class notes methods, and a little bit of programming. After six years in digital marketing looking at a lot of spreadsheets, it’s so gratifying to see something on screen become a real life object! I’m also very lucky to be in touch with a few fellow New York Casti alums: Lilian Haney, Jessica Feinstein, Natalie Orr, and Elizabeth Ebright.”
2003
Jenny Cook jennifernicholscook@gmail.com Sydney Larson is winding down her work at Sunrun in San Francisco and gearing up to start at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in the fall. She and her husband are beyond excited for the adventure in store for the next two years! Katie Harter is moving back to California, with a new husband in tow, and starting residency at USC in emergency medicine. She will graduate this spring with her MD/MPH after ten years of living in Washington, DC and nine years as a GW student. Katie’s very excited to be homeward bound and hoping to catch up with everyone!
Hosna Sheikholeslami is currently in Tehran, Iran, conducting dissertation fieldwork for her PhD in anthropology. Her research looks at the role of publishers and translators in the circulation of translated texts of western philosophy and social science in Iran. Hosna married Yahya Paya on December 27, 2012 in the little town of Famagusta in north Cyprus.
Katherine Tincher is living in San Francisco and running her own interior design business. She is working on a couple of interesting projects right now, including a “man cave” and a design studio for a major tech company. When not working on her business, Katherine has been working on Burning Man art projects!
Vanessa Ishii is still reporting traffic and weather for CBS radio’s LIVE 105.3 in San Francisco with Bay Area radio legend Steve Masters. She is also now working at Stitcher.com, a startup that streams podcasts and talk radio online and on smartphones, contributing to content and the social media front. As for wildlife rehabilitation, spring marks the start of the busy season; she encourages you to leave uninjured baby animals where their mothers left them!
Emily Williams Cornejo is now working in the currency industry. Aside from playing with money, the highlight has been travel within South America and as far as Russia. She is still based in Santiago, Chile, and would love to see anyone who makes the trip south.
2004
Caitlin Cameron cjcameron86@gmail.com Jenna Reback is writing for TV and working on a novel. She has decided that Los Angeles is a much cooler place than she had previously been led to believe. Kacey Wulff says, “In 2012 I graduated with my MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. After graduation, I headed west to work on the Obama campaign in Colorado. Now, I’m criss-crossing the country again to work in Washington, DC as the Confidential Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response at HHS.”
Saima Hasan is returning to the states! “After living for four years in New Delhi with my husband and founding/setting up Roshni, I will be moving back to the U.S. this summer to join Harvard Business School in the fall.”
Asha Raval touches base: “Hello Castilleja! I’m so excited to hear about all the creatively-oriented learning happening on campus, especially the Bourn Idea Lab! High five on understanding the importance of fostering creative learning. I have been dabbling in many creative fields during and after college in London at Central Saint Martin’s School of Art & Design.
’05 Asha Raval’s Animal Spirit Design
2005
Ashley D’Amour ashley.damour@gmail.com Over the holidays fourteen members of the Class of 2005 held a mini-reunion in downtown Palo Alto. Ashley D’Amour says, “It was so much fun!”
Katie Given Ligtenberg shares some exciting news: “Hi Castilleja! I am rounding out my eighth year in the beautiful city of Chicago. I am currently an MD/PhD candidate at the University of Chicago. I defend my thesis (microbiology) and graduate from the PhD portion of my program this spring. I will then enter the clerkship component of medical school. My high school sweetheart and I got married this September. Many of my Castilleja friends and family joined in the celebration!”
’05 Courtney Song’s Prada SS 2013 show setup
Courtney Song is happily busy in Europe. “After teaching First Year Design Studio in the Cornell University B. Architecture Program, I moved to the Netherlands and am now working with Rem Koolhaas as an architect designer at the international firm OMA*AMO. My work and clients are really exciting since my project team works on small-scale projects with luxury clients. Some of my recent work has included designing the Prada SS 2013 and FW 2013 shows; designing an exhibit for the luxury Parisian department store Galeries Lafayette; as well as my current project designing a furniture collection with Knoll, whose initial prototypes were featured in the FW 2013 Prada show, and will be officially debuting this spring. Living abroad is challenging at times (I’m one of only three Americans!), but quick weekend trips to Paris and working with an international crowd make working here worth it!”
’05 Katherine Given Ligtenberg with fellow Casti grads at her wedding
’05 Fourteen members of the Class of 2005 held a mini-reunion in downtown Palo Alto over the holidays
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