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Stories of hope: Celebrating North Carolina’s community college graduates
by Emily Thomas and Alessandra Quattrocchi |
Alessandra Quattrocchi is an executive fellow for EducationNC. She grew up in Miami, Florida, and attended public school throughout her life — to which she owes all her success. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May 2022 with a B.A. in Public Policy and Political Science and a minor in Spanish for the Legal Profession. While in college, she conducted independent research, authored a senior honors thesis in the Political Science Department, and was a John M. Belk Impact Fellow at EducationNC. Alessandra is currently studying law at New York University and will graduate in 2026. She loves to spend her spare time with dogs, at the beach, or frequenting any and all local farmer’s markets!
by Emily Thomas and Alessandra Quattrocchi |
by Alessandra Quattrocchi |
by Alessandra Quattrocchi |
by Alessandra Quattrocchi |
by Alessandra Quattrocchi |
by Alessandra Quattrocchi |