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Raquel Bennet, PsyD., is a psychologist and ketamine specialist living in Berkeley. She is the proud founder of the KRIYA Institute and KRIYA Conference, which are both devoted to the use of ketamine in psychiatry and psychotherapy. Raquel has been studying the therapeutic applications for ketamine for over 20 years and was recently named as one of the most influential women in the field of psychedelics.
based WBZ NewsRadio 1030 profiled his latest endeavor—the ToolBus—a mobile, solarpowered innovation studio. The converted former yellow school bus was built to empower boundless creative freedom and features 3D printers, laser cutters, and a welding station. Passionate about creating meaningful maker experiences, he introduced the ToolBus to excited fourth through sixth graders at a local Worcester, MA public school.
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2018
Natascha Sherman Hess competed on an episode of Food Network’s Beat Bobby Flay. The Colorado-based chef and restauranteur’s episode premiered on August 11.
1995
Courtney Stephens received the Guggenheim Fellowship for her work in non-fiction and experimental filmmaking. ¶ “I’ll be using the grant to make a feature documentary in Kansas about weather forecasting and the legacy of the ‘Wizard of Oz’ in the state.”
2017
Inventor, creator, and entrepreneur, Jeremy Trilling graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in December. In May, Boston-
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Sinead Chang graduated from the University of Southern California in May with a B.A. in journalism and political science and is now working at creative communications agency Day One Agency in the big city (aka NYC)! Current hobbies include being in a big hurry all the time, obsessively updating Goodreads and still dating Viraj Garg ’18. If you’re reading this and you’ve also ended up in New York, you know what to do! ¶ Zack Chroman moved to New York City in the fall and is loving living in the city. He is working for a trading firm, Jane Street, alongside a few other Nueva alumni. ¶ In the Spring of 2022, Julianna Garber graduated from the University of Michigan with a dual degree in film and directing for theater. Immediately
following their graduation, Julianna began working at the Gretchen Whitmer for Governor campaign as a multimedia producer. ¶ “I’ve traveled all around the state with Gretchen. The 2022 Michigan election [was] a big must watch, and I’m grateful [I was] able to do my part in supporting democracy and the right to choose.”
2019
Nehmat Vijan spent the last year living and working in Boston. Before moving to the East Coast, she started working at Vineyard Vines as a sales associate. After a month, she was promoted to crew lead and continued in that role when she moved to Boston. What was supposed to be a part-time job to make extra money became a full-time career in retail. Nehmat moved back to the Bay Area this summer to start a new position at Louis Vuitton Palo Alto as an operations associate.
2020
Lyz BushPeel spent a fulfilling sophomore year on campus at Columbia University, double majoring in English and philosophy, after an entirely online freshman year. During the school year, she interned at Harvey Klinger Literary Agency, where, through vetting queries, she got a glimpse into the triumphs and foibles