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Building a Home Away from Home: Site Host Goes International
RVHabitat.org article featuring volunteer who traveled to Ecuador for her transition year. Published December 10, 2012.


Former Middlesex County doctor publishes third novel in medical thriller series which has prescription for a healthier future
Home News Tribune/The Courier News link to article on My Central Jersey.com. Dr. Michael Rushnak, author of Health Club Mystery Thriller. Published November 13, 2012.

Volunteer Spotlight: Eliana Neyra
I am a volunteer on the PR and Fundraising committees for the Raritan Valley Chapter of Habitat for Humanity. Here is a link to the most recent newsletter (Fall 2012). I also write press releases and assist the Development Director with large-scale fundraising events.  

'I don't like the concept of celebrating death'
CNN.com  blog entry that was published on  after Osama Bin Laden's death is here. Received over 250 likes on Facebook through CNN.com. Published: May 4, 2011.
 

The 9/11 generation's bogeyman is gone

Link to article where I met with Ann O'Neill, CNN who wrote an article on the 9/11 Student Journalism Project. The premise was her article was to focus on the 9/11 generation and how they have been affected over the past 10 years. She primarily focused on the story of the Hargrave family and how I have been affected as a journalist writing a story about such a sensitive issue. Published: May 5, 2011.

Growing Up in the Shadow of 9/11
Students at Rutgers today were just children when America was attacked 10 years ago, an event that informed their upbringing in untold ways. Recently, students taking part in a journalism class interviewed young adults their own age who lost a parent that day, an experience that served as a catharsis for everyone involved. By Lara De Meo RC’97  Photography by Nick Romanenko. Fall 2011 issue.Here is the link to the full article.
 
Rutgers Students Pledge to Fight Global Poverty
The Alternative Press: New Brunswick News article is here
. Published: December 21, 2010