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ne of Katrina Gallic’s first memories is being pushed down Constitution Avenue in a stroller at the March for Life. Her family has always been pro-life, and her parents started bringing her to pray with them outside of abortion clinics when she was very small, along with taking her with them to the March for Life. Since then, her path has taken many turns – one of them leading her to college at the University of Mary, another to meeting the vice president of the United States – all of which eventually brought her back to the March for Life, where she now serves as the director of development. As a student at Mary, Gallic, ’18, attended the March for Life in Washington, D.C., with her classmates multiple times. In 2016, the group was on their way home to Bismarck when a huge snowstorm hit the east coast. The buses holding University of Mary students, staff, and faculty were stranded on the Pennsylvania Turnpike for 24 hours, locked in by snow. “By providence, we ended up having the opportunity to speak to media outlets about what we were doing on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and why we were so far from home,” Gallic said. Their joyful witness caught the attention of the national media. The media interviews led to the organizers of the March for Life inviting the University of Mary to lead the March in 2017. Gallic was chosen to represent the University of Mary with a speech at the rally before the March. “When I said yes
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