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UMW senior Laura Mangano graduated at the top her high school class. She could\u2019ve gone on to study wherever she wanted. But in a single-parent home with two siblings already in college, she wasn\u2019t sure they could afford it.<\/p>\n

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UMW biology major Laura Mangano, a Rappahannock Scholar who graduates Saturday, was accepted to the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, the top master’s program of its type in the nation. Photo by Suzanne Carr Rossi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rappahannock Scholars, a University of Mary Washington program that steers hard-working high-schoolers in the Northern Neck area toward four-year degrees, changed that. Mangano will leave campus this week with a biology degree and Alzheimer\u2019s research under her belt, plus one other thing \u2013 a spot in the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, the No. 1-ranked master\u2019s program of its type in the nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI applied just to see if I would get in because it\u2019s my dream school,\u201d said Mangano, who will start the rigorous coursework this fall. \u201cI was shocked when I got my acceptance letter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Growing up in Callao, a small Northumberland town, she followed her big brother to EMT training and volunteered in the nearby emergency room.<\/p>\n

\u201cComing to college, I knew I wanted to pursue something within the medical field,\u201d said Mangano, who found the fast pace exhilarating.<\/p>\n

UMW offered the best of both worlds \u2013 a small school not far from home.<\/p>\n

\u201cI loved Fredericksburg and I really, really wanted to go to Mary Washington,\u201d she said. \u201cRappahannock Scholars made it possible for me to come here.\u201d<\/p>\n

The initiative, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, provides emotional and financial support to college students, many of whom are first-generation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember when Laura got here,\u201d said Rita Thompson, who has directed the program since it started in 2007 in response to a shortage of applicants from the Northern Neck region. \u201cShe\u2019s been a model student from day one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rappahannock Scholars maintains an 80 percent graduation rate, Thompson said, with nearly 60 participants having received their UMW degrees throughout the past decade.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t believe I\u2019ve come so far,\u201d Mangano said of her growth through the program and at Mary Washington.<\/p>\n

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Mangano pursued independent research at UMW under biology professor Dianne Baker. She used zebrafish to study the implications of an environmental toxin on Alzheimer’s disease. Photo by Suzanne Carr Rossi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Associate Professor of Biology Dianne Baker agrees. From the shy freshman who showed up in her introductory biology class, Baker has seen Mangano bloom. But there was something there from the start.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was one of the strongest students in the class \u2013 always prepared, always serious about her work,\u201d Baker said.<\/p>\n

So she singled her out, making Mangano the first freshman she\u2019d asked to join in lab research. Mangano seized the opportunity, spending much of her time between the third and fourth floors of the Jepson Science Center, earning school credit, helping others with projects and training new students.<\/p>\n

By junior year, she\u2019d begun pursuing her own research. It was personal. She\u2019d lost her grandfather to Alzheimer\u2019s disease. \u201cI didn\u2019t know much about him because of it,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s kind of why I wanted to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mangano set to work exposing zebrafish embryos to an environmental toxin called Benzo(a)pyrene, then dissecting their brains at adulthood. Of the five human-like genes she examined, one was significantly altered in a way that can lead to Alzheimer\u2019s, showing that environmental factors, as well as genetics, can contribute to the disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way you live life, what you eat, what you\u2019re exposed to, can all be influencers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

All the while, she continued to build her off-campus resume, volunteering in the Mary Washington Healthcare emergency room, working with homeless children and rescuing animals. She joined Mary Washington\u2019s Pre-Med Club, Biology Student Association, Best Buddies program, and club lacrosse and field hockey teams.<\/p>\n

But Mangano hadn\u2019t forgotten where it all started. She served three years on the Rappahannock Scholars advisory board and made some big impressions along the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough she was shocked to be accepted into the Johns Hopkins program, I was not,\u201d Baker said. \u201cWith her intelligence, empathy and true passion for the field, I am confident that she will succeed in the program and make an outstanding nurse.<\/p>\n

Ester Salguero ’18 contributed to this story.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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