As Holy Cross graduate prepares to study nursing at Georgetown, she will draw on her school’s legacy
When Sophie Epshteyn graduates as a member of the class of 2026 at the Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington, Maryland, she will carry with her what she learned as a “Lady of the Academy.”
Epshteyn, a top student, leader and member of the dance team at the Academy of the Holy Cross, will be attending Georgetown University’s Berkley School of Nursing.
“I think nursing is going to be so strenuous. I think Holy Cross has definitely helped prepare me for that. They’ve given me such a strong community and support system,” she said.
In going to Georgetown, she will be close to home, as she has been through her years in Catholic elementary and high school. The 18-year-old daughter of Michael and Elizabeth Epshteyn of Garrett Park, Maryland, is a graduate of Holy Cross School in that town where her brother Jack is a student, and the family attends Holy Cross Church, which is located near the Academy of the Holy Cross.
“My whole life is within a two-mile radius,” she joked, adding that she appreciates that in attending Georgetown in Washington, she will be close to her parents and younger brother.