<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2020/jessica-esposito-perseverance.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>01/17/2020</pubDate><title>Recent Graduate Personifies Power of Perseverance</title><description>Jessica Esposito ’19, ’20 M.S. didn’t let being diagnosed with an incurable autoimmune disorder stop her from earning two degrees and a position as adjunct faculty of criminal justice at the University of New Haven.</description><hide-description/><author>Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>January 17, 2020</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/non-college-specific/blog/2020/jessica-esposito.jpg" alt="Image of Frank Esposito Jr. ’84 and Jessica Esposito ’19, ’20 M.S."/></image><image-caption>Frank Esposito Jr. ’84 and Jessica Esposito ’19, ’20 M.S.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2020</tag></tags></item>