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VOX • Fall 2018
1988 Anna Krutsky says, "Hi Academy community, I moved my family to southern Colorado 5 years ago to be closer to my parents as my own children were growing. I could not have made a better decision. I just completed 5 years at my current job in Northern New Mexico as a Clinical Services Administrator with Presbyterian Medical Services. This is the longest time I have been able to stay at one job, for the first time in my life I am never bored and am challenged on so many levels every day. I no longer work the front lines as a social worker but am able to help young therapists and providers grow and make a difference with those most in need in an amazingly diverse community in the four corners. I reflect often on my experiences at The Academy and am grateful for the opportunity to have developed the skills I gained there and to be a part of a learning community that valued and pushed us to be critical thinkers! I have been fortunate to have found a great charter high school for my kids to attend that uses a project-based learning approach. My oldest daughter Maya has graduated and made the decision to head back to Western Mass and attend Hampshire College in the fall. My youngest Lydia is heading into her senior year. My spouse and I are getting ready to celebrate 26 years of marriage. I know I am not easy to keep track of, we have lived in 6 states over the past 30 year, wanderlust has been good for our marriage. I love keeping up with all my classmates from ’88 on social media and send a big hug to all!"
1992 From former faculty member Steve Morganelli: Morgo says he’s “still teaching middle school science in Florida and loving it. When visiting Western Mass this past July, I mentioned on Facebook that I would be at Bub’s BBQ in Sunderland on July 19th. (You have to visit Bub’s when here.) I heard from many who wanted to be there but vacations and other obligations prevented them from coming. However, I did meet up with three Academy alums..... Damian Odess-Gillett and Monique Cunningham Kostiuk , and fellow former faculty member Doug Telling. Adding in my family and a few
ALU M N OT E S personal friends, we had a great time. It was awesome seeing these wonderful people after so many years. We shared stories, filled each other in about other Academy alums, and laughed about selling poinsettias! Damian entertained us with his magic! He is very, very good. Hopefully next summer we can repeat another impromptu meeting! The Academy and students will always remain in my heart.”
1996 Sara Pedrosa still lives in Austin, Texas with her spouse Hawk and daughter Ines, where she spends half the year weeping because it is so hot and the other half rejoicing because she isn't shoveling snow. She also thinks about archives, history, and information policy, and this past year, has spent a lot of time training her spirited 90 pound puppy, Lilac.
1997
Chloe and Lily, children of Matreya Hughes ’97 and Simon Selwyn Matreya Hughes reports that she and her husband Simon, along with Chloe, welcomed their second daughter, Lily, in September 2016.
She says it’s been a bit of a bumpy road since but she's coming up for air and loves living in West Roxbury, MA. Simon is in grad school at Northeastern, but once he's done she says they may move back to the Northampton area. Not sure yet because Boston is pretty fun too! Matreya is happy to be reading books as much as she can, given her mom world, and still painting/drawing/snapping nature photos in her limited spare time.
1998
2004 Rachel Sumner says “the most exciting thing I have to report is that I recently started a new job and it's amazing. As Associate Director of Cornell's Intergroup Dialogue Project, I get to work with talented, generous, and dedicated colleagues to provide opportunities and skills for people interested in talking about and across identity differences. Also, I continue to be grateful for group texts that make it incredibly easy to keep in touch with friends from The Academy, all of whom are busy traveling/working/being awesome hundreds of miles away from me.”
Julie Fraker writes “Kurt Wigmore ’03 and I got married in Ashfield, MA in September 2017. In true Academy fashion, the wedding itself was a community effort, and would not have been Nate Marcy ’98 and Abigail Clark ’01 possible without the incredible support of beloved Academy Alums on the beach! Nate Marcy friends. Special gratitude to Chief '98 met up with Abigail Clarke '01 Wedding Boss Rachel Sumner '04, while in Yelapa, Mexico, where he is Sarah Hartshorne '05, Ian Leue '03, traveling, and where Abigail works Will Bates, Katie Overgaard '06, Caduring the winter months. leb Ward, and Sam Hale '05, among Amy Waterman Mason began others. We live in Western Mass, and working for Gateway Regional would love to see any Academy folk School District this year as their district-wide Teacher of the Visually Im- who live in the area or are passing through. paired and joined an improv group in the Pioneer Valley, the Imaginary Imps. She says, "Josh, my spouse, is loving the stay-at-home dad life and was in two community theater shows this past year: "True West" and "The Pillowman" with Ghostlight Theater. Our daughter Samantha heads to Kindergarten at Gateway in the fall, and we're expecting our second child sometime in Mid-September. I hope all is well with everyone."
Julie Fraker-Wigmore ’04 and Kurt Wigmore ’03
• Steve Morganelli (center) with Damian Odess-Gillett and Monique Cunningham Kostiuk at Bub's BBQ in July 2018