Alumni Profile: Eva Bramesco '04

Q+A with Eva Bramesco ’04

What was one of your most meaningful or memorable GUS experiences?

GUS gave me some of my first on-stage roles, and helped spark a passion I pursued into high school and college. The class of 2004's notable productions of Hamlet and Annie, I'm sure, live on in the memories of GUS faculty and staff. Another favorite GUS memory would be the class of '04 going undefeated three years in a row in the Boar Cup lip-synch competition.

Where are you now, and what are you doing?

I am now living outside Washington, DC, teaching and working as the Associate Director of Admissions and the Director of the University Scholars Program at George Mason University. From an alma mater of 1,600 (Ursinus College) to the largest public university in Virginia, I direct enrollment for Mason's Honors College, which combines my love of a small intellectual environment with the big stage of a university of over 30,000. As Director of a full-tuition scholarship program, I support and challenge a cohort of about 80 high-achieving undergraduates throughout their four years at Mason as a professor, mentor, scholarship administrator, and recommendation letter-writer. So. Many. Recommendation letters.

In what ways do you feel GUS prepared you for what you're doing now?

GUS helped me define how I like to learn, and empowered me to seek educational environments that meet my needs and interests. This is essentially how I explain the college application and selection process to high schoolers, and is the best advice I give to undergrads. At GUS, in addition to learning to follow my interests, I learned the value of learning by asking big questions and tackling difficult challenges. This is how I've learned since coming to GUS, and I get to do these things professionally every day.

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