Mayara Silva
Harriet Newhall Fellow
Why MHC: "Mount Holyoke has an amazing environment that creates a combination of motivation to study and to live your life to its fullest in every single student!"
Class year: 2011
Major: Economics
Hometown: Olinda-PE, Brazil
Current Residence Hall: Torrey
Postgraduate Plans: Graduate School in Economics
Favorite Professors: Jim Hartley
Favorite Class: Latin American Politics (Luiz Jimenez)
Favorite Extracurricular Activity: Do volunteer work with CAUSE (student org)
Favorite Place on Campus: A little black bench on the south shore of the Upper Lake
Favorite Tradition: M and Cs
Favorite Dining Hall Food: Chili con carne
Favorite Local Restaurant: Main Moon
What did you do last weekend? Enjoyed the gorgeous weather lying on Skinner Green with a good book by my side and live music as soundtrack (band brought to campus by WMHC, our radio station).