Hillary Epperson
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Hillary holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Southern California where she specialized in International Development and Global Health. She also holds a BA from Northwestern University. Hillary has been fortunate enough to study genocide in Sydney, major events and green building at Fundaçio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro, public health at Sciences Po in Paris, and community health in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Hillary is constantly searching for the next excuse to travel the globe.

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