Aanvi is a junior from North Attleboro, MA double majoring in Molecular & Cell Biology and Psychological Sciences with a minor in Chemistry on the pre-med track. On campus, she is president of Knit for NICU, assistant program director of a Community Outreach program, and vice-president of the Indian Student Association. She is also an undergraduate research assistant in the Jung Lab at Storrs and the Mohan Lab at UConn Health. In her free time, she enjoys watching movies, going on walks, and spending time with friends. Aanvi looks forward to helping students in the Honors Program achieve their goals! 

Olivia Amodeo is a senior from Wethersfield, CT, studying molecular and cell biology. In the Honors Program, she is part of the Special Program in Medicine and the STEM Scholars community. On campus, she is vice president of UConn Ski and Snowboarding Club. At UConn Health, she is part of the Heinen Lab at the Center for Molecular Oncology, which researches cancer-associated variants in mismatch repair genes. Outside of UConn, she is a Duke University PRIME-Cancer Research Program Scholar and will be involved in continued professional development during the academic year. In her free time, Olivia enjoys spending time with friends, hiking, skiing, going to concerts, and trying new coffee shops. This is Olivia’s second year as an Honors GPS and she looks forward to continuing to work with students this year!

Josephine is a junior from Naugatuck, CT double majoring in Political Science and American Studies and Minoring in History. At UConn, Josephine is involved in political science research through the OUR IDEA Grant and the UConn Humanities Institute and is also part of the Scholars Collective as a Nutmeg Scholar. Josephine has experience in Native American & Indigenous Studies as a Political Science Honors Bennett Research Assistant and in criminal justice policy research as an intern with the Connecticut Sentencing Commission of the UConn Institute for Municipal & Regional Policy. In her free time, she enjoys reading, going for long walks, trying out new coffee shops, and spending time with friends. Josephine is a second-year Honors GPS and is excited to continue helping fellow Honors students with their college experiences! 

Mehr is a senior Nutmeg Scholar and University Scholar majoring in Chemical Engineering with minors in Mathematics and Global Studies. On campus she is president of UConn iGEM and Team Manager/ Dancer on Husky Bhangra, UConn’s competitive bhangra team. She also conducts research on campus in Shor Lab focused on analyzing the impact of microplastics within the soil ecosystem. In her free time Mehr loves to watch Bollywood movies, spend time with friends and family, visit art museums, and travel (most recent trip was Nova Scotia). This is Mehr’s third year on the GPS team, and she is super excited to help support other Honors students around campus! 

Ava is a senior from Durham, CT, majoring in Digital Media and Design concentrating in Film and Video Production and minoring in Communications. In addition to being an Honors GPS, she is the Treasurer for Page to Stage Productions. In her free time, Ava enjoys watching movies, singing, making art, and hanging out with her friends. She is so excited to be back with the GPS team this year and looks forward to supporting her fellow Honors students!

Bella is a senior from Austin, TX majoring in Management and minoring in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. At UConn, Bella is Vice President of the UConn Dance Company, an on-air radio DJ with WHUS Storrs, an Honors Ambassadors Coordinator, and a second year Honors GPS. Last semester, she studied abroad in London in the Business & Economics program and interned with Animal Farm Music as a social media intern. Outside of UConn, Bella is a Marketing Project Support intern with Austin City Limits Live and a premium team member with C3 Presents. Previously, Bella was an Artist Services intern with the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival and an artist management intern with The Entertainment Lab. In her free time, Bella loves to dance, try out new matcha spots, workout, and travel around New England. She is incredibly excited to be spending her final year at UConn with the GPS team and can’t wait to help fellow Honors students with all things Honors, UConn, study abroad and beyond! 

Aashna is a sophomore from Brookfield, CT studying Biomedical Engineering with minors in Materials Science and Engineering and Human Rights. At UConn, she is a UNIV 1784 facilitator for a First-Year Honors Seminar course and an active member of Honors Across State Borders and the Society of Women Engineers. In her free time, she enjoys playing board games, hiking, watching Formula 1 races, travelling, and spending time with friends. Aashna is excited to begin her first year as an Honors GPS and looks forward to supporting Honors students as they navigate their time at UConn!

Katherine is a junior from Willimantic, CT in the Special Program in Law pursuing a double major in Political Science and Human Rights. At UConn, she is a Newman Civic Fellow, Committee Chair of the Scholar’s Collective as a Day of Pride Scholar, President and founder of Alcanzando el Mismo Sueño and a research assistant of the Mariposa Research Collective. Katherine was part of the Honors Congressional Internship in Washington, D.C last spring semester where she interned in the U.S House of Representative. She is also a former Political Science Bennett Research Assistant. In her free time, she enjoys reading, running or spending time with her family & friends. Katherine is a second -year GPS excited to work with honor students as they navigate their years at UConn! 

Katie is a senior from Essex, MA pursuing a dual degree in Allied Health Sciences with a concentration in Healthcare Administration and Management. On campus, she is involved in research and off campus, she works in operations for a nonprofit biotech company. When she’s not working or studying, Katie enjoys spending time with her friends and her dogs and loves having reality TV marathons. Katie looks forward to helping students achieve their goals in the Honors Program! 

America is a senior from Stamford, CT pursuing a dual degree in Financial Management and Psychology.  America serves as Chair of the Honors Student Leadership Board at UConn Stamford, where she helps foster engagement and community among honors students. In her free time, she enjoys going to concerts, traveling, and spending time with friends. This year, America is excited to begin her first year as an Honors GPS and looks forward to supporting and connecting with fellow students. 

Abhigna is a junior from Bedford, MA pursuing a degree in Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB). At UConn, she serves as the president of UNICEF Campus Initiative and as the Vice President of Honors in Business Association. She is also actively involved in Community Outreach as the Program Director for Cross-Cultural Connections. In her free time, Abhigna enjoys playing soccer and ultimate frisbee, working out, watching movies, and traveling. She is excited to begin her first year as an Honors GPS and looks forward to supporting students as they navigate their Honors journey at UConn!

Giavanna is a junior from Long Island, NY majoring in Psychological Sciences and Political Science with a minor in Crime and Justice. On campus, she is the Vice President of Programming for the Panhellenic Council, a Morale captain for HuskyTHON, and a member of her sorority Phi Sigma Rho. She also is a part of Dr. Altmann’s Psycholinguistic lab where they explore how we construct representations of the events described by unfolding sentences or sequences of sentences. Off campus, she works for Fresh Prints as a Campus Manager and is an Ambassador for Margaritaville University. In her free time, she likes to listen to music, go on walks, and go cafe hopping. Giavanna is a second year Honors GPS and is looking forward to helping fellow Honors students achieve their academic goals during their time here at UCONN! 

Angel is a senior from Walpole, MA, majoring in Physiology and Neurobiology with a minor in Molecular and Cell Biology on the Pre-PA track. At UConn, she serves as President of the Pre-Physician Assistant Patient Care Alliance, is a member of the CLAS Student Leadership Board, and is part of the STEM Scholar Community. She also works as a research assistant at UConn Health on pre-clinical models of breast cancer and in the Systematic Health Action Research Program (SHARP) Lab. In her free time, Angel enjoys watching TV shows, spending time at the beach, hanging out with friends, and traveling (she even studied abroad in Florence, Italy). Angel is a second-year Honors GPS and is excited to support fellow Honors students throughout their college experiences!