ClassNotes 2005 Class Agent: Erika N. Gudmundson (erika.gudmundson@gmail. com)
Class Agents: Meghana Dhar (meghanadhar@gmail.com); Jeffrey Le (Jeff87@gmail.com); Casey Near (caseylane@gmail.com) 42
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Photo provided by Rohini Venkatraman ‘06
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Christine Vu recently illustrated the book "On Being a Language Teacher," which will be published by Yale Press in December 2013. Last summer, she was one of the five winners for Modcloth's "Make the Cut" contest, and the dress she designed was subsequently produced and sold on their website. After receiving her master’s degree in medical sciences last December, she has now moved to Florida to start dental school.
approached her for an interview. The blogger felt that the piece would provide an interesting perspective on how a millennial (otherwise known as Generation Y) went through the independent publishing process. Rohini, who holds a degree in psychology and works in the local tech industry as a product manager, suggested other alums interested in selfpublishing first “focus on
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In the last few years, Sharon Her has become a competitive West Coast swing dancer and travels around the country to compete at the all-star level! She is also beginning to teach swing dance. This fall, she'll start her master’s program in early childhood education and child life in hospitals at Mills College in Oakland (even though the idea of being a full time student again is a bit daunting).
2007 Class Agents: Cassie Kerkhoff (ckerkhoff@ucsd.edu); Audrey Kwong (audmusic@gmail. com) Molly Newman was married in June. Please see the Celebrations section for details!
2008 Class Agents: Stephanie Syu (ssyu363@yahoo.com); Senan Ebrahim (sebrahim@fas.harvard.edu)
Photos provided by Tanya Schmidt ‘08
Photo provided by Stacie Wallace
Stacie Wallace, Harker’s middle school English department chair, wrote in with news that her daughter Rachel Newman had a blast hanging out with fellow classmates Estelle Charlu and Hillary Brooks in New York City. “Lovely luck put them all in NYC after graduation,” recalled Stacie, noting that Rachel started graduate school last fall at Columbia and now is “within subway distance” of getting together with her former Harker classmates, who have been good pals since the seventh grade!
the writing” and “creating something that you love.” Then, she said, “turn to the self-publishing part.”
Rohini Venkatraman was featured in a recent Forbes blog following the release of her first book, a semi-autobiographical novella she self-published on Amazon. Called “Descending the Corporate Ladder,” Rohini said the book offers a look at what it means to be a young 20-something today. Describing how the Forbes article came about, she recalled that a student she knew from her time at the University of Pennsylvania, who now blogs for Forbes about women and the “millennial mindset,”
After spending her summer back at Harker working in the Office of Communication on a variety of projects, Tanya Schmidt returned to Europe where she had been playing professional volleyball. This season (August 2013-April 2014) she will play for Volleyball Club Offenburg, in southwest Germany. The team's results can be followed at their Facebook page: https:// www.facebook.com/ Volleyball.Club.Offenburg.