class notes

Kelly Domino got married to Nick Beaty on Oct. 21, 2022, in Denver, Colorado. 2012 Scotties Leah Kuenzi and Katie Thompson were there to help Kelly get ready and celebrate on her special day. Kelly will also be graduating with a master’s in nutrition and dietetics from Metropolitan State University of Denver in May 2023. After graduation, she will enter the match program to begin a dietetic internship in the fall.

Christen Thompson and her husband, Carson Lain, celebrated the birth of their first child, Stephen Isaac Lain, on March 19, 2022, in Charleston, South Carolina. The child of a Scottie and a Georgia Tech grad, the jury is still out as to whether Isaac will indeed be a helluva engineer.

Bhumi Patel was named a national Dance/ USA Fellow in 2022 and is currently completing a doctorate at The Ohio State University. She is engaged to be married in December 2023.

Devin Alford graduated from the Pratt Institute School of Information in May 2022, earning a master’s in library science with a focus on archives. In June 2022, they accepted a position at the Savannah College of Art and Design as a visual media archivist and relocated to Savannah, Georgia.

’13

Rachel Branning Rieman rbranning@gmail.com

No news was submitted. Please send your news to your class secretary.

’14

Aminah Hussain aminah4488@gmail.com

Amber Imani Stapleton is proud to announce that, after passing the July 2022 Georgia Bar Exam, she was officially sworn in and awarded admission to the practice of law in Georgia on Nov. 7, 2022. Ms. Stapleton is excited about this new chapter in life and is looking forward to starting her legal career as an associate attorney at the law firm Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin.

Lindsey Shepard has been happily married since 2017, bought a house shortly after and has two amazing dogs!

Ashley Lawrie is completing her dual-degree international history program for an MA/MSc, respectively, from Columbia University and the London School of Economics & Political Science ’23.

’15

Shekinah Phillips sphill@uab.edu

Isaac Jennings was born to Aimee McKibbin Jennings and Joshua Jennings in February 2022. He joins his older twin sisters, Amber and Hannah, who are 4 ½ years old.

Shavonne Orr received a doctorate in occupational therapy in May 2022 from Jacksonville University.

Courtney Faye Taylor’s debut poetry collection, “CONCENTRATE,” is nominated for a 2023 NAACP Image Award. “CONCENTRATE” explores Black girlhood and the murder of Latasha Harlins ― a 15-year-old Black girl killed by Korean American shopkeeper Soon Ja Du after being falsely accused of shoplifting a bottle of orange juice in 1991.

’16

Claire Kircharr clairemk14@gmail.com

No news was submitted. Please send your news to your class secretary. ’17

Jessica Luegering jessica.marie.luegering@gmail.com

Ryland All recently adopted a precious kitten, Browny B. Baby. The fuzzy addition is sure to bring lots of joy to her home!

Denisse Saucedo Petree and her husband, Alan, welcomed a little boy into their family in November 2022. Welcome to the world, Leon Theodore Petree, and congrats to the proud parents!

Miranda Gammon Coker and her husband, Benjamin, welcomed a second baby into their family in January 2023. The addition of Hudson Bear Coker takes their family of three to a family of four. Congrats to the Cokers!

’18

Abigail Camden camden.abigail@gmail.com

Brittany Gilliland and Mary Baker were married in Decatur, Georgia, on Oct. 14, 2022. Several alumnae attended the ceremony, including Jesse Echols ’22, Wren Yost ’21, Jordan Keesler ’19 and Kellina Pierce

In July 2022, Laniqua Collins, co-CEO of Untraditional Films, debuted an award-winning documentary film entitled “#ThroughOurLens” at the NAACP Cinematic Shorts Competition at the 113th NAACP Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The film is a short documentary about the importance of photography for the Black liberation and how images have brought truth to power by capturing the Black experience. “#ThroughOurLens” was also screened in February 2023 at the NAACP Image Awards weekend in Los Angeles, California.

’19

Catherine Curtin catherine.e.curtin@gmail.com

No news was submitted. Please send your news to your class secretary.

’20

Madeline Brasgalla mbrasgalla11@gmail.com

Madeline “Maddie” Brasgalla was asked to go on tour with the Kansas City Ballet to the Kennedy Center for their production of “The Nutcracker” in December 2022. At the start of 2023, she started a new position at Agnes Scott as admission operations coordinator.

Devyn Wittmeyer has been accepted into Georgia State’s master’s program for applied behavior analysis.

Tu Phung got a new job at UPS Capital as a business development supervisor. Tu also got married to alum Zoie Cushing ’18 and they got a fur baby, Gracie Grey.

Callie Pierce was recently accepted into the East Tennessee State University Master in Public Health program. She is starting her second semester this spring with a concentration in community health.

Mariah Lewis recently graduated with her master’s in peace and development studies from the University of Limerick in Limerick, Ireland.

’21

Teresa Enriquez Texis tenriqueztexis@gmail.com

Caitlin Weaver started a new job at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement as a forensic technologist in the Firearms section this past December.

’22 Ziyana Greene amil.greene1@gmail.com

No news was submitted. Please send your news to your class secretary.

The Agnes Scott Alumnae Association is happy to announce the births of these alumnae children.

’05

Scarlett Fojas, born to Kelly Lindquist Fojas and husband Mike, September 2022

’09

Sophia Rose Leslie McCraney, born to Leah Anderson McCraney and Dennis McCraney, August 2022

’11

Poppy Young, born to Anna Young, Sept. 23, 2022

Birdie Carol, born to Julie Reynolds-Engel and Jon, December. 2022

’12

Stephen Isaac Lain, born to Christen Thompson and husband Carson Lain, March 19, 2022

’15

Isaac Jennings, born to Aimee McKibbin Jennings and Joshua Jennings, in Feb. 2022

’17

Hudson Bear Coker, born to Miranda Gammon Coker and her husband Benjamin Coker, November 2022

Leon Theodore Petree, born to Denisse Saucedo Petree and husband Alan Petree, January, 2023