Charity Grace James is the daughter of David and Vicky James. She is an accomplished cellist who has performed with the Starkville Symphony Orchestra since 2015 and Suzuki Strings since 2012. Charity performed with Suzuki Strings as assistant principle cellist at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 2017. She also participated in SCHE Eclipse Robotics. She enjoys reading, attending church, and spending time with family and her faithful cat companion, Tigger. MUW awarded Charity the Centennial Scholarship, the Presidential Award, and the Math Day Scholarship. She hopes to become a CPA like her grandfather. Her favorite verse is 1 Corinthians 13:13 “Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.”