Mackenzie Mercer Hometown: Ionia, MI Program: PsyD Book I would recommend: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Favorite Quote: “Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts.” -Winston Churchill What would people be surprised to know about you?  I grew up

Rachel Booker Hometown: Bangor, MI Program: MA with ABA Book I would recommend: Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke, MD Favorite Quote: “Are you living or are you existing?” – Unknown What would people be surprised to know about you?  That I completed an ABA program 8 years ago but took a

Francesca Hall Hometown: Belding, MI Program: MA Book I would recommend: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk Favorite Quote: “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” -Viktor Frankl

Zahraa Chokr Hometown: Dearborn Heights, MI Program: MA with ABA Book I would recommend: You Will Get Through This Night by Daniel Howell Favorite Quote: “You define your own life, don’t let other people write your script.” -Oprah Winfrey  What would people be surprised to know about you?  People would

Marwa Attia Hometown: Marlboro, NJ Program: PsyD Book I would recommend: Why We Remember by Charan Ranganath Favorite Quote: “The only way to do great work is to love what you do” -Steve Jobs What would people be surprised to know about you?  I was born in Saudi Arabia and

R.C. Edwards Hometown: Northville, MI Program: MA Book I would recommend: Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl Favorite Quote: “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”