Vincent Mangiapane Hometown: Rochester, MI Program: PsyD Book I would recommend: Bearing the Unbearable by Joanne Cacciatore Favorite Quote: “Extraordinary love comes with extraordinary grief.” – Joanne Cacciatore Name a cause you are passionate about. I am incredibly passionate about the bereaved population. We, in the United States, live in an

Jasmine Hobson Hometown: Redford, MI Program: MA Book I would recommend: Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi Favorite Quote: “Love many, trust few, learn to paddle your own canoe.” – Robert Douglas What would people be surprised to know about you?  I can read Ancient Latin. Name a cause you are passionate

Kalee LaPointe Hometown: San Angelo, Texas Program: MA with ABA Book I would recommend: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Favorite Quote: “Blessed are the curious for they shall have great adventures.” -Lovelle Drachman What would people be surprised to know about you?  I have a wide array of music I like

Arielle Self Hometown: Temecula, CA Program: PsyD Book I would recommend: Where the Crawdads Sing by  Delia Owens Favorite Quote: “The world is violent and mercurial – it will have its way with you. We are saved only by love – love for each other and the love that we pour

Ellie Jeffrey Hometown: Livonia, MI Program: MA Book I would recommend: The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune Favorite Quote: “I had the epiphany that laughter was light, and light was laughter, and that this was the secret of the universe.” – The Goldfinch by Donna Tart What

Charlie Shamey Hometown: Dearborn, MI Program: PsyD Book I would recommend: Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter Levine Favorite Quote: “I recognize the walls inside I recognize them all I’ve paced between them Chasing demons down Until they fall In fitful sleep Enough to keep their strength Enough to

Sydney Hicks Hometown: Clarkston, MI Program: MA with ABA Book I would recommend: The Upside of Stress by Kelly McGonigal Favorite Quote: “Change is the only constant in life.” – Heraclitus What would people be surprised to know about you?  Something that is surprising to know about me is that

Samantha Abouzeeni Hometown: Windsor, Ontario Program: PsyD Book I would recommend: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides Favorite Quote: “We cannot change anything until we accept it.”    -Carl Jung What would people be surprised to know about you?  I’ve grown up playing tennis. Name a cause you are passionate

Kierra Poydras Hometown: Detroit, MI Program: MA with ABA Book I would recommend: The Mastery of Self by Don Miguel Ruiz Jr. Favorite Quote: “Why Aren’t You Smiling? (W.A.Y.S)” What would people be surprised to know about you?  Something people would be surprised to know about me is that I

Tiffany Thompson Hometown: Rochester Hills, MI Program: MA Book(s) I would recommend: The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read by Philippa Perry and Educated by Tara Westover Favorite Quote: “Do what you feel in your heart to be right – you’ll be criticized anyway.” – Eleanor Roosevelt What would