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5 a women’s studies major. After I graduated from UCI, I went back to Tokyo and worked as a system engineer for a year. Then, I changed jobs and now run an organic cosmetics company with my family in Japan. Because I wanted to know how Japanese universities taught women’s studies, I finished my MA at Josai International University. At that time, I met a famous anthropologist (Hiroko Hara, who focuses on gender studies). I am working as her assistant, in addition to the cosmetics company. For myself, I am working in two NGOs (non-governmental organizations) for women in Japan with professors and activists, whose activities are mainly lobbying the Japanese government and occasionally the United Nations. Now, I am trying to establish a new NGO that will help more young Japanese women to be a part of UN commissions or conferences. I met my husband eight years ago in Japan. He was a friend of one of my best friends. He used to work for a company
that creates stage settings for events such as the Grammy Awards, etc. in Japan. Recently, he became a freelance worker for that company. We had a month-long honeymoon, which is when we took our wedding pictures at FSHA. Now, we are living in Tokyo and enjoying our daily lives there. (4) Stacey McElderry Armato ’98, Hermosa Beach, reached a tentative settlement with the Transportation Security Authority over a 2010 incident at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in which she was detained after requesting an alternative screening for breast milk she intended to carry aboard her flight back to Los Angeles. According to NBC4, the TSA offered a $75,000 settlement, which she will donate to a nonprofit organization that supports breastfeeding causes after attorney’s fees. The TSA has pledged to retrain its agents and clarify its rules regarding breast milk. Allison Lieskovsky Hasbrouck ’00, Glendale: On November 9, 2013, I married my husband Christopher Hasbrouck at St. Bede’s. It was an incredible day, full of
family from the local area and far away, and many friends. I had several FSHA girls from the Class of 2000 there to celebrate as well! Chris is a graduate of Loyola High School who went to CMC and then USC Law, which I find hilarious because we basically ran in similar circles and people we know are good friends of each of our families, but we never actually met until five years ago. It’s a small world. But through our mutual love of all that is nerdy, we met, fell in love and got hitched! And let’s just say this whole past year, my FSHA students were more obsessed with my wedding than I was. It got to the point where I could use information of my wedding as bribery to get them to complete work in class. Chris and I then honeymooned in Paris, where I promptly gained back all the weight that I lost for the wedding, but we both had a great time and are now settling into married life. 5, 6 (L to R): Mary Cashen ‘00, Jennifer Luyapan ‘00, Marisa Reyes ‘00, Allison Lieskovsky Hasbrouck ‘00, Amanda Lem ‘00, Christy Cummings Aneja ‘00 and Diane Lee-Hyung ‘00 Noreen Hamilton Gilliland ’04, Lawton, Okla.: I was promoted to the rank of U.S.
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