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Sheila Callahan sheilacallahan@gmail.com We publish notes for each class once a year—oddnumbered class years in the spring and even-numbered in the fall. Look for your class notes in the spring issue!
Kate Lamvik Loranger ’00 with husband, Rob, and son, Logan
family and I stay busy with lots of soccer, basketball, and swim classes. I’m excited to be working closer to home starting in August as the vice principal of St. Cecilia School in San Francisco. Cheers to no more commuting! Alexandria Della Sala Neff: I married Brian Neff in 2007. We have three children, Graham (5), Hudson (3), and welcomed baby girl Sloane in June 2014. I became a licensed marriage and family therapist in 2009 but am currently a stay-at-home mom and have been since our first son was born. We currently live off of Highway 68 (Toro Park) in Salinas. Lindsey Rockwood Cook: I still live locally in the Monterey area and I now own Toro Park Animal Hospital located on Highway 68 in the Toro Park neighborhood. We are a veterinary hospital specializing in cats, dogs, and exotic pets. Come see us! My son (9) currently attends All Saint’s Day School. It is so fun to read all the updates and see what interesting lives we all lead! Takeno Chiyo Suzuki: Since 2005 I have been living in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, with my husband and our two very energetic boys. I continue to work for the local government as an interpreter and help plan projects to promote exchanges between Miyagi and the United States. March 11, 2011 was a day no one will ever forget here—the Great East Japan Earthquake. The earthquake and tsunami disaster devastated this region and to date, thousands remain in temporary housing. I will never forget all the emails and support I got from my fellow Catalina classmates afterwards. Although I am living overseas, I know that the bond we share from our time at Catalina will remain forever. I would like to use this class note to say “thank you” to all of you. If you have an opportunity to visit Japan, please come to Miyagi!
2002 Sasha Irving sasha.irving@gmail.com
Olivia Nilsson olivianilsson@gmail.com Katie Carnazzo: I am still studying my heart out in Santa Barbara, working towards my Ph.D. in clinical, counseling, and school psychology. I happily spend my days at our local schools, working with children, and conducting research on youth mental health and well-being to contribute towards my dissertation. I get to see Sheila Callahan White ’01 every so often in Santa Barbara, but not enough, and am lucky to get to visit with Cassie Long Mills, Lara Wheeler Devlin, and Gabrielle Adams fairly regularly. Ilse Riebe Colby: I’m still living in S.F. and share a neighborhood with Jenny Lee and Sarah Kennifer Garrigues, which is really fun. This past September, I joined Levi’s as senior global designer and I’ve loved working for such a fun and truly San
Francisco-founded company! It was an honor and thrill to come back to Catalina last spring to take part in Journey Day, talk to the digital media classes, see Lara Wheeler Devlin as an adored faculty member, and generally reminisce about all the good times on campus. On a recent trip to WA, I stopped in Ashland to see Leah Kolb kill it in a production of Cabaret, and then on to Portland to visit Ginger Craft, who was a most awesome hostess! Veronica Cossio: This year I began working with Claudia Zaragoza as my health coach, who did an amazing job; we reached my goal in a very short time. In March I met up with Mariana Lopez Portillo Fernandez and she is doing great. She is very happy in Mexico City. And by around spring break my husband and I found out we were pregnant; to our surprise we are expecting boy and girl twins by Christmas this year. Jose Carlos (4) will be a big brother and is the happiest in the family for our new additions. MacKenzie Riggs Dubow: After 5 years in N.Y.C., Byron and I are packing up and moving to Oklahoma City. He will begin his surgical residency at OU Med this July. I will be working as a reading specialist and literacy coach at the Westminster School. We are excited to be making our way back to the South! Bre Tarufelli Gentile: I’ve been busy writing my first book set to hit shelves summer 2016. It’s titled, Fit Woman: A (re)Definition of Fitness, and I have many women contributing to it, including Santa Catalina alumnae Marion Reilly ’01 and Claudia Zaragoza. I’m also starting my own group practice called The Wellness Practice. It’s a practice dedicated to motivational and exercise psychology using social media and social events to promote the relationships between psychology, physical activity, and nutrition. My
Members of the Class of 2002: Courtney Moore, Jessica Shia, Amy Azevedo Mulgrew, Sheryl Stillman, and Olivia Nilsson