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Hello beautiful people! My name is Maya Moran Piedfort, and I'm a senior at Southwestern pursuing a B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Feminist Studies. On campus, I'm involved in Alpha Xi Delta, the Student Foundation, the Senior Committee, and Psi Chi the International Honor Society in Psychology. I'm extremely passionate about understanding people and learning how to support them, which is why I'm so excited to be taking Social Psychology. That's all for now, see you in my next blog!

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