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Ava Schaefer
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Ava Schaefer is a senior at Northwest Academy. Her hobbies include reading, photography and theatre.

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  1. What wonderful work from the fungi mini-lab … and kudos to Ava (full disclosure … I am her aunt) for the amazing photos.
    Northwest Academy – Good job! Jan Cato

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