Hey Relay-ers! I am honored to announce that this week's shoutout goes to the new Relay For Life Co-Chairs for the 2016-2017 school year: Miller Sisson and Minh Bui! Biggest congrats to these two wonderful people & be sure to say hello if you see them!
Hometown: Birmingham, AL
Year/Major: 3rd year, Human Biology
Position on Relay: Greek Recruitment Chair
Why I Relay: I Relay to fight back against
cancer. I have had two grandparents with cancer, and so I Relay to both honor
them and to hopefully prevent others from going through what they did. I also
Relay for my future career. I want to be an oncologist, and my dream is to be
able to say to folks: "You have cancer, but we can do something about
this. We can cure your disease." I believe the work that Relay and the ACS
are doing now makes this dream closer and closer to becoming a reality.
Why I’m Excited For
Relay: I go to bed
really early most days, but I can't think of a more exciting reason to pull an
all-nighter. Seeing so many folks at UVA come together to fight for the same
goal is really powerful. And the free food.
Did you know… That I have a twin sister? She's a
student at Furman University in South Carolina. She's a lot cooler than I am,
but I'm one minute older so it all evens out, right? I have two younger
brothers too, and they are pretty cool in their own right.
Favorite Flavor of
Ice Cream: Chocolate. It's
not even close.
Hometown: Chantilly, VA
Year/Major: 3rd Year, Sociology
Position on Relay: Entertainment Chair
Why I Relay: For my Aunt
Why I'm Excited for Relay: Because Luminaria is one of the best
hours of my year, and that we'll be playing Hunger Hungry Hippos - Human
Edition
Did you know: I turned my parents into cake ball creating sweatshop workers in
high school and made them help me make 1,400 cake balls to sell for Relay. No
shame.
Favorite Flavor of Ice Cream: Anything with salted caramel!
