Alumni

Jerome Uy (he/him) is a graduate of Eckerd College where he majored in Marine Science and Environmental Studies. As a plant dad, he grew over 100 plants in his dorm room that range from caudiciforms to carnivorous plants. He's also interested in ethnobotany, the study of how humans use indigenous plants for a wide variety of applications in their culture. Jerome's focus in the Eastman Program is exploring the intersectionality between traditional ecological knowledge and Western science and encourage the practice of two-eyed seeing.

Love is a graduate of Eckerd College where she obtained a major in Communication with minors in Japanese and Human Development. She plans to pursue work in humanitarian/ community aid and empowerment following graduation. Her interests are in addressing child trafficking in Cambodia, as well as the prospect of empowering youth via the transformation of conventional education into a holistic and interpersonally empowering model. She strongly believes these two things have much to do with one another and has developed her individualized discovery plan with this idea in mind. Out of class you can find her being silly with her dog-daughter, Violet. 

Sofie Alexander is a graduate of Eckerd College where she majored in Chemistry and Political Science. Her academic interests in Political Science include the long-term effect of Trump's presidency and American voting policy and her academic interests in Chemistry include environmental chemistry and the extraction of microplastics from the ocean using analytical chemistry. She is passionate about proper consent education and the protection of a person’s bodily autonomy from any sexual harm or violence. In the Eastman Program, she focuses on better consent education and consent training on Eckerd’s campus, she plans on doing this with her club’s help and influence of her club, Generation Action. Outside of academics, Sofie loves taking photos of Eckerd’s beautiful campus and going on adventures all around Florida. 

Zachary Franco is a graduate of Eckerd College where he majored in Anthropology and minored in Journalism. Zach is interested in pursuing how to use storytelling as a tool to create community, to empower and craft a more representative narrative. As the Managing Editor and Photo Editor of The Current, Eckerd's Student Newspaper, he is passionate about finding effective ways to co-create a more representative narrative about the campus and community we live in. Outside of class, he enjoys finding adventure wherever he can, whether that be through meeting new people, exploring different parts of Florida or trying to find the best cup of coffee wherever he is.