Lorraine Zago-Rosenthal ‘88 is excited that her debut novel, “Other Words For Love”, was published by Random House (Delacorte Press) on January 11, 2011. Regina A. Harding-Bast ‘90 is married to William Bast, DMD, ‘86. They have three children ages 10, 8, and 3. Bill is an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, practicing in Sayville, NY. Denise F. Barracca-Allmaier ‘91 married for 13 years and has two children. The family moved to Texas nine years ago and they love it there. She works in busy Fort Worth Trauma Hospital as a Cat Scan Tech and the rest of the time she is a soccer coach for her children’s teams and is dedicated to her family life. Karen M. Latimer ‘91 received Medcial Degree from Stony Brook School of Medicine and trained in family medicine at Columbia Presbyterian, NY. Maria Pang-Ho ‘91 graduated with a B.S. in Biochemistry from Binghamton University and a Ph. D. in Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology from SUNY Stony Brook. She is currently at Novartis. Lori Seeger-Graziano ‘91 received her Masters Degree in Education and taught at the Elementary level for seven years. She is now living in Orange County, New York and has been married for 12 years. She is currently staying at home raising her two beautiful daughters, Sarina and Ava. Alexandra V. Casten ‘91 is a personal manager for child performer son who now attends the Prep! She is a part-time Spanish teacher and substitute teacher at Our Lady of Fatima School. She also works as a nanny for several NYC families on weekends & nights. She is in the Mother’s Guild at Prep. Donna T. Wrublewski ‘96 defended her doctorate degree on September 1, 2010. Her Ph.D is in Polymer Science & Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is also now a tenuretrack faculty Librarian at the University of Florida in Gainesville Fl, responsible for the chemical sciences. She looks forward to hearing great things out of the SFP Science Research Program! Ellen Garrett-Petrangelo ‘96 attended the Rochester Institute of Technology to ma-
jor in Biotechnology and plays Division III softball. She was a four year starter and a two year captain of a team that ended up second in NY State. She met her husband, Matt, in college and they were married in October 2004. They welcomed their son, Alex, in January of 2007. They welcomed their second son, Ian in March of 2009. Luigi Pedalino ‘96 was very excited on Monday, February 28, 2011 when his wife, Erin Kathleen, gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby boy named Carlo Michael, who will hopefully be a member of the class of 2029! Melanie Napier ‘01 graduated from Harvard University in 2005 with a B.A. in Biochemical Sciences. She is currently pursuing a graduate degree at UNC Chapel Hill for Epidemiology. Brian Pavlovic ‘02 was married on October 16, 2010 and many other SFP alumni joined in the celebration. Pictured below (standing, l-r): Lianne Legaspi ‘01, John Kelly ‘01, Lars Pihlava ‘01, Michael Pavlovic ‘99 (the groom’s brother/best man), Melissa McCarthy Pavlovic ‘01; Michael DiMola ‘01. Seated: The bride, Amanda Finn, and groom Brian Pavlovic ‘02. After a beautiful ceremony and lively reception, the happy couple honeymooned in California.
Joe Pantaleo ‘03 recently graduated from NYU Dental School. He did his residency in Jamaica Hospital and is currently working in a family practice operated by fellow SFP alumna, Alexandra Simpson ‘06. Joe was the youngest person in his graduating class and he credits Alexandra with providing him excellent advice and guidance before he embarked on his path toward dental school education. Theresa Mendez ‘05 graduated from Saint Joseph’s College, Brooklyn in 2009 with a major in special education as well as general education birth to sixth grade. She is
currently teaching in an inclusion kindergarten classroom. She is also in her second year at Queens College for her masters in special education for children from birth to second grade. Catherine Pinos ‘05 is a New York Law School, Juris Doctor Candidate, 2012. Stephanie Zambrano 2005 is a candidate for J.D. at St. John’s University of Law class of 2013. Phillip F. Acevedo ‘06 is a Sophie Davis 2012 Medical Student who applied for and was accepted to a 2010 Orthopaedic Summer Externship at NYU’s Hospital for Joint Diseases. Working under Dr. Joseph Fetto, he completed a research presentation on Patellar Instability.
The Class of 2010’s Harvard Trio
Last year we reported that two members of the Class of 2010, Carlos Sanchez and Elizabeth Matomoros, were accepted to Harvard University. We were delighted and proud to learn that a third member of the class of 2010 is also Harvard bound! Kristina Saffran ‘10 is now among the elite few (less than 1% of all applicants) who was accepted to Harvard as a transfer student. In addition, we learned that the research work that Elizabeth performed while at Prep was published in a professional journal, Nature NanoTechnology. Pictured above: (l-r) Carlos, Kristina and Elizabeth at the 2011 SFP Science Research Symposium.
Grad News Summer/Fall 2011