Crusader of the Week: Rachel DeRocco

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Viveca Stucke ’26

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Name: Rachel DeRocco

Class Year: 2025

Hometown: New Hartford, NY

Major: Neuroscience

Campus Activities: Residence life, Community Based Learning, PA Club, Club Tennis, Microbiology TA, Library Assistant, Spring Break Immersion Leader

Favorite Movie:10 Things I Hate About you

Favorite Song: That’s so True- Gracie Abrams

Favorite color: purple

Favorite sports team: Yankees

Favorite class taken at Holy Cross: Microbiology

Item on HC Bucket List: Pub Night

Embarrassing HC Moment: Tripping up two sets of stairs consecutively 

Bragging Rights: I don’t drink coffee!

Words to live by: It’s the small things that matter. 

One thing you would change at HC: the hills 

Favorite TV Show: Criminal Minds

Favorite Book: Small Great Things – Jodi Picoult 

Favorite Kimball meal: Any Carbonara they have 

Favorite Cool Beans Drink: Chai

Favorite spot on campus: CBL office

Favorite off-campus restaurant: Thai Time

Guilty Pleasure: Oreos

Some small things that make your day better: Seeing my friends coincidentally around campus

First thing you do when you wake up: Check the time

Last thing you do before going to bed: Pull the blanket closer to heat me up.

Favorite place you have traveled to: Arizona

Something you look forward to when you go home: Seeing my grandparents 

Post-Graduation Plans: I will be working at Mt. Auburn Hospital as an ER technician

Favorite memory at HC: Spring Break Immersion in Fries, VA 2024!

Featured image courtesy of Rachel DeRocco ’25

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