Question: What are you most thankful for this Thanksgiving?
Mark Linares, Pre-Business, Second Year
“I am most thankful for my roommates London Forbes, Jaedon Leypon and Jeremy Tran. They’re dope.”
Gaby Pina, Neuroscience, Third Year
“I’m most thankful for my family and getting to spend time with them, especially with being so busy with school. I’m glad to have time to spend with them.”
Chinasa Nnamani, Biochemistry, Third Year
“This Thanksgiving, I’m really most thankful for a safe flight, because I am from Virginia and I’m flying back home for Thanksgiving. I have heard a lot about plane crashes, so I hope my flight will be safe.”
Question: What is your favorite part about Thanksgiving?
London Forbes, Biology, Second Year
“My favorite thing about Thanksgiving is getting together with my family and eating my grandma’s mac and cheese.”
Jadaly Lopez, Biology, First Year
“My favorite part about Thanksgiving is just the fact that my family and I all get under the same roof. I have a big family, so I really enjoy that. It’s the first time in a while that we get to reunite.”
Leila Shao, Business Economics, Second Year
“My favorite part of Thanksgiving is getting to go home to see my family since I’m not from here. I get to fly home, and I don’t see them that often.”
Question: What do you hope your Thanksgivings will look like in the future?
Nila Vedantam, Pre-Business, Second Year
“I hope my future Thanksgivings are spent with friends and family, everyone happy, laughing and enjoying being together.”
Justin Pan, Business Administration, Third Year
“I hope my Thanksgiving will be filled with family, friends and just good times in general. I know that this Thanksgiving, my uncle will be giving me a lot of Pokémon packs, so I’m looking forward to that. But maybe next year I’ll go out with friends, because we haven’t planned anything yet.”
Athena Bravo, Anthropology/Law and Society, Third Year
“I hope in the future Thanksgiving will have not only my family, but also close friends and people my family is close to. I feel Thanksgiving is about uniting people in one room to reconnect and share conversation.”
