Hi.
Welcome to our blog. We hope you have a nice stay!
We want to encourage Villanova University to be the healthiest it can be. And when we say ‘healthiest,’ we mean it in all respects. For mind, body, and spirit, we hope to provide students with the outlets and resources to lead their best lives.
The Be Well team is comprised of individuals who want to share their passions for health, wellness, and culture with the community. These motivated people want to share everything in a balanced perspective. Successes + failures. Motivation + relaxation. Favorite food + favorite drink. Tips for exploring the urban sprawl of Philly + finding the perfect hike for next weekend. = balance.
Thank you for supporting us in our quest of health. We hope you’ll join us along the way.
Be Well, Nova
irene koch,
editor-in-chief
Irene is a senior History and Humanities double major with a minor in Sociology from Houston, Texas. She is excited to serve as the Editor in Chief at Be Well Nova and is also involved in Chi Omega sorority and the Philadelphia Justice Project for Women and Girls on campus. Irene plans to attend law school after graduation and can often be found in the Falvey Reading Room crying over the LSAT. Her interests include making an obscene number of Spotify playlists, reading books, stress-baking at odd hours of the night, and spending time with family and friends.
rachel reardon,
editor
Rachel serves as Editor for Be Well Nova. She is pursuing majors in both Political Science and English with hopes of attending law school after graduation. In addition to her commitment to Be Well Nova, Rachel also serves as Chief Justice of the Student Government Association, is an active member of Mock Trial, and enjoys giving tours as a member of Blue Key Society. Rachel is also in the sorority Alpha Phi at Villanova, and she volunteers as a member of the Panhellenic Judicial Council. Her passion for lifestyle blogs and wellness podcasts sparked her interest in joining Be Well Nova, and she is excited to take on an executive role this year.
kaitlin costarene, marketing director
Kaitlin is a senior Communication major specializing in Public Relations and Advertising with a minor in Writing & Rhetoric. On campus, she is an active member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority in addition to her executive role at Be Well Nova. She is from Greenwich, Connecticut and loves running, baking, reading, listening to music and podcasts, being outdoors, and spending time with loved ones. While she is unsure where she will land after college, she hopes to live in a city that she loves and travel the world one day.
lauren beizer,
social media coordinator
Lauren is a third-year undergraduate student pursuing a Political Science major along with minors in Public Administration and Sociology. She has hopes to attend law school after graduation and expand her respective communication skills in her role as Social Media Coordinator. Lauren is from Simsbury, Connecticut. While also acting in the roles of President of the Greek Honor Society and Risk Management Chairman of Kappa Kappa Gamma at Villanova, Lauren enjoys exercising, traveling, shopping, and spending time with family and friends.
molly carriero, campus ambassador
Molly is a junior English major with Political Science and Peace and Justice minors from Monroe, Connecticut. She’s involved in Kappa Delta sorority, Orientation, and Rays of Sunshine here on campus. Her interests include traveling (she hopes to study abroad in the spring!), running, skiing, being outdoors, reading books, listening to podcasts, cooking, and spending time her family and friends.
grace mcgowan, editor-in-chief
Grace is a junior Political Science and French double major with a Business minor from Kansas City, Kansas. She plans to attend law school after graduating and is looking forward to being this year’s Editor-in-Chief! A member of Alpha Phi sorority, Grace is interested in traveling (she’s studied abroad in both Ireland and France), yoga, true crime and mysteries, reading books, listening to podcasts, and learning new things.
annie condodina, editor
Annie is from Westfield, New Jersey, and is a senior Communication major with a specialization in Journalism. Annie is a lover of traveling and has visited Rome (and interned at the Vatican!) as a part of a study abroad experience. She’s a member of Delta Gamma and her interests include skiing, photography, Spotify playlists, traveling, spin, How I Met Your Mother, and Vogue.
kaitlin croney, editor
A senior from Philadelphia, Kaitlin is a Psychology major who transferred here from TCU. She’s involved in She’s the First and Villanova Buddies on campus. Her interests include Soul Cycle, girly podcasts, self-help books, crime shows, retail therapy, good Mexican food and margs, traveling and adventuring!
molly dalton, editor
Molly is a junior Nursing major with Global Health minor from Boston, Mass. She’s involved in Villanova Day of Service, Tri Delta Sorority, and SNAP. She studied abroad in Rome this past summer and her interests include traveling, cooking, boxing, yoga, spin, reading, podcasts, and being with her family and friends.
isabella scala, marketing director
Isabella is a junior Communication major with a Public Relations specialization from Marlboro, New Jersey. She’s involved in Chi Omega sorority and She’s the First on campus. She’s interested in traveling, health and wellness, working out, iced coffee (lots of it!), discovering new music, and spending time with her friends. Go Cats!
daniela barrios, social media coordinator
Daniela is a junior Biology major with a Psychology minor from Denver, Colorado. She’s involved in Tri Delta Sorority and the Service Learning Community here on campus, and she’s interested in hiking, skiing, being outdoors, and spending time with her friends. She also studied abroad in Galway, Ireland!
madison buchanan, campus ambassador
Madison is a junior Nursing major from Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. Here on campus, she’s involved in Alpha Phi sorority and SNAP (Student Nurse Association of Pennsylvania). She studied abroad in Rome during the summer and her interests include traveling, skiing, running, listening to music, and going to the beach.
A Boston native, Alyssa is wicked excited to be a part of the Be Well team. A senior at Villanova, Alyssa is a Communications major who loves learning about new cultures and exploring the world around her. One day, she hopes to travel to all seven continents. She is passionate about social justice and helping others, hoping to work for a mission driven company after graduation. Her interests include live music (of all kinds), traveling, family, friends, and the La Casa margarita at Besito.
Parker is an English and Creative Writing student at Villanova, originally from San Diego, CA. She is so excited to be a part of the Be Well team to work with other fearless writers pursuing our mission of health! Parker studied abroad in Copenhagen, vowing she’ll return to Russia someday to have pickles and vodka with her girls Masha and Nastya. In her spare time, Parker loves testing out new recipes, writing comedy bits, and giving in to her thirst for adventure. After graduation, she is looking forward to advancing her career in media and continuing to find new ways to help companies share their stories.
Sydney is a true New Yorker at heart. As a senior at Villanova pursuing a Communications major and a Business minor, Sydney is excited to combine her talents for content creation and digital marketing in her role on the Be Well and work with friends who share her passion for health and wellness. She doesn’t like hearing the g-word (graduation, of course), but hopes to start her career in the Big Apple post grad to be close to her family.
Besides reading Harry Potter in her free time, Sydney loves to write, create Pinterest boards for her next tattoo and go to Qdoba happy hour with her friends for margaritas in her budget. Sydney hopes to, one day, become a world-renowned author for her trilogy series she is working on.
Jane, originally from San Francisco, California, is a Communications major and Gender and Women’s Studies minor. She is thrilled to be a part of the Be Well team, as she is able to combine her passions for writing and wellness. She discovered a love for travel during her semester in Copenhagen, Denmark, and hopes that she can return one day to practice her limited Danish vocabulary.
When she’s not laughing at her own jokes, Jane enjoys listening to Sufjan Stevens, finding free testers at farmers markets, hiking, and making new friends! One day, Jane hopes to lead communication campaigns for nonprofit organizations.