1999 Anna Caven (Los Angeles, CA) Having a great time at my new job as student affairs office in the music department at UCLA. My husband passed the bar this November, a very exciting event for both of us. I am currently applying to grad school for a doctorate in education. ■ Jodi Jensen Griffin (Commerce City, CO) My husband Trey and I are both middle school science teachers.We recently bought a house and are enjoying our new life together. ■ Lisa Nguyen (Chino Hills, CA) I became a physician assistant in 2002 and love my work in OB/Gyn.
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the last decade
East by Edith Pattou Emery ’75 is based on the Norwegian fairy tale “East of the Sun and West of the Moon.” Recommended for readers in grades 6-10, it was released in September 2003 by Harcourt Publishers.
Michelle Curry Wright ’80’s second novel, Miranda Blue Calling, is a love story about escape and withdrawal, communication barriers and breakthroughs; March 2004 from Avon Trade.
Class of 1999. (L to R) Back Row: Georgina Seabrook, Christiana Henry, Amy Drayer, Anna Berchild, Jenny Millinger. Second Row: Sarah Nelson, Patrice Frey, Jennifer Timmerman, Sarah Lowe Cocklin, Gina Brownstein, Anna Laven. Front Row: Nicole Burkholder Walsh, Kathy Zucca, Lauren Smith, Leslie Clark, Lisa Gear.
2000 Emily Allen (Santa Monica, CA) Graduating in May from Loyola Law School. Before entering law school, spent a year in Americorps/VISTA at UCLA.
2001 Mercedes Corral (Sherman Oaks, CA) I am happily teaching in Sylmar, CA, feeling better and more confident about my teaching skills each year. I am taking a break from academia after having completed my credential and master’s program at Claremont Graduate University. ■ Rochelle Dee-Ellen Smith (Woburn, MA) I’ve graduated from the Air Force Institute of Technology in Dayton, Ohio, and relocated to Boston. My husband, Scott, and I are both stationed at Hanscom Air Force Currently a student Base and working on our masters’ degrees in the Department of at Harvard.
2002
Environmental Design at Art Center College of Design, Trilby Nelson ’02 earned first place in the 1:2 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Interior Architecture Student Competition
Dawn Dorland (Cambridge, MA) I am finishing up my master’s at Harvard and taking a moment to reach my life goal of being a florist for a summer in Boston. In the fall I am moving to Germany to live with my fiancé, Patrick. ■ Becca Mann (Claremont,CA) I recently re-read my admission essay about wanting to get and use an education to help troubled teens and kids. I realized that I’m doing exactly that. I’m a mental health rehabilitation specialist helping kids and teens to build their self-esteem, life skills, and coping skills.
magazine, summer 2004
The People of Sparks by Jeanne Du Prau ’66 (May 2004, Random House) is her sequel to The City of Ember (2003). DuPrau continues the adventures of Lina and Doon, who have led the 400 residents from the underground city of Ember to the unfamiliar world above.
Carolyn Yarnes Woolsten ’59 (a.k.a.Lynna Banning) has had two books published within one year. The first, The Scout, is a historical romance set on the Oregon Trail; High Country Hero, published May 2004, is its sequel. “Strong women and tough, but softhearted men, seem to be Ms. Banning’s specialties,” says an amazon.com reviewer. Woolsten is currently working on her 11th novel.
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