Christina Goessman, a student in the College of Liberal and Professional Sciences’ (LPS) Pre-Health Post-Baccalaureate Studies Program, died on April 25 after suffering a brain aneurysm. She was 24.

Ms. Goessman grew up near Seattle. She earned a bachelor’s degree in archeology and a master’s degree in palaeopathology at Durham University in England. While abroad, she became a United Kingdom varsity champion in ballroom dancing. She enjoyed traveling for archeological excavations, including ones to a Viking village in Sweden and a medieval churchyard in Spain. She came to Penn in 2019, studying in the Academic Associates Program under Benjamin Abella, a professor of emergency medicine at HUP. While at Penn, Ms. Goessman was a member of the University of Pennsylvania chapter of the American Medical Women’s Association.

She is survived by her parents, John and Cornelia Goessman; her sister, Julia; and her maternal grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. A Zoom memorial service was held on April 28.