VWC Alumna Profile: Caroline Zill

Carrie Zill graduated from UVA in 2006 with a degree in History. More importantly, while she was at UVA Carrie was in the Virginia Women's Chorus and served on the Managing Board as Publicity Chair, Concert Chair, and Fundraising Chair. Her favorite memory from being in VWC is having the chance to live in the chorus house for 3 great years! Carrie is originally from Pittsburgh, and also lived in South Carolina and Virginia before attending UVA. She currently lives in Fairfax, VA. She has two younger sisters, Becky and Jamie, who are both currently students at Virginia Commonwealth University.

After graduation, Carrie joined the Peace Corps and was assigned to teach English in Bayankhongor, Mongolia. She became interested in Asia after studying abroad in China for a summer while at UVA, and later studied Chinese. In Mongolia, Carrie spent two years teaching children English to secondary school students, learning the Mongolian language, living in a ger (a traditional Mongolian tent), traveling around Asia, and gaining a new-found appreciation for truly cold winter weather. Her favorite experiences of being in the Peace Corps were forming new friendships, living in a ger, and having the opportunity to learn about a new culture and language.

Carrie returned to the United States in the summer of 2008 with a new found calling for teaching. She is currently in graduate school at George Mason University to get a Masters degree in Education, with a focus on teaching ESOL. She is currently teaching ESOL at Fairfax High School, her high school alma mater! In her free time Carrie enjoys running, swimming, sky-diving, doing crossword puzzles, rooting for the Steelers, playing with her dogs, and going to the beach.