PRIOR TO TUFTS: Attended Archie Williams High School in San Anselmo, California, where she competed in field hockey, lacrosse, cross country and track & field for the Falcons...A versatile multi-sport athlete, she excelled in distance running while helping lead Archie Williams to an MCAL Cross Country Championship, a North Coast Section (NCS) Division 4 Championship and a runner-up finish at the CIF Division 4 State Cross Country Championships...She posted personal-best times of 4:57 in the 1,600 meters, 2:16 in the 800 meters and 17:54 in the 5K, establishing herself as one of the top runners in the program.

PERSONAL: Parents Ben and Christine Palmer...has one sister, Eleanor...aunt Emily Kelsey was a rower at Tufts...chose Tufts because of "the community."