Tessa Danehy

James E. Rutrough Jr. Jefferson Scholar

Newport News, Virginia

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Engineers Going Global, research team, designated community liaison; One Virginia 2021, data analyst intern; Housing and Residence Life, assistant vice chair of marketing, resident advisor; Max Planck Institute for the Biology of Aging, bioinformatics research intern; UVA Center for Public Health Genomics, research assistant; New Century Hospice, volunteer; Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity; MedHacks, first place; Echols Scholar

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