Ginny Sweetser On December 11, 2020, heaven gained an angel when our beautiful Ginny lost her battle with PTSD. Virginia L. Sweetser was born in Berlin, Vt., in 1981 to Susan and Gene Sweetser and was raised in Worcester and Essex, Vt. She was a 1999 graduate of Essex High School and the National Sports Academy in Lake Placid, N.Y., where she was the fiercest of hockey players, skating every day in the Herb Brooks Olympic Arena. She served as a legislative page in the Vermont legislature and was invited to attend Girls’ State. She attended the University of Vermont and Saint Michael’s College before transferring to University of Missouri - Kansas City, where she received her BA and then her master's in social work. She was also a graduate of the Police Academy.