Outstanding Young Alumni Award

After immigrating from Romania on her own at the age of eighteen, Viviana graduated from Stetson in 2015 with her Bachelor of Arts in English with a perfect G.P.A. She was the recipient of the Etter McTeer Turner award recipient for the College of Arts and Sciences, an award presented to the student who shows outstanding academic achievement, leadership, and service to the community in honor of Stetson’s first woman dean of students. While at Stetson Law, Viviana served as the Editor in Chief of the Stetson Law Review, interned for two federal judges, and published five scholarly articles. Viviana graduated in the top 3% percent of her class as an Honors Program member and the recipient of the American Law Institute Scholarship and Leadership Award.  

After graduating from Stetson Law in 2018, Viviana clerked for two federal judges, including at the nation’s oldest federal district court, the Southern District of New York, and participated in the Attorney General’s Honors Program, the nation’s premier entry-level federal attorney recruitment program. Viviana was the first graduate of Stetson to secure one of four spots as a 2023-2024 United States Supreme Court Fellow, assigned to the United States Sentencing Commission.