fall in love with farming. Now, she鈥檚 going on to college to find her career path.
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Cooper Hodgeman and Tate Parker have been challenging each other since elementary school, particularly when it comes to building things. 鈥淢y earliest memory of Tate was the fourth-grade garden trellis building contest. I was so mad when his group beat mine for first place,鈥 says Cooper, who lives in鈥
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Emily Qiu, a senior at Oxbow High School, is a standout student. She鈥檚 in the top five of her graduating class, she鈥檚 taken many honors classes and college-level dual enrollment courses, and she鈥檚 been inducted into both the National Honor Society and the National Technical Honor Society. But Emily鈥
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As a graduate student pursuing her master鈥檚 in social work, Hannah Heinchon thought she wanted to become a child counselor. But an internship in family counseling uncovered a far greater need, that turned into a passion and a calling. 鈥淚 remember I was working with a family who was homeless and鈥
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Jake Cunningham has had a lot of claims to fame. He grew up in Wasilla, Alaska, in the same town as former Governor and Vice President candidate Sarah Palin. She famously said she could 鈥渟ee Russia from her house鈥; Jake saw her (and her paparazzi) every now and then at Wal-Mart. After moving to鈥
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When Passy Matendo signs on to a Zoom meeting, her name appears on the screen as 鈥淢aombi.鈥 鈥淚t鈥檚 what I鈥檓 called at home,鈥 she explains. In Swahili, the word literally means 鈥減rayers鈥 or 鈥渟upplications,鈥 and as a name, it is often loosely translated as 鈥済ift from God.鈥 Since coming to the U.S. from鈥
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When Kirsty Greeno was growing up, she moved around a lot, mostly through Vermont and a bit of Maine. Before completing high school, Kirsty, her sister and their single father relocated multiple times, moving from Rutland to Salisbury, then to Middlebury, followed by Whiting, and finally settling in鈥
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Earning your driver鈥檚 license is an American rite of passage. For American-born teens, it's a milestone, but for new arrivals driving is critical to adjusting to their new life. Aden Haji is helping new arrivals in Vermont adjust to their new home by empowering them behind the wheel of a car.鈥
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As a competitive runner, Amiya Sharp knows how to push herself to the finish line. Now a freshman pre-med student at UMass Boston, she鈥檚 majoring in biochemistry鈥攁 tough major, but one Amiya intentionally chose to make sure shes's prepared for medical school. Amiya hopes to become a pediatric鈥
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On February 12, 2018, when Mersadies Shantie was 12 years old, her mom suddenly and unexpectedly passed away. That night, still stunned from the loss, Mersadies left her home in Mooers Forks, New York, and moved to Sheldon, Vermont, to live with her dad, stepmom and three adopted sisters. 鈥淚t was鈥
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