Christina and I plan to catch up during an upcoming pilgrimage for her back to the good ol'"right coast" in early December.Your visits are always exciting-and also always unpredictable! Good times ... After four years in Boston as a social worker, Laura Blackwell is moving to Trinidad to work on sailboats and get a tan. "No joke," she says. "My flight leaves Dec. 6! Good lu ck, Laura! Sounds like quite a bold and exciting movel On the other hand, Amy Ramalho returns to Boston from Philly and writes:"So much is going on. Since Reunion .. .. I have quit my job with Johnson and Johnson to take a "manager of neurology training" position at Sereno (biotech based in Rockland, MA). So, needless to say, I am in the process of selling my house in Philadelphia, buying a house in Scituate, and .... oh .... my boyfriend and I got engaged! He works for J&J in North Carolina and is hopefully transferring up here soon. We are planning the Cape Cod wedding for sometime in the middle of next September. Other than that ... life is pretty ho-hum." Nothing "ho-hum" about that news, Amycongratulations! Glad to have you back in Bostonl Caroline Olmstead, also local, writes: "I am living in Boston and working in the communications office at Brooks School in North Andover, MA. I'm looking forward to visiting Courtney Glenn and Alison Odell in San Francisco, CA, next month ." Eva Shaw is also doing well and will be moving to Tucson,AZ, soon to work on a master's in international public health full-time at the University of Arizona. Pete Chupas has also been pursuing an advanced degree and reports: " I completed my Ph.D. in chemistry in 2003 and have since been working in the Chicago area at Argonne National Laboratory." Congrats, Pete! Jaime Kawecki has also been in grad school and writes: "I graduated from law school in May 2004 and passed the Connecticut Bar Exam. I will be returning to Connecticut, as I was admitted to Connecticut Bar on Nov. 1, 2004 ." Great news,Jaime! Flo Guerra is still living and working in Paris and loving it. She writes: " Have had a busy year (I am still with the business development and marketing department at Ernst &Young) and have enjoyed traveling lots this year. I met up with Kathy Ainsworth in Marrakech early September, which was great-we had such an amazing time! That's about it from this side of the pond ..." Elisa DeVito also has some international responsibilities at work and sounds busy! She writes: ''I'm currently working at an Italian company in New York doing exports to South America and Mexico while working on an MBA at NYU Stern. Sadly, have little time on my hands but catch up with Marina Franzoni '98 and Alexis Martin as much as possible. Georgiana Chevry '01 is back at Trinity working there after completing her master's in education. Kerry McKevitt is living Ia vida loca in Spain, and I miss her terribly and am planning to visit Tiffany Lopez '01 in California this month." Sarah Walker is back in her home state of New Hampshire and doing well. She reports: "I am the marketing director for the MacMillin Company-a construction management firm. So far, I haven't met any Trinity people through work . But l have been traveling a lot around Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachu etts, so maybe I will soon!" Maureen Smith is getting married on Nov. 27 , 2004 and writes that she sees Bianca Wright, living and working at a PR firm in NYC, often. Also, Courtney Swain's wedding date is set for Feb. 12, 2005 in Florida. It was great to hear from Maureen Kay , whom l had lost touch with since Trinityl She has had an action-packed five and one-half years since graduation and writes:" ! am srill in DC (after a brief hiatus in Cambridge for education grad school for a year and one year
in NYC-last year). I've officially been back in DC, since July. I'm working for an education nonprofit called The New Teacher Project and have been for a year and a half, after finishing my M.Ed. at Harvard. l really like my job.... our organization recruits, hires, and trains people to teach in under-resourced areas across the country. l work on the training aspect, preparing new teachers in NYC and writing curriculum for their teacher education program. It's great work, but l miss teaching a lot (I taught for three years in DC) and will probably go back to the classroom soon. I guess some of my best news is that I'm engaged .... since June. I'm marrying a guy named Dave I've known since 1999 from Teach for America ... he now works for the same organization I do, doing the hiring side of our business in DC and Memphis. He's from Omaha, NE . We live together in DC, and we're planning on getting married nexr fall in DC." All great news, Maureen! Congratulations on your engagement-! wish you all the best! Once again , I am glad to hear all the good and happy news-keep it coming!
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Alumni Fund Goal: $20,000 Class Secretary: Christopher C. Loutit, 1239 31st St., NW, Washington, DC 20007 e-mail: christopher.loutit.2000@trincoll.edu Class Agents: Joshua J. Freemire; Jeff Hales; Caroline G. Nonna; Stephanie L. Olijnyk Michael Delehanty joined Brooke Crisman and me at American University Law School this past fall . Mike is working towards a dual degree in international affairs and law. Mter time spent working in Asia and traveling throughout Africa and India, he is happy to be back in the States. He's had the chance to meet up with Rams and Lucy. On a recent trip to New York City, Mike saw Beth O'Neil's latest production, an off-Broadway play she helped produce that ran for a month at a theater in the East Village. He also saw Sarah Felix, who seems very happy working as an associate editor at Good Ho11sekeeping in New York. He's heard from Cliff Brown , who is having a unique experience working for presidential hopeful Senator Kerry doing advanced work. Mike saw Runjan Dhar in San Francisco this summer. He is studying film in San Francisco and developing his first short throughout the year. Mike writes, "DC is a lot of fun. I am enjoying school, meeting up with Trinity friends l have not seen in some time, and enjoying being back in the States. Hopefully, this summer I will have the opportunity to be back in India working on development issues and doing some trekking in the Himalayas." Lucie Leblois writes, "Life in DC is still going very well. Traveled back to France this summer to visit the Leblois clan, along with Ramsey-our vacation got even better when Tripper (Christian Allen), Melissa Gillooly, and Anne Sawyer hopped over from England for a
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