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English: Socratic seminars (English II Honors, AP Lit & Comp)
To Kill A Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men, 1984 📚📚📚

Band: classes, band rehearsals, music theory class (senior year) 🎼

Civics: my interest in political science was born

AP European History: rewriting "We Didn't Start the Fire" to be current (best line: Yassar won a Peace Prize 🔥🔥)

Senior Project: passing with an Honorable Mention & high praise from the principal

Graduating!!!

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The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Math (again)

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My professors 👩‍🏫
My academic advisors
My thesis advisor
The INGOS program & the RIC Food Justice program 🌿
Honors thesis
Visiting the UN for the first time!

Graduating magna cum laude with my BA in Political Science (honors) & Public Administration and an INGOS Certificate 🎓🎉

(no extra math classes!🎉)

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Ran wicked fast on the cross country & indoor track teams 🏃‍♀️

Volunteered like it was going out of style (round 2): JBF Drama, church, community

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Afternoons in 403

Civics class: the catalyst for my original program of study

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Learned how to play the violin 🎻

My 5th grade teacher

Science class (gr. 1-5): I had 2 different teachers, but they were both incredible women who made science cool 🔬

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Art class: no room for creativity 🤦‍♀️
Science class (gr. 6): no room for experimentation

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Dance (gr. 2-8): there's no better feeling than perfecting and performing a routine 💃

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Participating in Drama Club in 5th & 6th grade (fun fact: I was the 1st female Wizard of Oz) 🎭

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WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) - After 22 years, John Brown Francis is closing the curtain on their drama program.

On Friday night dozens of fifth and sixth grade students at the Warwick elementary school took the stage for their closing performance of "The Magical Land of Oz." It was the final play at the school, which is set to become an early childhood education center next year as part of school consolidation in the city.

"Oh my god we're going to make a tsunami, everybody's going to be in tears," said Eva Kenyon, 12, during the show's intermission.

Kenyon, a sixth grade student, was playing Dorothy. Her hair was in braids and she wore red sparkly shoes on her feet. She and other cast members said they felt nervous, excited, and sad to say good bye to each other and their school.

As the audience sat waiting in the darkened theater, Beth Veltri ushered Kenyon and the others to their marks. She directed this year's play, just as she's done for the past 22 years. She got involved when her two children were students at the school. Now her adult son, Brian, helps behind the scenes.

"The kids," she said when asked what she'll miss most. "Just the smiles on their faces. You know it means the world to them."

Veltri stepped in to help with the drama program soon after Frank Ricci became the school's principal. On Friday night he, too, was there, manning the sound board.

After all these years, Veltri said she'll sometimes get stopped in the supermarket by former students who want to reminisce about their days on the JBF stage. Through the years there have been hundreds of kids.

"We do love her," said Chace Roberts, 12, who was playing the Scarecrow.

His twin brother Dylan was portraying the Tinman. "She's one of the best drama teachers you could ever have. She's kind. She listens to you."

"She knows how to do stuff and she knows when to do it and how to do it right because she's been doing it for so long," said Kenyon. "So yeah, we love her."

Both Chace and Kenyon said they knew Veltri would get emotional after the final bow. During intermission she held back tears.

"When this part is over and I have to say good bye, it's going to be tough," Veltri said. "It's going to be tough without a doubt, but I hope we changed a lot of lives. I know we did, I know we did."

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Students take final bow at John Brown Francis

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WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) - After 22 years, John Brown Francis is closing the curtain on their drama program. On Friday night dozens of fifth and sixth grade students at the Warwick elementary school took the stage for their closing performance of "The Magical Land of Oz."

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Honors thesis

Global Politics: is hard when you've never been exposed to international relations before 😬

Public Administration: is just a giant group project. Also, budget projects are

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Spring 2018: Congressman Jim Langevin
Spring 2019: Save the Bay 🌊

(Never have I ever made a coffee run during any of my internships! ☕)

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Honors thesis (again. Really, it was both the bane of my existence and my proudest moment)

Time spent in the lounge between/after classes with my friends & professors smile

Every opportunity I had (even if it wasn't something I really wanted to do)

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8th grade art class: controlled creative chaos 🎨

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Finally understood what it felt like to be behind the desk instead of in front

FAFSA, Common App, scholarships: you name it, I've helped a student do it 📚

Multilingual Leadership Corps 2019-2020: met amazing folks from all over the state, visited some beautiful places (pre-COVID), attended informative trainings & conferences

The experience completely changed my career path and life trajectory

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Virtual summer classes are super cool 😎
Discovered YDEV!!! 🎉🎉🎉

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1st job: 1 exceptional store manager, 2 good SMs, 1 not so great SM, revolving door of assistant managers

2nd job: the best retail job I've ever had - incredible team, great company, close to home.
(I loved it so much I came back in the middle of a pandemic)

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Math class

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Volunteered like it was going out of style - JBF Drama, my church, community

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7th grade English Honors: the first genuinely safe classroom space I've ever been in

Italian (both years): I grew confident as a student of language & learned a lot about Italian culture (especially food & music 🥰)