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Sarah was a 2012 graduate from Discovery High School. Sarah attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she majored in Nursing. She is a Nurse Navigator/Coordinator where currently she leads their stroke program at CHS Blue Ridge by looking at quality metrics for their stroke patients. She says her favorite memories of DHS were "Friday’s!! I enjoyed our community time and family time on these days as well as the different “classes” we had the opportunity to participate in."

Christine is a 2012 graduate from Discovery High School. Following graduation, she attended East Carolina University where she majored in Child Development. She says, "I have been in the field of applied behavior analysis (ABA) for 4 years working as a behavior therapist for children with autism providing 1:1 therapy in schools, clinics, and in homes. I am in the process of completing my master’s in ABA (graduating in December) and passing the board exam to become a BCBA (board certified behavior analyst)." She states that her favorite memory of DHS was "one Friday, I think it was my freshman year, when the whole school sat in the great hall and sang along to songs while someone (our bus driver, but I forgot his name 😅) played the keyboard."

Aoife is a 2016 graduate from Discovery High School. Following high school, she attended North Carolina State University where she majored in Political Science. She says, "I currently work for The Pink Ceiling which invests in and mentors female focused companies. I create video/podcast/social content and advertising. In college, I interned with Sesame Street and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. Now, I am also pursuing comedy writing through a UCLA Late Night Comedy Writing professional program." She says that her favorite memory of DHS was getting the chance to get closer with her big sister, Niamh.

Christina is a 2012 graduate from Discovery High School. After graduating, she attended Appalachian State University where she obtained a degree in Anthropology: Social Practice and Sustainability. She says she is currently an "Executive Sous Chef: Black Cat Bistro in Boulder, Colorado. I have been working for Black Cat & Bramble Hare Restaurants for a little under two years now. We are a certified organic farm to table operation that raises pork, lamb, and a myriad of produce on over 675 acres of farm land. As of July 2020, we changed our format from in-house fine dining to an outdoor family style experience on the Skokan family farm as a result of the ever-changing COVID-19 restrictions in Colorado. With this change, I became in charge of the menu creation, food prep, and front of house management for these dinners. In addition, we have created 12 heated cabanas (which I did the drafting and design) to help us continue on into the colder winter months. These dinners are a true farm-to-table experience, and all of our vegetables as well as meat comes from the pastures that these cabanas overlook. Over the past two years, I was the head chef of Bramble and Hare, a Farm Hand, the manager of Mabel the farm truck, and eventually transitioned into the Farm Dinner role as described above. It's been a really incredible experience as I cooked through college while studying sustainable design and agriculture. I am also working towards an Associate's degree in Drafting / AutoCAD with hopes of getting into a Master's of Architecture program. In graduate school I am looking into studying 'what does post pandemic dining look like?'" Christina says her favorite memories of DHS are presenting her Senior Paper, AP US Government, and Enrichments.

Katie is a 2012 graduate from Discovery High School. Following graduation, she attended CVCC where she had a focus on Early Education. She says, "I homeschool my 3 daughters! I have a 7 year old and 4 year old twins. We are in our third year of home education, and I love it! I also work from home selling second hand clothing and home decor online." She says her favorite memory at DHS is "having a sense of community. My favorite times of the week were family and community days! Having these times to interact with our peers and teachers allowed us to build better relationships. I believe having those relationships led to better classroom experiences."