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1992 Grace Davie is Associate Professor of History at Queens College, CUNY and the author of Poverty Knowledge in South Africa: A Social History of Human, 18552005 (Cambridge University Press, 2015). She has two boys, ages 10 and 7, and she writes "Thank you to all my wonderful, St. Andrew’s teachers!"
1993 Lorena Decker lives in Marietta, Ga. and is the Marketing Coordinator for Comprehensive Technical Group, Inc. Pamela (Monroe) Saunders, her husband, John, and their two children, Emma (11) and Holden (8), live in McLean, Va. where she has been the Art Specialist at Brooksfield School for the past 12 years. She also started an art enrichment program, which she offers at Fairfax County Public Schools as part of the after-school academies. Pamela notes, “My life is very colorful these days, literally.” Andrea Nogues moved to Bariloche, Patagonia, Argentina in 2007 to spearhead a conservation project with The Nature Conservancy. She took a break from TNC to focus on motherhood. She is now teaching at a high school in Bariloche and hopes to catch up with her classmates soon! Carolyn (Bizri) Brosnihan moved from her home in the country to the suburbs in November, closer to the conveniences of life now that she has three kids under the age of 6 — Kyla (5 1/2), Patrick "PJ" (2 1/2) and Declan (1 1/2). Nico Afanasenko is still living south of Boston with his 3 kids ages 8, 10 and 12. He is active as ever as the whole team has become a big skiing family the past few years. Nico and Angela recently celebrated 40 in Paris, and have been working on travelling more internationally with the kids (a philosophy that started with cultural awareness at St. A’s!) Nico is celebrating 15 years in chiropractic practice this year and runs 2 thriving Fresh Start Chiropractic (a 48
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la Mr. Holden’s famous speeches) practices on the South Shore of Massachusetts. This year Nico is planning to continue his triathlon training, and is competing in his 3rd yearly MS Challenge bike race (175 miles), and is going to compete in the Wilmington ½ IronMan in North Carolina in November 2016. In addition, Nico is race director of the Run4Scituate.com which is an annual spring race that raises money for the local public school system, raising over $35,000 this year for the local kids. He still coaches, and works with kids of all ages both at work and on the sports fields. In addition, Nico is helping with the local anti-drug coalition to help give kids the foundation for making better choices as they develop. His next goal: visiting the Grand Canyon with the kids, and possibly heading to Hong Kong!
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Alex George ‘95 got married in March in Palm Springs, California.
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1994 Adele Waugaman started a new job at USAID, where she joined as Senior Advisor for Digital Health in the Global Health Bureau.
1995 Alex George got married in March at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs, Ca. Fellow classmates Katie (Barr) Cornish ‘95 and Mari (Palmer) McDonald ‘95 were in the wedding party. Mari’s daughter, Margaret, was the flower girl. Also in attendance was Jennie Powell ‘95 with her husband, James Norton, and retired St. Andrew’s teacher, Roy Barber.
Erin Wright-Gandhi ‘96 with her husband, Koonal, and their children Annika and Renna.
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1996 Erin Wright-Gandhi and her husband, Koonal, welcomed Annika Arvinde Gandhi on June 30, 2015. Annika joins big sister, Renna, who is 3. Paige Speyer married Tim Shirk on February 13, 2016 in Washington, D.C. at Georgetown Presbyterian Church with a reception following at Long View Gallery. They went to Thailand for their honey-
Paige Speyer ‘96 married Tim Shirk in February in Washington, D.C.