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Phelps & Phillips in Los Angeles. And I just got engaged to Christina Parrish, another attorney at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips.” 29
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CHERILYN GAIN (a former teaching fellow at PCDS) writes, “I got married last April in Phoenix and my husband and I are living in San Francisco, riding the blissful waves since the honeymoon. I am teaching a combined 3rd- and 4th-grade class at a gifted school called Synapse in Menlo Park. It’s known for the way it incorporates emotional intelligence into the curriculum. It’s such a stimulating place to work--just like PCDS.” 32 YUKI KONDO-SHAH writes, “I just graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government with my master’s in Public Policy. I attended on a fellowship from the U.S. State Department and joined State in September as a Foreign Service Officer. I spent my summer working full-time with the Obama campaign in Arizona.” 30
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UCLA School of Law in May 2012. 34 JESSICA WEISER writes, “I married Avi Feller on March 18th, 2012, at the Phoenix Art Museum. I was thrilled to have 6 of my PCDS classmates there to support me. Next year, I will be pursuing my master's degree at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, focusing on civic and moral education.” 33
2004 CYNTHIA BENIN writes, “A bit of a fun fact is that CHARLIE LUPICA ’04 and I are both attending NYU School of Law. We finished our first year (phew!) and are enjoying spending time in NYC together. I live in Manhattan and Charlie lives in Brooklyn with his sister, KATIE LUPICA ’07. LEAH BLOOMBERG writes, “I graduated from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash., and then moved back to Phoenix to begin a career as a pastry chef. I’m now working at the JW Mar58 | Class Notes
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