Student Spotlight: Conversation with John Emery, Class of 2025

 

Name: John Emery

Hometown: Mexico, NY

Year at Geisel: 3

Career interest: Undecided at the moment

The best thing about Geisel is: The People

Favorite spot in the Upper Valley: 4 Aces (best pancakes I’ve ever had)

Favorite activity in the Upper Valley: Skiing, both downhill and XC

Book/poem Recommendation: The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan (Gotta be in it for the long haul though, it’s 14 books)

Most treasured travel: Any and all, I’ve had too many great experiences to pick just one!

Guilty pleasure: UFOs, or UAPs as I guess they’re called now. I want to believe!

John Emery was born and raised in a small, two-stop-light, town in Central New York called Mexico. He did his undergraduate at the University of Rochester where he majored in microbiology and graduated in 2013. Between graduating from undergrad and starting medical school, he served as a nuclear-trained submarine officer in the US Navy. His Navy experience took him from Charleston SC to Groton CT to Honolulu HI and finally Saratoga Springs NY where, he shares, he had the privilege of serving with some of the hardest working and smartest Sailors the Navy had to offer. He has been at Geisel since 2021 and he loves it here! At the time of this interview, he is 4 rotations into the 3rd year and still has no idea what he wants to do when he grows up but he is loving the ride!

 

Host: Tamar Mosulishvili

Editor: Willa Merrill