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Meet Our ChocolaTEAM

Polly 
Owner

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Polly is our fearless leader! A former nurse, she has owned ChocolaTea for more than 10 years and also owns The Pantry on Tap. Polly is a proud mom and grandmother who loves a great cuppa tea!

Allison
Manager

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Allison is a lightning fast barista and a super reliable TEAm member. She is a recent graduate of WMU. Her favorite drink is the All That Jazz Tea Latte! 

Alex
Barista

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Alex is a writer, latte lover, and cat owner. They are pursuing an English degree at WMU and their go-to drink is a dirty chai latte!

Marissa
Team Lead

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Marissa is a speech pathology major at WMU. She loves cooking, gardening, and snuggling with her dogs. Her favorite drink is the Bhakti chai!

Anna
Barista

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Anna loves 70's and 80's rock bands, literature, and coffee. She plays instruments and is passionate about drawing. Her favorite drinks are the Indian summer and iced white chocolate mocha. 

Ava
Barista

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Ava is attending WMU in the fall and is hoping to study something music related. Ava enjoys creating unique drinks, such as the "Butterbeer" tea latte and the sour watermelon boba. Because of this, she could never pick a favorite drink. The possibilities are too endless. 

Kayla
Barista

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Payton
Barista

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Cora
Barista

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Caitlin
Owner of MI Boba

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Caitlin has been with ChocolaTea since the beginning! She is a huge tea advocate and dessert addict. She recently opened MI Boba. Check out their website @ https://www.mi-boba.com

Emma Grace
Manager

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EmmaGrace is in her third year of college, studying education. She's super sweet and wicked fast! Her favorite drink is an iced chai latte.

Liana
Team Lead

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Liana is working on her Social Work major at WMU. Outside of work, she loves spending time with her cat!

Sophia 
Barista

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Sophia is an Art Education major at WMU. She loves art, nature, music and fashion. All  of our teas lattes are her favorite drinks but is especially fond of Indian Summer!

Moira
Barista

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Moira is a geology major with a minor in sustainability and environmental studies, and an undergraduate certification hydrogeology. Aside from school and being a barista, she loves participating and leading RSO's at WMU.

Nico
Barista

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Keely
Barista

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Olivia
Barista

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Olivia is in her senior year at WMU, studying behavioral psychology and sociology. Her favorite drink is an iced matcha tea latte!

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Future Baristas

The Grand-babies 

Emma, Parker, Elliot, Kenzie, Lyla and Mark are sure to be top notch baristas! You may see them running around the store helping their Guppy and Grandpa.

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