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Meet The Team | Laurel Thomas

MEET THE TEAM!


Laurel is from Augusta, GA and studied Public Health at Georgia College & State University. She has a passion for helping people and for traveling! She has traveled and/or studied in Australia, Japan, Thailand, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Guatemala, just to name a few. She also has a travel blog she kept during college, you should check it out!                               

His favorite quote that he lives by is:

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
- Maya Angelo

Fun Fact:

She is the first born girl on her father's side in 203 years.

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