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Springs. They have four children: Justin Anthony Miles (16), Kirstin Marie Miles (18), Jason Michael Sanchez (24), and Lisa Marie Sanchez (28). Joseph James Miceli ’89, Art, was named one of NICHE magazine’s Top Retailers of 2009. The Top Retailer Awards program recognizes craft retailers who are committed to fair business practices and to growing and strengthening the North American craft community. Top Retailers are often mentors who work hard to build and maintain good relationships with emerging and established artists.
’90s Paul Richardson ’92, ’95G, Hist., has published a book just for parents titled The $52.00 Pizza, which describes how and when to teach money concepts to children. Marc A. Sorbello ’92, Bus. Adm., is presently serving as the deputy supply officer for Western Iraq with SEAL Team 1. Sorbello was commissioned in the Navy Reserves in 2007 and was recently promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade. He completed Navy Supply
Corps School in Athens, Ga., in June 2009. Sean Ferrell ’94, Philos., just had his first novel, Numb, published by HarperCollins. Numb is the story of a man who wanders into a circus with no memories and discovers he lacks the ability to feel pain. His “talent” leads him from the circus to fame and fortune, and he learns the easiest path is not necessarily the best. Ferrell is the son David Ferrell, the recently retired head of Nazareth’s theater department and director of the Arts Center, and Priscilla Ferrell, a former lecturer for the School of Education. Luis Angel Perez ’94, Soc. Wk., received the Ibero American Action League/Alicia Torres Award, which embodies an unwavering commitment to serving Latinos, and also the United Way Circulo Latino Community Leadership Award, which honors his long-term commitment to serving Latinos in the Greater Rochester area and exemplifying the call to “Live United.”
Michael Sterling ’95, Hist., recently received a diploma of Financial Services: Risk Management from the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance. He also recently served as Acting Manager, Economic Development for Latrobe City Council, Victoria, Australia, after which he returned to his normal role as Manager, Legislative Compliance for the same organization. Kevin Natapow ’97, Asian Stu., and his wife Jenny are co-owners and operators of Momentum, a boutique in Boulder, Colo. The store carries an array of fairly traded products, each of which is crafted by the human hand, tells a story, and provides employment opportunities for artisan groups around the world. Open since July 2007, Momentum was recently featured on The Moment: Local Action, Global Change, a television show devoted to good news. Leah Flynn ’98, Soc., presented a paper titled “From Hook-ups to Headaches: Theorizing the Emotional Labor of College Women’s Sexual DecisionMaking” at the Gender and Education Conference at the University London, London, UK, in March 2009. The
paper is part of the dissertation on which she is currently working at Syracuse University.
’00s Erin Hall Bastedo ’05, Hist., moved to Tampa, Fla., in September 2009 to begin her teaching career at East Bay High School. She teaches remedial reading courses and special education math. Bastedo says she misses her friends in New York but does not miss shoveling all that snow! Monique Nicastro ’05, Eng. Lit., has been teaching EFL (English as a Foreign Language) in Korea at a public high school for two years. In addition, she also attained her TESOL certification. Ryan Hotaling ’07, Bus. Adm., a former men’s lacrosse All-American, is currently playing professionally with the Boston Blazers of the National Lacrosse League. Caitlin Kelly Love ’07, Psy., received her M.A. in Sport and Exercise Psychology from McGill University in Montreal. She has started her doctoral work at McGill in Pedagogy and Sport
Heather Nichols ’06 married Ben McGuire in June 26, 2009, joined by Nazareth friends and family. Left to right: Cristina Calvano ’06, Sara Steenberg ’07, Jeremy Bergan ’07, Cindi Cherko Mara ’74, Nancy Beattie Nichols ’74, Mollie Dapolito ’06, Justin Fladd ’06, Sara Shipley Gustafson ’06, Tricia Jones ’05, the groom, the bride, Kevin McMahon ’06, Jenna Grattan ’06,’09G, Tara Mahoney ’05, Matt Groot ’06, Jennifer Dapolito ’05, Sloane Dill ’07.
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