Arizona Air National Guard. She
ogy and Black studies in 2007. She
wedding planning company, La Vie
deployed to Afghanistan for six
earned a masters degree in social work
Charmé Events LLC, while still
months in 2008-2009 as an intelli-
from Augsburg College and is in
remaining active with a variety of
gence analyst for Special Operations
pursuit of becoming a Licensed
volunteer positions throughout the
and the Army.
Clinical Social Worker. Kenyari is now
Twin Cities metro area. As a proud
a school social worker in Osseo
Breck alumna, she continues on the
District.
legacy of cultivating leadership
sota Wild as needed for the rest of the
2004
potential, developing women of
season.
Gia Mejia Naranjo (Naranjo-Rivera)
John Curry signed a new two-way contract that will allow him to play for Iowa and be called up to the Minne-
Ashley Kokal McCarthy and Brendan McCarthy ’00 welcomed their first child, Marielle Sophia, on January 4.
2003 J.C. Cannon returned to Breck as a speaker for MLK Day. He is the volunteer recruiter at Amicus, a leader in Take Action Minnesota’s Justice For All campaign and the Criminal Justice Media Project. He also is a member of Congressman Keith Ellison’s Emerging Leaders Round Table. James is a University of Minnesota graduate with his B.A. in sociology. He has been personally affected by the criminal justice system and, since that time, social, racial, and restorative justice have become his life’s work. Leah Lussier Sixkiller and Jesse Sixkiller had a baby, Ella Jean Sixkiller,
intellect and integrity and enriching lives through community service.
returned to Breck for MLK 2014. She
Michael Vargas returned to Breck
earned a B.A. in political science from
from the Bay Area and served as a
Columbia University, where she
speaker at MLK Day 2014. After
studied politics and human rights, and
graduating from Breck, Michael
dual masters degrees in public
received his B.A. from the University of
administration and international
Southern California with a degree in
relations at Syracuse University. Her
political science. While at USC, Michael
passion for social justice and empow-
served as president of the GLBT
ering underserved, minority commu-
Student Assembly and taught a class
nities led her to develop and lead
on issues of diversity on college
programs for at-risk youth in New
campuses. He earned his masters in
York City at the Harlem Children’s
education and in 2010 his J.D. from the
Zone and Inwood House, a residence
University of Minnesota.
for pregnant and parenting teen
2005
moms. Also passionate about global health and human rights, Gia has worked with the UN High Commission for Refugees to consolidate refugee camps in Nepal and advanced vulnerable people’s rights at an NGO in Uganda. Gia is now a Public Health Analyst at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and also works parttime at a non-profit research organization working to improve community health. In collaboration with the Minnesota Women’s Foundation, Wynne Reece planned and hosted the Hope For Life benefit for the Minnesota Girls Not For Sale campaign. The event was attended by over 250 guests on April
Hannah Lussier returned to Breck to be a speaker at MLK Day. After graduating from Breck, she studied at St. Olaf and the University of Minnesota. Her work connects communities of color and the dream of full inclusion. She has been at the Harriet Tubman Women’s Shelter to work with battered women and been involved in efforts to combat depression and other mental health problems. Winnipeg Jets defenseman Blake Wheeler was on the USA Olympic team.
2007
21, 2013. Minnesota Girls Not For Sale
Maggie Borman returned to serve as a
is a five-year, $5 million campaign to
speaker for MLK Day in January. After
Kenyari Wright served as one of
end the sex trafficking of Minnesota
graduating from Breck she went off to
Breck’s alumni MLK speakers. After
girls. Wynne recently graduated from
Boston College. While there, she
graduating from Breck she studied at
William Mitchell College of Law,
volunteered in a kindergarten class
Denison University and completed her
opened Reece Law, LLC with her father
and taught health to ninth graders in
double major in sociology/anthropol-
Jim Reece, started her own event and
low-income parts of Boston. She loved
on September 23.
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