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Giavanna Combs and Leah Hazelwood.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kentucky Derby Festival Royal Court is the same for 2021 as it was in 2020, meaning UofL students Giavanna Combs and Leah Hazelwood will once again represent the city of Louisville as official ambassadors for the festival.
Combs, a senior majoring in psychology with a minor in Pan-African Studies, is a Porter Scholar and a Denny Crum Scholar who is also active in several campus and community organizations. She is the vice president of the Caring Of New students Experiencing College Transition (Conect) Peer Mentoring Program, participated in the medical companion program with the Louisville VA Medical Center and worked with the Global Game Changers Student Empowerment Program.