in. Sara admits “that the ‘prisonlike school’ in my book (though as different from COA as you can imagine) is located on an island off the coast of Maine. And one of the main buildings in the book is definitely Turrets inspired.”
with Brianne (Press) Jordan and her husband Brian in Philadelphia for a fun-filled time visiting the bizarre Mutter Museum and eating traditional Philly fare. Jen and Jason are very excited to welcome their first baby, due in early May.
2001
Jody Kemmerer recently premiered her documentary film Sky Dancer in Amsterdam at the Buddhist Film Festival Europe. The screening was sold out several days before the event and received a great response both from the audience and in the press. Sky Dancer will show at festivals through Europe, North America, and Asia. Jody was thrilled to work with fellow alum Zach Soares ’00, who mixed sound for the project. The next public American screening will be at the International Buddhist Film Festival in San Rafael, California on December 5.
Mike Zwirko and Erin Heacock ’04 were married on July 24 in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts. Mike proposed to Erin on COA’s campus on October 9, 2009, and they vacationed in Bar Harbor following the wedding. Mike is a paralegal on ERISA litigation matters at Fidelity Investments. He remains actively involved in both state and national political campaigns. Erin completed her master’s degree in urban and environmental policy and planning at Tufts University in 2009 and currently works for Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. as an environmental planner focused on transportation projects. Erin and Mike live in Melrose, Massachusetts with their cat, Bruce.
2002 Jen (Dupras) Dussault and her husband Jason, along with their two awesome adopted dogs, live in a tiny Cape Cod house they call their own thirty miles north of Boston. After teaching high school math for three years, Jen decided to try her hand at a new career; she now works as the Humane Education Coordinator at the Massachusetts SPCA at Nevins Farm—the largest animal care and adoption center in New England, www.mspca.org/ nevins. Over Columbus Day weekend, she and her husband connected 38 | COA
Joshua Machat left New York for California to join his girlfriend, an assistant professor in the music department at University of California San Diego. After a blissful eight months off, he is now working for the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles on Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A.1945–1980, a major initiative of the museum. Finn Pillsbury and wife Drake ’03 welcomed daughter Elizabeth Watson Pillsbury on May 20, 2010 in a joyful home birth. Libby was a healthy 9lbs. 5oz. Older brother Hawkes was surprised to come home from school to a new member of the family, but is excited to have a baby sister. The family would like to thank loved ones for their love and support!
2003 Jessica Bradshaw has been keeping busy in Carbondale, Illinois. After her bookstore went out of
business two years ago, she got a job at Southern Illinois University, still sells books online, and runs a pet-sitting business. She has been helping her dad run for governor with the Green Party in Illinois and djs at a community radio station, WDBX, which streams live at wdbx.org. Recently diagnosed with skin cancer, she has faith that her treatment will work, and is hoping it won’t ruin her plan to run for city council next spring. She can be reached at jbradshaw21@ yahoo.com. Ed Stern is researching fishery science capacity in Newfoundland and Labrador and preparing to run the research vessel Gecho II for the Center for Fisheries and Ecosystems Research. Ed and his wife Valerie have just purchased their first home in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Alumni visiting the province are welcome to visit! Melissa (Curcio) West, who took time off after her first semester at COA to hike the entire Appalachian Trail, explore Europe, and get married, is now a student at Radford University.
2004 Bri Duga and husband Seth graduated from Life University with their doctorates in chiropractic in September. They also welcomed their second daughter, Luna Azalea, on July 8, 2010 and are currently living in South Berwick, Maine. Andrew Moulton and Amanda Muscat Moulton ’06 were married at the San Anton Gardens in Malta on June 27, 2010. It was a lovely wedding attended by friends and family from around the world including Ian Illuminato ’06 and Carmen Bedard-Gautrais ’07. The couple reside in Northeast Har-