Class Notes
Ashlyn Ramos ’18
Claire Wright ’16
Caroline Sonnen ’17
Mar Bactol ’09
Kaitlyn [Nichols] Carey ’07
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Spencer Conway Carey was born May 9, 2021 to Kaitlyn [Nichols] and Brad Carey.
as a nurse at Eastside Catholic since 2017 after volunteering in the role for five years. She recently participated in the EC Alumni Speaker Series. She has three children who attended or are attending EC: Ally ’18, Emily ’21 and Jake ’24. She has four dogs and lives in North Bend.
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Joe Butler has worked in print media for more than 20 years at newspapers in Bothell and Coeur d’Alene, and currently works for The SpokesmanReview in Spokane. He offers writing, marketing and branding assistance to businesses. One of his latest projects is Evercannabis, the first general news publication in Washington that focuses on the cannabis industry.
1999 In September 2020, Matt Siderius celebrated his thirteenth year as an administrative assistant at Seattle Children’s Hospital. He stays in touch with his friends from high school and continues to participate in Special Olympics events.
2008 Laura Gunning is a corporate communications manager at Amazon, predominantly supporting the Corporate Development team. She participated in the EC Alumni Speaker Series with fellow Amazonians. She recently married Drew Wate ’08.
2009 Mar Bactol serves as the program coordinator of recruiting operations for UW football. He participated in the first virtual EC Alumni Speaker Series in January. Mar credits his time at EC for preparing him for all aspects of life. Mar cherishes the relationships he made at Eastside Catholic to this day.
Mick Davis is the vice president of growth for the Premier Lacrosse League, overseeing marketing, ticketing, content and production for the league. He participated in the EC Alumni Speaker Series in January. Mick most fondly remembers the community at EC and the lifelong friends made in the classroom, on the field and everywhere in between.
Marisa Weeks is currently a registered nurse at Seattle Children’s in outpatient oncology and infusion. She also works at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance in infusion. She is working
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Marisa Weeks ’09
on her master’s to become a family nurse practitioner with an expected graduation of August 2021. She participated in the April EC Alumni Speaker Series. She fondly remembers AP Biology at Eastside Catholic which led to further interest in medicine.
2010 Kelsey Mikolajewski graduated with an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business in May. She will move to New York to work as a consultant.
2013 Charlie Kittridge graduated from Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine on May 9.
2015 Nick Reichart proposed to Juliana Beauchene at the top of Mount Si on May 5. Their wedding will take place next summer.
2016 Ellie Bernstein will be starting medical school at the University of Pennsylvania this August.