www.andover.edu/intouch know it! But before we jump too far ahead, we want to send you updates from the past summer. Abigail Burman is way ahead of the game; she graduated from Oxford this past June. She then spent a month traveling, going several thousand miles across Russia by train. She writes, “I’m now back in DC, working on Capitol Hill.” Congrats, Abigail! Ben Manuel finished up at Clemson this fall and started working full time for Southern Current in January. Vita Lampietti was at home for the summer, hanging out with Asia Bradlee (constantly), and spent her fall semester studying abroad in Auckland, New Zealand. Zach Sturman has also spent a lot of time abroad in the past few years. Zach writes, “I interned for the U.S. Department of State in the political section of the U.S. Embassy in Tallinn, Estonia, last summer. Last spring, I studied abroad in Mexico City, and I studied in Havana the summer before that. Excited for student government this year with our new executive council at the College of Charleston. I encourage anyone from ’12 to visit Charleston sometime!” Remember to let your class secretaries know if you take Zach up on this offer. Tamara Katoni returned from her studyabroad experience in Brazil, where she worked on various policy research projects analyzing national innovation systems in the BRICS countries. Currently, she is working on a mentoring program called Women of Wikipedia Editing Group, which aims to increase female authorship and editing practice in one of our most fundamental knowledge databases. Derrick Choi worked at Apple as a software engineering intern this past summer, which was awesome. He will most likely be returning to Apple after he graduates. Derrick caught up with Colton Dempsey when Colton came down to USC for the USC-Stanford football game. Gabbie Cirelli spent the past summer interning at ABC News in NYC; she lived with Isabel Elson for the summer. The two frequently saw Evan Eads, Kennedy Edmonds, Noah LeGros, and Colton. Katie Hebb spent the summer working in Washington, D.C., at a strategy and communications consulting firm and was able to see some old Andover friends, including Nora Princiotti, Katie McLean, Greer McBeth, Gaelyn Golde ’13, and, adds Katie, “my onetime prom date, Leo Cohen.” She was also lucky enough to have visits from Sammy Marrus and John “Ben” Romero. Back at Harvard, she is working on a senior thesis about American women in World War I and is in the process of applying for postgrad fellowships. That’s all for now. Stay classy, 2012. Until next time.
2013 MJ Engel 414-477-5563 mjengel8@gmail.com Connor Fraser 9 Scotland Drive Andover MA 01810 978-857-4443 cfraser142@gmail.com Chiamaka Okorie 347-981-0429 okoriesc@ymail.com
Christiana Nguyen transferred to Cornell University, where she reunited with Peter Solazzo, Andrew Xuan, Jake Howell ’14, and Alex Fowler ’14 over lunch. She also ran into Bo Yoon and is planning lunch with her soon. She often sees Ian Sigal ’12 at the boathouse and makes Alex Smith ’12 drive her to crew practice every day. Now that she is back on the East Coast, she is also looking forward to seeing more Andover alums, especially William “Zach” Merchant, who was recently named captain of his crew team at Tufts University. Brendan O’Connell made a short film called Between a Rock and a Hard Place starring Pearson Goodman as scientist Bill Paisley and Jason Nawrocki as priest Marley Ferguson. The release date is to be announced, but we cannot wait to see our alums star. Christian Langalis participated in the Transatlantic Race (traveling from Rhode Island to England) aboard Aphrodite, a Swan 46. He placed third in a Match Racing regatta, where he spent time with Andries Feder at Oakcliff Sailing. Special congratulations to Anna Stacy, who was recently accepted into an early assurance medical program, FlexMed. We look forward to hearing of her success at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in NYC. Nikita Singareddy spent last summer interning in DC, where she worked toward criminal-justice-reform efforts. She reconnected with old friends Gaelyn Golde, Rory Ziomek, and Jordan Johnson. Arianna Chang interned in NYC for an equity research firm in luxury goods. She took a break from her busy schedule to spend one glorious day with Julius Ross, walking at least 150 blocks around the city. She was also able to see Andries Feder and Lydia Kaprelian, who watched as a street performer jumped over her in Washington Square Park. Mark Meyer had an incredible summer in Bangkok developing Getmii, an iPhone app, with his brother and Getmii founder, Max Meyer ’08, Dylan MacDonald, and a lovely group of international coworkers. Mark also traveled to nine nations with SEA Semester. Dylan beat Mark in a half marathon at Angkor Wat in Cambodia, where they also explored the beautiful Railay Beach together. Unfortunately, during island hopping, Mark stepped on a sea urchin and was stung
by a jellyfish. He dropped in on Haonan Li in Singapore and Edward Molé in Tainan, Taiwan. Theodore Agbi spent the summer researching in a laboratory on an innovative chemical engineering project. He also worked as a Yale Summer Session counselor and spent his spare time behind the camera lens for an introduction to digital photography class. He says this allowed him to share his creative perspective and photograph fascinating people. Theo says he entered his junior year with a truer understanding of his race and cultural identity, and he was looking forward to an enthusiastic and meaningful year. Finally, I had the opportunity to volunteer for and conduct a malaria and public health research project in the scenic village of Humjibre, Ghana, with the Ghana Health and Education Initiative. I also joyfully reunited with Theodore Agbi and Sam Koffman during the New York City Pride Parade, which reminded me how strong true friendships can be. I wish you all the same sense of gratitude and inspiration as we begin our next chapters. — Chiamaka Okorie
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Sophia Lloyd-Thomas spent 45 days hiking across the Australian Outback, sporting her “Andover Alumni” baseball cap the whole time! While studying abroad in Paris, Natalie Kim was able to meet and catch up with Jake Marrus, Remington Remmel, and Emmie Avvakumova; later, back in the States, Natalie, Alec Kingston, and Bridget Higgins spent a weekend relaxing on the beach together in Mystic, Conn. Renée LaMarche spent three months living and working at Elk Mountain Ranch in Buena Vista, Colo., where she did a variety of jobs. Zoe Gallagher worked throughout last year and summer as an intern at the PBS show The Open Mind, which is hosted by Alexander Heffner ’08. Katherine Krabek met up with Sophiya Chiang and Mikaela Rabb in Beijing. Armaan Singh traveled to Phoenix with his Northwestern Bollywood fusion dance team. There, he realized how far he was from realizing his Andover | Winter 2016
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