Welcome back to another year of the Joyce Ivy Fellows Relations series of blog posts. I think I speak for everyone when I say we are excited to share our thoughts, stories, and testimonials. Hopefully, we can connect with our readers and share our opinions about all topics relating to Joyce Ivy. To start off our first blog post, we wanted to give a brief background of your writers!
Audrey Stankunas (Co-Senior Fellow of Fellow Relations)
Hometown: Granville, Ohio
Joyce Ivy Class: 2023
Current School (High School or College): Yale University
Prospective Major (or Academic Interests): Global Affairs and Computer Science
Hobbies (Feel free to write more than one): Hiking, Skiing, and Sewing
Favorite Song: America by Simon and Garfunkel
Hello everyone! I am Audrey Stankunas, one of the Senior Fellows of the JIF Fellow Relations Team. I am from Granville, Ohio and was a summer scholar in 2023. I am a current first year at Yale University and I am planning on majoring in Global Affairs with a certificate in Computer Science. In my free time, I like to hike, ski, watch movies, and sew. My favorite song is “America” by Simon and Garfunkel. I am so excited to engage more with the JIF community this year!
Olivia Merriman (Co-Senior Fellow of Fellow Relations)
Hometown: Painesdale, MI
Joyce Ivy Class: 2021
Current School: Vanderbilt University
Prospective Major/ Minors: Majoring in Biochemistry and minoring in physics and medicine, health, and society
Hobbies: Playing volleyball, running, painting
Favorite song: Nothing New
I’m Olivia Merriman, the other co-Senior Fellow for the Fellow Relations Team. I’m from Houghton, a small town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. I was named a Joyce Ivy Scholar in 2021. I’m currently a junior at Vanderbilt University majoring in Biochemistry while also pursuing the pre-med track. I enjoy playing volleyball, painting, running, and watching football. As of right now my favorite song is Nothing New by Taylor Swift.
Divya Nelluri
Hometown: Novi, Michigan
Joyce Ivy Class: 2024
Current School (High School or College): Novi High School
Prospective Major (or Academic Interests): Pre-med
Hobbies (Feel free to write more than one): Reading, Golfing, and Listening to music
Favorite Song: Any Taylor Swift
Hi! My name is Divya Nelluri, and I am so excited to be part of the Fellow Relations team this year. I am from Novi, Michigan and was a 2024 summer scholar. I am a senior at Novi High School, and, in my free time, I like to golf and read mystery novels.
Pranitha Chillara
Hometown: Dublin, Ohio
Joyce Ivy Class: 2023
Current School (High School or College): Dublin Coffman High School
Prospective Major (or Academic Interests): Environmental Science
Hobbies (Feel free to write more than one): Binge-watching Crime TV Shows, Reading, Baking, Hiking at National Parks
Favorite Song: Crazy in Love by Beyoncé
Hello! My name is Pranitha Chillara and this is my second year as part of the JIF Fellow Relations team! I am from Dublin, Ohio and was a summer scholar in 2023. I’m a senior at Dublin Coffman High School and am interested in majoring in Environmental Science in college. During my free time, I like binge-watching crime TV Shows on Netflix (currently rewatching White Collar), reading, baking, or taking road-trips and hiking at different national parks with my family! And my favorite song right now is Crazy in Love by Beyoncé!
Lara Hammoud
Hometown: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Joyce Ivy Class: 2024
Current School (High School or College): Detroit Country Day
Prospective Major (or Academic Interests): Biomedical Engineering
Hobbies (Feel free to write more than one): Making matcha, binge-watching any tv show, reading, playing field hockey
Favorite Song: Anything by the Weeknd
Hello! My name is Lara Hammoud, and this is my first year on the JIF Fellow Relations team! I am from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and was a summer scholar in 2024. I am a junior at Detroit Country Day and plan to major in biomedical engineering in college. During my free time, I love trying out new cafes with friends, making matcha, binge-watching TV shows, or playing field hockey!
Habiba Chowdhury
Hometown: Hamtramck, Michigan
Joyce Ivy Class: 2024
Current School (High School or College): Hamtramck High School
Prospective Major (or Academic Interests): Environmental Engineering and Gender Studies
Hobbies (Feel free to write more than one): Camping, Skiing, Sewing, Scrapbooking, and Photography
Favorite Song: Two Nights by Joy Crookes
Hi! My name is Habiba Chowdhury and I’m looking forward to working on the JIF Fellow Relations team this year! I was a Joyce Ivy Summer Scholar in 2024 and I’m currently a senior attending Hamtramck High School. I plan to double major or choose environmental engineering or gender studies for university. I like to camp, ski, sew, scrapbook, and take pictures to record my life and the milestones that happen! I’m not a big music listener, and my favorite song changes every other week, but as of right now, my favorite song is “Two Nights” by Joy Crookes.
Ridhima Kodali
Hometown: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Joyce Ivy Class: 2022
Current School (High School or College): Northwestern University
Prospective Major (or Academic Interests): Journalism and Social Policy
Hobbies (Feel free to write more than one): Reading, dancing and photography
Favorite Song: Bewitched by Laufey
Hi! I am Ridhima Kodali and I am so excited to be back this year, working on the fellow relations team. I was named a Joyce Ivy Summer Scholar in 2022. I am a journalism and social policy dual degree major (sophomore) at Northwestern currently.
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