猎鹰闪回 | Helen Holmberg Herbert '97

 

I started at O’威尼斯人在线官网 in 2^nd grade in 1987.  My family moved to Florida when I was in 6^th grade but we returned in 1994 and I attended 10^th, 11^th, and 12^th grades. 我1997年毕业。

 

 

I had so much adrenaline pumping through my body when I got the news that I’m not sure I remember it correctly! 但我认为事情是这样的！

 

The letter came in the mail and my mother brought the letter to me while I was in class at O’威尼斯官网在线. 我很高兴能在周末进入决赛，所以我记得我没有感到太大的压力，但当我读到我赢了，我兴奋地尖叫起来。 I remember many of my classmates (Dan Thomason, Gabrielle Miller-Messner, Tiffany O’Gwynn, Danica Zupic, Jennifer Madden, and Thomas Davis, among others) jumping up and down with me! Even the teachers were celebrating with me – pretty sure Beth Whitman and Kit Raulerson were there.  

 

当然，成为莫尔黑德项目的一员是一次很棒的经历。 It brought me to UNC and I’m so proud to be a Tar Heel. 我本科期间的亮点是在伦敦留学，并担任北卡罗来纳大学荣誉法庭主席。  通过莫尔黑德项目，我在缅因州参加了为期四周的拓展训练课程，在费城与处境危险的小学生一起工作，并在华盛顿特区的乔治华盛顿大学医院实习。

 

 

Thoughts of O’威尼斯官网在线 come back to me all the time. I regularly run into O’威尼斯官网在线 connections. Knowing someone from O’威尼斯官网在线 gives you a unique kinship.

Now that my son is in 3rd grade, I’ve enjoyed sharing my memories from Mrs. Harris’ 3rd grade class. 我希望我有我的年鉴，但我认为你，威尔·塔特萨尔和加布里埃尔·米勒-梅斯纳在那个班。

哈里斯太太是我遇到过的最好的老师之一，也是我最喜欢的老师之一。 她管理得很严。 She challenged and encouraged us with competitions and awards: some you wanted to win, some you didn’t.  I got an award for being the first to finish reading a collection of short stories, as well as the “lunch box award” because I was always forgetting to bring my lunch box home. I received my first “F” when I failed one of her pop quizzes. 三月的一个星期五下午，她用手推车把电视推到教室里，我们整个下午都在看ACC锦标赛。 That was my introduction to ACC basketball, and I’ve been a fan ever since! 

一段特别难忘的记忆是我在大学期间在北卡罗来纳大学的主场橄榄球比赛中偶遇哈里斯夫人。 I can’t remember exactly what she said –it was a mix of her being proud of me while checking to make sure I was working hard - and I remember the big hug she gave me.

 

 

大学毕业后，我决定去更多的学校！ 我去了维克森林大学的法学院，然后在纽约大学获得了税务专业的法学硕士学位。  然后我搬到了夏洛特，在一家律师事务所做税务律师。  我在夏洛特待了15年。  我在那里遇到了我的丈夫，并有了两个孩子。  然后在2021年，我的家人搬到了威尔明顿。 我们喜欢住在海滩上。 我的儿子托马斯（Thomas）上三年级，我的女儿伊丽莎白（Elizabeth）刚刚在赖特斯维尔海滩小学（Wrightsville Beach Elementary）上幼儿园。  在做了10年的内部法律顾问后，我决定今年开一家自己的律师事务所。

威尼斯人在线官网 the author: 
Jared Lina '97 is a classmate of Helen's who also was co-valedictorian, along with Helen Holmberg and Gabrielle Miller-Messner.  贾里德就读于以个位数录取率著称的杜克大学（Duke University）； Helen was O’威尼斯人在线官网’s first-ever Morehead Scholar; 加布里埃尔是全国优秀奖入围者，她去了达特茅斯。 1997届毕业生太棒了！

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