alumnaeupdates Elizabeth Chen ’06 earned her Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree in May from the University of Texas School of Dentistry and is currently doing a residency in pediatric dentistry in Houston. Alix Jacobson ’06 is a corporate recruiting supervisor for Netflix in Los Gatos, CA and lives in downtown San Francisco. She graduated from Santa Clara University in 2010 with a B.S. in Psychology with a minor in International Business. From the Class of 2003: Allison Kamel, Katrin Munchausen, Amanda Sitomer and Becky Barbour at the all-class reunion Melinda Montalbano Yaklin ’05 married Dr. Clay Yaklin on June 8, at Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Michele Montalbano Osten ’95 and Melissa Montalbano Hawthorne ’00 served as the matrons of honor and Mackenzie Burns ’05 and Brittany Taggart ’05 served as bridesmaids. Melinda’s brother, Mark Montalbano (SJ ’91), and brother-inlaw, Matthew Hawthorne (SJ ’00), were groomsmen. Melinda wore her family’s heirloom necklace from her grandmother Angela Maggio Montalbano ’39. Melinda and Clay moved to Kansas City, Missouri after their wedding for Clay to begin his pediatric residency and Melinda to begin her fifth year as an eigth grade science teacher.
hundred hours of community service and leadership activities and was named to the Dean’s List three times and the Heartland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll three times. She was also named secondteam academic all-district by CoSIDA her sophomore season and was an Arthur Ashe Sports Scholar her sophomore and junior seasons. She will now be the Heartland Conference’s nominee for the NCAA National Woman of the Year award.
Jennifer Marget Guarino ’07 married high school sweetheart, Steven Guarino (STH ’07) on May 25, 2012 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Houston. Steven is the son of Cecile Scroggins Guarino ’77 and the grandson of Pat Regan Scroggins ’47 and Mary Ann Saragusa Guarino ’55. Megan Dilger ’07 served as maid of honor and bridesmaids included Caroline Willard ’07 and Jackie Guarino ’06. The reception was held at The Houstonian. The couple resides in Houston. Stefanie Paloma Solar ’07 is a 2nd year corp member of TFA in Houston, She is currently working at KIPP Sharp. She feels very blessed to work in a place that not only helps students fall in love with learning but also teaches them how to fall in love with life. They work to make their students’ dreams come true - and this year that means sending them to Carnegie Hall in New York to perform on the big stage.
Steven and Jennifer Marget Guarino ’07 Elizabeth Kajs ’09 graduated cum laude with honors from Southwestern University with a bachelor of arts in Art History and a German minor. While at SU Elizabeth was a Paideia Scholar and completed an honors thesis “Imagining the New Female Citizen: Private into Public in Käthe Kollwitz’s Work.” Elizabeth is now attending The University of St. Andrews, Scotland pursuing a master’s degree in Art History. Samantha Reyna ’09 graduated from Marymount Manhattan College in New York City with a major in Speech-Language Pathology and minors in Mathematics and Education. She plans to attend the Communication Sciences and Disorders Graduate Program at the University of Texas at Austin.
2010s
Above: Carla Beutlich ’05, Mackenzie Burns ’05, Brittany Taggart ’05, Michele Montalbano Osten ’95, Melissa Montalbano Hawthorne ’00, Melinda Montalbano Yaklin ’05, Rosalie Montalbano Brandino ’64, Nancy Mathews ’75, and Jennifer Lange Brandino ’91
Olivia Collado ’09 was selected as the 2013 Heartland Conference Woman of the Year. She graduated from St. Edward’s in May with a degree in chemistry, and was a four-year starter in soccer where she was first-team all-America as a senior and the Heartland Conference Most Valuable Player her final two seasons. While at St. Edward’s, Collado completed several
Afton Costa ’10 spent her summer in Seattle, Washington, interning for Amazon. com. She was chosen from countless applicants to work in the online Kindle store as a software development engineer. After the summer, Afton will return to University of Texas at Dallas to complete her degree in software engineering and start her master’s program.
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