Connections - Spring 2021

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Rachel Applegate graduated in Spring of 2020
from Harvard with her Masters in Public Health.
Rachel attended Temple University where she
graduated with a BA in Political Science. She then
went on to serve in Peru as a Peace Corps volunteer
before receiving her masters.
Kevin Munoz began working at the White House as
Asst. Press Secretary in January for the Biden-Harris
team. After graduating from Vanderbilt University,
Kevin began his political work at SS+K. He then
served as Regional Press Secretary and Nevada
Press Secretary for the Biden for President primary
campaign. After his work in Nevada, he returned to
Florida as Florida Press Secretary for the Biden for President campaign.
Rachel Schwam graduated Phi Beta Kappa from
Wake Forest University in May 2019 with a BA
in Spanish. Upon graduation, she moved to the
Washington DC area and has been working at
Deloitte Consulting LLP in the Government &
Public Services practice. Rachel also recently began
volunteering at Edu-Futuro (Arlington, VA) as a
bilingual tutor for middle school students. Rachel enjoys FaceTiming
with her family, baking, riding her Peloton, going on walks through the
city, and planning trips she can take once traveling is safe again!
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David Podvia graduated in 2020 from the University
of North Florida with a degree in political science. He
currently works as the District Legislative Assistant for
Representative Clay Yarborough (District 12) of the
Florida House of Representatives. He has previously
interned with U.S. Senator Marco Rubio and U.S.
House of Representatives member John Rutherford.
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ALUMNI NOTES
PREPARED FOR SUCCESS
Austin Sams is currently in his senior year at
Hampton University where he will earn a bachelor’s
degree in Political Science and Leadership Studies.
He is currently the Student Government Association
President. He has volunteered for many political
organizations, including Hillary for America and the
Florida Democratic Party.
Paul Fouts was recently selected as one of this
year’s National Merit Scholarship finalists. He will be
graduating from Episcopal this spring.
Yash Gupta was selected as one of the 2020 National
Merit Scholarship semifinalists. He will be graduating
from Bolles this spring.
Justin O’Leary was featured in an article in Vogue
magazine about first-time voters. The article
highlighted the emotions young, first-time voters
were feeling during the 2020 election.
Mila Kavalieros was honored by the Florida Times-
Union with a high school sports award for female
volleyball player. Mila was part of the first volleyball
team at JCDS, with her mom, Lisa, serving as a coach!
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Alexis TerKonda is currently interning with JCDS as a
digital marketing intern where she helped put together
this edition of Connections. She will be graduating
from the University of North Florida in April with her
BBA in marketing. She will continue her education in a
full-time MBA program at Chapman University with a
concentration in entertainment management.
Abby Pham is in her last undergraduate semester
at the University of Florida. After graduation in May,
she will be moving to Seattle to work for Microsoft
as a software engineer. She virtually interned with
Microsoft as a software engineer last summer and
is excited to be returning to the company!
CJ Tremble has committed to play football at Penn.
He will be graduating in May from Episcopal School of
Jacksonville.
Gunner Borree has committed to play baseball at
Brown University. He will be graduating from Bolles
in May.
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