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Jenny Davis opened a private tattoo studio in January 2020, and business has been thriving. Her studio is minority woman-owned and operated and is a safe place for BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent clients. theinkbunnystudios.com

After more than 20 years working in museum administration/art consulting, during the “great shift” of 2020, Lisa Thrower took a welcomed break from the industry. In addition to becoming certified to teach yin yoga + meditation, she launched Subtle-Arts, a virtual “consciousness collective” that provides resources and inspiration for anyone on a similar path of creative, personal inquiry. Lisa currently serves as the programming chair for the Georgia Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, which works to champion women artists in the state of Georgia as well as raise awareness about the initiatives of the National Museum. She is also a board member for Laughing Dogs Yoga, a nonprofit organization that provides yoga instruction within underserved schools in the Atlanta area.

’04

Martha Gaston magaston@aol.com

Sofía Becerra-Licha is the lead archivist at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, most recently serving on the planning team for the center’s new permanent exhibit “Art and Ideals: President John F. Kennedy,” which includes some content from the Kennedy Center Archives: kennedy-center.org/memorial/jfk/overview/. Sofía also continues to sing in local choral groups, most recently participating as a guest member of the Heritage Signature Chorale as part of the adult chorus in the Kennedy Center’s fall 2022 restaging of Leonard Bernstein’s “MASS” to close out the center’s 50th anniversary season (with the work commissioned for its opening in 1971): kennedycenter.org/nso/home/2022-2023/bernstein-mass/

Kim Lichtveld reports that her life has been a whirlwind for the past five years. She welcomed her oldest child, Jacob, in March 2017; her middle child, Case, in March 2019; and her daughter, Grace, in August 2020. Last year, Kim became the chair of the Department of Environmental Safety and Occupational Health Management at the University of Findlay in Ohio. She is also the current president of AEHAP (Association of Environmental Health Academic Programs). Kim and her husband, Seth

Ebersviller, have been working on student/faculty research using their outdoor atmospheric enclosure. She says she’s blessed to have these opportunities to serve and educate future environmental health and safety leaders.

Ellen Watters Wiemers has been on a new career path to becoming a registered professional land surveyor in Texas. As of November 2022, after a grueling exam, she is officially a certified surveyor-in-training. It will still require a couple more years until she receives her full certification, but she is eagerly on the path!

Alana Aisthorpe Penley, Erin Turner Verner, Rachel Hale Baker and Lindsay King got together in Decatur to celebrate Rachel’s 40th birthday on Jan. 14.

’05

Ruth Owen Sambuco ruth.sambuco@gmail.com

Alice Hudson Pell has been appointed executive director of TennGreen Land Conservancy, the oldest statewide land conservation organization in Tennessee.

Emma Gant joined the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, as a clinical pharmacist. She lives in Arlington, Tennessee, with her wife, Natasha Gant, and their two favorite boys — their son, Brooks (who turned 1 on Feb. 3, 2023), and their Lab, Bear.

Ashley French has been promoted to director of In-House Agency (Campfire Creative) at Georgia-Pacific.

’06

Courtney Ware Lett courtneydware@gmail.com

Asia Wynn was promoted to assistant director of academic advising for Oxford College of Emory University. Asia welcomed her first child, Isabella Noel Wynn, with her husband, Adam, in September 2022. Asia is already looking forward to her daughter sharing a room at Agnes Scott College with some of her fellow vixens’ daughters around the same age.

Reem Faruqi has a new biographical picture book for children titled “MILLOO’S MIND” (HarperCollins), which was released on Jan. 17, 2023. Thank you for all your support of her books!

Kirby Hager Johnson was honored to be selected for and able to complete the most recent Leadership Chattanooga program, a 10-month leadership development program hosted by the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce, which prepares participants to succeed in prominent, local professional and volunteer roles.

In October 2022, Christine Skowronek earned a master’s degree and was selected to speak at her graduation ceremony. The speech is under 10 minutes, about 29 minutes into this video: youtu.be/ AuRBz4TsAJs; and you can read an article about the speech here: news.gcu.edu/gcu-news/emotionalspeaker-shares-her-life-transformation/. Christine has been working as an enrollment counselor at Grand Canyon University for the past four years.

Twanda Broughton eloped with Brandon Seabrook on Feb. 22, 2022. She had a postnuptial bachelorette party in Cancun with her “bridesmaids,” including fellow Scotties Denise Farley-Gardner, Nicole Kilby ’07, Arsed Joseph and Terica Black-Bashir.

Candace R. Salim is honored to have been elected to serve as reunion chair for the class of 2006 in preparation for the 20th class reunion in 2026! She is also proud to announce her new role as the associate director of leadership giving in the Office of Development at Agnes Scott College!

On July 29 and 30, 2022, Courtney Ware Lett and Arsed Joseph celebrated a decade of ARTiculate ATL, an annual summer group art show and exhibit cofounded in 2012 and curated by Courtney and three others. The two-night event was held at MINT Gallery in Atlanta and featured 50 local emerging visual artists — who sold over $75,000 of artwork — as well as music curation by Arsed aka DJ Sed the Saint and two other renowned Atlanta DJs. Learn more at articulateatl.org

Catarina Gutierrez was offered and accepted a yearlong fellowship opportunity to develop some resources and activations across her city in New Zealand through cycling advocacy — something she is deeply passionate about. It includes $5,000 and support from the local community. As their treasurer, Catarina will be representing Women in Urbanism Aotearoa, Auckland, New Zealand, the nationwide nonprofit that focuses on improving cities for women.

In November 2022, Amanda Harris and Tatiana Farrow celebrated 20 years of Agnes Scott-inspired friendship with a trip to the Costa Rican cloud forest. They explored the forest trails, saw sloths, soaked in the thermal pools and flirted shamelessly. Tatiana convinced Amanda that she wouldn’t die zip-lining, and — spoiler — she didn’t! She did, however, scream like a toddler, but at least she got to use her favorite Spanish curse words!

Scotties Ashley Timmons Nicely, LaTwanda Broughton and Tiffany Lee celebrated a weekend getaway to Amelia Island, Florida.

Scotties Denise Farley, LaTwanda Broughton and Arsed Joseph sprinkled Ashley Timmons Nicely with love at her baby shower.

Ashley Timmons Nicely and her husband, Desmund Nicely, welcomed a sweet baby girl into their family. Brielle Elaine Nicely was born on Aug. 25, 2022, and joined her big brother, Clarkston, who is absolutely in awe of her.

’07

Kristin Hall krelhall@gmail.com

Julie Ceigler celebrated four years of running her own private counseling practice in early 2023. Since August 2022, she has also fostered two children: a boy (3 years old) and a girl (17 months old).

After three years of fostering, Celeste Fredericks officially adopted sons Adrien (11 years old), Dorien (9 years old) and Fabien Fredericks (8 years old) in December 2022.

Kristin Hall premiered “Ghost Town Suite,” her onewoman song cycle about grief, at the San Francisco Fringe Festival in September 2022, where it won a Best of Fringe award. That same month, she and her husband, Bill March, also purchased their first home in San Carlos, California.

Spring Walker, husband Adam O’Donnell, and son Cillian welcomed Nora Inez O’Donnell to the family on Dec. 15, 2022. She has since become the youngest attendee of the Atlanta Alumnae Winter Seminar learning about the Renaissance.

’08

Dominique Khan dkhan08@gmail.com

Sabrina Cintron Cassell sabrina.cintron@gmail.com

Lily Takata currently resides in Athens, Georgia, and was recently accepted to and will be attending