Class Notes graduated from college, I’m dying to know what all my other AIS classmates are up to. As for me, I’m just finished a seven-month internship in Ecuador with UNAIDS, the UN agency that coordinates policy and action around HIV/AIDS. It was a great experience! I have had my calendar marked for the Reunion all year, and I hope I can make it!”
:: 2 003 classmates Ali Gonzalez-Martinez, Amanda Earl, Abbe Wright, Kara Elverson and Winnie Schulz reunite on the High Line in NYC last August.
Ann Duckett ’05 will at last be moving to New York City this winter to pursue her professional performing career after completing a rigorous year-long acting internship at The B Street Theatre in Sacramento, CA. Samantha Bell ’07 says, “I am graduating in December from the University of Maryland with degrees in kinesiology and Spanish. While at Maryland, I was the manager of the men’s wrestling team and studied in Spain during my junior year. I now hope to enter a master’s program for a duel degree in sports nutrition and exercise physiology.” Emily Blynn ’07 (See profile) writes, “I can’t believe it’s been four years. Now that I’ve
Alexandra Greco ’07 graduated from Georgetown University in May 2011 with a B.A. in French and a pre-med concentration. She applied to dental schools in June with hopes of joining the Class of 2016. “For the year, I have been living at home, working in my father’s office, nannying and, of course, helping shuttle my brother and sister around (Nicholas ’15 at Haverford and Caroline ’14 at AIS). I can’t wait to see you all at Reunion!” Andrea Lucas ’07 graduated from Lehigh University in May and moved to Atlanta as a 2011 Teach for America corps member. She currently is teaching eighth grade physical science in an underserved area in Metro-Atlanta. “After serving my two-year commitment in the Corp, I hope to go to medical school and become a doctor. I am looking forward to planning and attending our five-year Reunion in May!”
The Opportunity of a Lifetime After graduating from Georgetown University in May 2011, Emily Blynn ’07 was offered the opportunity of a lifetime to partner with the United Nations in Quito, Ecuador. Working with UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, Blynn collaborated on the creation of a strategic plan to help the nation counter the HIV epidemic. As part of the team generating the 2012 Global AIDS Report (UNGASS) for Ecuador, she had the chance to interview key multi-sector contributors and gather information to provide a snapshot of the epidemiological and economic indicators, national and civil society responses, and challenges that the country may face in future years. She also worked with transgender groups to determine the behaviors, risk factors and estimated HIV prevalence within their population. Blynn studied Science, Technology and International Affairs and sought dual concentrations in Biotechnology and Global Heath and International Development while in college, but it was her love of Latin American culture sparked by her Middle School Spanish classes that drew her to Ecuador. “From kindergarten through 12th grade, The Agnes Irwin School and its teachers undeniably shaped who I am today. From the beginning, I was instilled with a curiosity to learn and the confidence to ask questions. I have no doubt that Agnes Irwin is the reason that I was very often one of the most outspoken women in my Georgetown classes. I know it is also the reason that I was able to embrace my independence and move to another continent on my own,” she said. Blynn will return from Quito on March 31 and begin work in April as a functional analyst in the systems integration group at Accenture in Washington, D.C.
Christina Vaganos ’07 was a history major with a minor in faith, peace and justice at Boston College and graduated in May 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts. She currently is in the medical sciences preparatory graduate program at Drexel College of Medicine and is working as a volunteer teaching assistant and tutor at YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School for high school drop-outs ages 18-21. Adriana Vetrano ’07 currently takes graduate psychology courses at the University of Pennsylvania and will begin a full-time master’s program next summer. She graduated cum laude from Skidmore College with a major in English and a minor in Studio Art and French. Alana Yoel ’07 was a mechanical engineering/cognitive science double major at CMU, but she decided a few months before graduation that she wanted to have a career in fashion technology. “Fashion designers are beginning to incorporate engineering into their designs for aesthetic, artistic and functional value, and I feel like it is the perfect way to involve some creativity in my profession while still using my engineering degree. As you can imagine, it is a very small field. Right now, I am out in the Palo Alto, CA, area working for a woman who is starting her own fashion technology company. Currently, it is a temporary commitment, but who knows? It may turn into a full-time position. Everything is kind of up in the air right now, but now’s the time to take risks, so I am seeing where this takes me.” Lindy Li ’08 is serving her fourth term as class president at Princeton University. The Commencement Committee, which she chairs, has recently announced that both Steve Carell from “The Office” and Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball and The Blind Side, will be speaking at graduation. She worked in the mergers and acquisitions group within the Investment Banking Division at Credit Suisse this past year. Emily Nagel ’08 has been keeping busy in New York, interning at the Atlantic Theater Company and the arts education organization Story Pirates. After graduation in spring 2012, Emily will be joining Teach for America in the Mississippi Delta.
:: 2 008 classmates Lexi Kelly and Megan Pauley reunite at a basketball game.
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