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Knight Spotlights
Alumni Knight Spotlight: Bianca Avolio ‘09
Job Title, Profession: Certified Nurse Midwife at Grand Traverse Women’s Clinic
Current Hometown: Traverse City
Last year, I moved to Traverse City to start my first job as a midwife. During my first year I delivered around 125 babies! It’s been a great year! My soulmate, Michael and I got engaged and set a date for next September 2025. I love reading (mostly fantasy), practicing calligraphy, making cards, gardening, water activities, playing video games, and recently took up lighthouse stamp collecting.
Name of spouse, children's names/ages if applicable: Michael Drozdowski (fiancé)
What’s the latest book you’ve read? Finished: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell. Currently reading: The Misborn Saga by Brandon Sanderson
Favorite time of year? Fall - the colors, the smell, the apples and donuts, Halloween, cozy blankets, chai tea, etc.
What's your greatest adventure to date? This would be a tie between traveling to Japan for two weeks with my fiancé and my sister, her husband, and their two kids, OR the year I spent being travel nursing full time, while also going to grad school full time online and flying back to Michigan once a month to work a weekend shift at Beaumont, Royal Oak.
Favorite Lunch? Chicken patty sandwich
Best decision you ever made? Moving to Traverse City
Favorite Treat: Salty or Sweet? Details please! Big sweet tooth - probably ice cream!
Who was your favorite teacher at ULS? So many!!! Mr. Butzu, Mr. Knote, Dr. Moss, Mr. Foster, Mrs. Katanick, Mr. Dwaihy, Mrs. Minwalla
What’s your favorite movie? Lord of The Ring Trilogy
If you could live in a different country for a year, where would it be? Japan
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