Victoria Bishop
Victoria (Tori) Bishop is an undergraduate at the University of Washington, Seattle. She will graduate in 2013, having double-majored in Law, Societies and Justice and History with a minor in Human Rights. Her primary interest in her studies have been topics relating to American history during the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War. She plans to attend law school starting fall of 2013.
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