Our YWLP Big Sisters are the face of the program, but it takes a village to bring dozens of UVA women in to the local community to mentor middle school girls every year!
Name: Madeline Speirs
Year: Fourth Year
Major: Media Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Hometown: Leesburg, VA
Name: Jess Sommerville
Year: Second
Major: English (Area Program in Poetry Writing)
Hometown: Mason, OH
1. What brought you to the Women's Center?
"Eat healthier." "Get more organized." "Exercise more."
These may sound familiar as resolutions we have all made many times. And then…the change doesn’t last.
Name: Jessica Meyers
Year: Second Year
Major: Economics and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Hometown: Yorktown, VA
Name: Linea Fuller
Year: 2020
Major: Biology
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
1. What brought you to the Women's Center?
Name: Caroline Peters
Year: Fourth
Major: Political Philosophy Policy and Law (PPL) and Government with a minor in Religious Studies
Name: Maeve Hayden
Year: 4th
Major: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Hometown: Afton, Virginia
What brought you to the Women's Center?
Major: Area Program in Literary Prose
Hometown: Poughkeepsie, New York
Year: Third