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At the time of this interview (Spring 2023), Wall was a senior student at UNCG. She begins the interview by talking about her family, being the oldest of eight children, moving regularly early in life due to her father's work, and her high school education at North Iredell High School. Wall discusses how she choose to attend UNCG, her experience living on campus at UNCG, her major (Human Development and Family Studies), and being a student in the Lloyd International Honors College. Wall explains that she works a lot while attending UNCG to pay for school. Those jobs include Residential Advisor, personal care assistant, babysitting, dog sitting, meal-prepping, Student Coordinator of Peer Education, Director of Community Affairs for SGA, and an off campus internship. Wall describes in depth her experience as a UNCG student during the COVID-19 pandemic, which started during her second semester on campus. Wall discusses the temporary closing of the school, the move to online courses, moving back home for a time, steps she took to stay safe, life in the dorm as a Residential Advisor, taking Spanish, availability of the first vaccines, difficulties with online coursework, completing an internship, studying abroad in Italy, and how the pandemic is still affecting her at the time of the interview. Wall concludes the interview by describing the typical student that attends UNCG, her plans after graduation, and what UNCG means to her.