Gillian Scott is a 4th year student at the University of Toronto, studying Classics and Classical Civilizations. As well as being involved in her university’s Classics Students’ Union, she enjoys acting, singing, and trying to learn as many languages as humanly possible. She is an alumna of Living Latin in Rome 2014.
Yeonsuk is currently a senior at the Heights school in Potomac, MD, studying both latin and classical Greek. He participated in Living Latin in Rome High School and Living Greek in Greece, deepening my love for classics. He is the president of Heights classics club, and he loves studying philosophy. He also writes for the school newspaper, the Cavaliers. His favorite Roman poet is Vergil, whom he studied during Junior year of high school. His favorite Greek playwrights are Euripides and Sophocles. His interests include philosophy, creative writing, and traveling around the world.
Liz Hestand earned a BA in Classics and Art History from Temple University, with an honors thesis on ceramic production in Roman Gaul. She is a Latin teacher at Central High School in Philadelphia and an advocate for active Latin and public education. Liz has excavated at sites in France and Italy, studied ceramology at the American Academy in Rome, and is currently researching the amphorae from the C field of the Joint Expeditions to Caesarea in conjunction with Drew University.
A native of Chicago, Will is currently a junior at Yale, and an alumnus of LLiR 2014. He is a major in the Comparative Literature department, and his research interests include ancient epic and Renaissance reception. At school, Will edits Yale's Undergraduate Classics Journal, plays club ice hockey, and organizes the Latin Table. His favorite Latin is Virgil's. Otherwise, you'll find him trying to play guitar, hiking in the woods, or reading.