CLASS NOTES and am kept busy seeing patients, doing retinal surgery, conducting research, and traveling for scientific meetings,” she says. “The best part of life remains spending time with my family. Li-Wen and I are enjoying our sons, Ian and Aidan, who are now 7 years old.”
1989 Andy Pirtle moved to Providence, RI with
his family and opened up a karate dojo with his wife and three children. “I’m very excited that I just earned my fourth degree black belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu. I’m now a master trainer in wrestling, boxing, and jiu jitsu,” he says. “I have been vacationing in Key West, FL with the family the last few winters. This new business endeavor has been a lifelong dream and I’m glad I finally achieved it. Anyone in the Providence area, give me a call and we can go a few rounds in the ring!”
1992 Mary Koenig says, “What a special treat to
come back to MBS to watch my dear friend and teammate Carey Scully Strobeck ’92 inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame. The campus is beautiful, and it was great to see Ms. O!”
year by collecting shoes and socks, raising funds for various shelter needs, and providing emotional support. She also volunteers 160 hours a year with Students Rising Above in San Francisco, helping low-income students get into and prepare for college. “I feel so fortunate to have had the access to education,” she says. “I want to give others options. I want to help people get what they want in a healthy way.”
walking across the graduation stage.” Prior to this, Tashia, who is a Licensed Social Worker, served as a Case Manager and Education Funding Project Manager at a nonprofit agency that caters to the needs of teens in foster care. “It is a great joy to work with young people,” she says. “MBS really helped feed my appetite for giving back to the community.”
Laura Hoag Hay wrote in to share her memories about former faculty member Bill McBride, who died on May 11, 2015. “I just learned of the passing of one of the most genuine and true gentlemen I’ve ever known,” she wrote. “As a teenager, he was known to me as Mr. McBride. As an adult, he is still a true guide on how to be a better person. How very fortunate we all were to have been taught, guided, and loved by such a well-read, kind, and warm soul. I know my fellow alumni are mourning his loss and celebrating all we learned from Mr. McBride.” year 20th 1996 Drew Bitterman, along with his wife, Britton, Reunion
and their 4 year-old son, recently moved to Maplewood, NJ. They are the Directors of Camp Watitoh, an overnight camp in the Berkshires in Massachusetts.
2004 Jessica Tuckman married Adam Ward
on October 24, 2015. She works as a sales executive at Blue Acorn in Charleston, SC.
Jeff Grace just finished post-production of his first feature film as a writer/director, Folk Hero & Funny Guy (starring Alex Karpovsky, Wyatt Russell, Meredith Hagner, David Cross, Michael Ian Black, and Melanie Lynskey). The film is about a successful singer/songwriter who tries to help his struggling comedian buddy by hiring him to be the opening act on his solo acoustic tour. It will make its film festival premiere this April in New York City. year 15th 2001 Tashia Martin currently serves as the Reunion
1993 Phoenicia Fitts, a Senior Finance Manager
with Charles Schwab in San Francisco, recently received an Outstanding Community Service Award from the company. Phoenicia volunteers with an orphanage in Colima, Mexico every 54 Crimson Spring 2016
Manager of Transition Supports for Newark Public Schools, working as an advocate for disenfranchised young people. “I work with school administrators and staff to employ a restorative approach to discipline, and eliminate the use of zero tolerance practices, which only serve to further disengage students,” she writes. “It is rewarding to see students who were once on the verge of dropping out, now
2005 Christine Gallagher, whose stage name is
“Micky Blue,” released her debut EP, Wild Things, in December, 2015. Her “haunted pop” style is reminiscent of Tove Lo and Lana Del Rey. For more information, visit www. mickyblue.com.