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 Hey! My name is Gracie Mochizuki and I am a psychology major. This is technically my junior year but I am graduating 3 semesters early so this is actually my last semester here. I was born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina. 

My advisor recommended me this class as it fulfilled a necessary requirement to graduate and she said she had heard good things about the class. I honestly came into this class blindly and wasn't sure what this class was even about. I honestly do not have any background knowledge on GIS but I am really excited to be learning something totally new this semester!

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