Contact A Student Ambassador
Explore some of the volunteers who want to help you learn more about JMU! Have questions for a specific Ambassador? Click the email address below their info to reach out!

Caroline Abramowitz
Class of 2021
Doylestown, PA
Psychology
I have a radio show about conspiracies, #radio51. Listen to it on WXJM.

Caroline Lynch
Class of 2023
Richmond, VA
Music Theatre
Dance & Communications Studies
I dress up as Disney princesses and perform at birthday parties for work.

Chloe Banaszak
Class of 2024
Louisville, KY
Theatre & Psychology
Honors
I once helped hatch endangered leatherback turtles!

Daniel Smith
Class of 2022
Fairfax, VA
Finance
I have never broken a bone in my life

Deirdre Meaney
Class of 2021
Glen Rock, NJ
Political Science
I have traveled to seven countries!
1st Gen College Student

Elizabeth Kraut
Class of 2024
Wayne, PA
Justice Studies
Honors
I have traveled to 6 countries

Ellie Mast
Class of 2022
Richmond, VA
Management
Honors & Cultural Communications
I taught myself guitar and am waiting for my big break.

Emily Lazun
Class of 2023
Reston, VA
Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies
Inclusive Early Childhood Education & Writing Rhetoric and Technical Communication
I've been a summer camp counselor for five years!

Erin Davis
Class of 2022
Stafford, VA
Communication Sciences and Disorders
I adopted kitten brothers with my best friend!

Golden Kumi-Darfour
Class of 2021
Ashburn, VA
Nursing
I was born in Chicago and I lived in Ghana for 3 years!
Transfer
December Grad
1st Gen College Student

Caroline Graziano
Class of 2021
Stafford, VA
Accounting
I went to Jordan when I was in elementary school.

Catherine Ahnen
Class of 2024
Bedford, NH
English
Honors, Secondary Education
I'm a certified ski instructor!

Claire Leidinger
Class of 2022
Ashburn, VA
Computer Information Systems
I have been above the Arctic Circle.

Darby Henn
Class of 2023
Doylestown, PA
Elementary Education
Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies & Honors
I lived in England for two years!

Devin Granata
Class of 2023
Sterling, VA
Finance
I once stayed in the same hotel as Post Malone

Elizabeth Nguyen
Class of 2024
Fairfax, VA
Kinesiology
Pre-Med
I have appeared on the Jumbotron as a junior in-game host at Nats Park!

Emily Faris
Class of 2023
Richmond, VA
Nursing
Honors
I've traveled to over half of the states

Emma Vogel
Class of 2022
Arlington, VA
International Affairs
Cultural Communications
I went to college in Switzerland for a year!

Georgia Rose Fraser
Class of 2021
Sharon, MA
Dance
Pre-Physical Therapy
I have performed in a circus on a single trapeze.

Grace Calogero
Class of 2023
Alexandria, VA
Health Science
Medical Spanish
I taught myself how to juggle and play the ukulele all in one weekend!

Caroline Hamilton
Class of 2022
Virginia Beach, VA
Intelligence Analysis
I live 10 minutes from the beach at home!

Celia Anderson
Class of 2020
Chesterfield, VA
Nursing
Chronic Illness
I am on level 2,310 on Candy Crush
December Grad

Cuda Zmuda
Class of 2023
Virginia Beach, VA
Finance & Communication Studies
Spanish & Entrepreneurship
I have lived on a farm, in a city, near a beach, and in the mountains.

DeJuan Woods
Class of 2024
Waldorf, MD
Vocal Music Education
Honors
I watched all of the marvel cinematic universe in only two and a half weeks this summer.

Elena Navarra
Class of 2022
Nutley, NJ
Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies
Special Education & History
I was born in New York City!

Ellen Franzen
Class of 2023
Arlington, VA
Elementary Education
Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies & Honors
Last summer I travelled to 3 continents in 24 hours!

Emily Golub
Class of 2022
Randolph, NJ
Psychology
I have a birthmark on my foot shaped like New Jersey!

Erin Baroody
Class of 2022
Leesburg, VA
Media Arts and Design - Digital Video & Cinema
Studio Art
I can/will incorporate a movie references into any conversation

Gillian Kniley
Class of 2022
Ashburn, VA
International Affairs - International Conflict and Security
French & Economics
I have lived in 3 different continents and I have 2 left to travel to!

Grace Lloyd
Class of 2021
Herndon, VA
Nursing
Family Studies & Honors
I have never been to Disney!