Class Notes

reports that her daughter, Carolyn, recently published a book about her journey with cancer. Titled “Faith, Hope and Cancer: The Journey of a Childhood Cancer Survivor,” it offers encouragement to other cancer survivors. https://leukemiagirl.com

’69 has had her 15th book, “Horsemasters in Love,” published by Lux/Fireside books. The novel is a love story set in the horse country of Chagrin Falls and is available at bookstores and on Amazon.

Kirschensteiner ’71, HM, was profiled in The Catholic Exponent, a publication of the Youngstown Diocese. The October 2020 article touched on her career as an art teacher, her artwork, and her faith.

Zito ’74 SJC recently wrote a 40-day self-help-journal book titled “Living in the Now: The Secret to Making Each Day Your Best Day.” It includes 30 original songs and 40 original poems.

PhD, was appointed Superintendent of Schools for the Diocese of El Paso, Texas.

Amy Backos ’97 MA, PhD, published her first solo book, “Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Art Therapy” (Jessica Kingsley Publishers).

Angela Niro DelPrete ’00 is Executive Director of Public Relations & Marketing at Lake Erie College. Gabrielle Koczab ’03, DO q published her first book, "The Sick Doctor" (Parafine Press), about her experiences as a physicianturned-patient battling invasive breast cancer. She is happy to report is “thriving and doing well!”

Baur ’04 is a Career Development Specialist with United Labor Agency in Lake County.

’05 is a registered nurse in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at University Hospitals.

is a board-certified art therapist at the Cleveland Clinic Akron General McDowell Cancer Center. David Stec ’07 MA, currently the principal of Padua Franciscan High School in Parma, Ohio, will become the school’s first lay president on July 1. Dana Nunez ’09 q and Karl Toussaint welcomed their daughter, Noel Nunez Toussaint, in December 2020.

Alexander ’10 has begun her own cookie-decorating business called “Coast to Coast Sugar Cookies” in Chesapeake, VA. Amber Scimone ’10 has been promoted to Global Investigator with Walmart.

Brittney Hayes ’12 BSN,  along with her team members, was honored to give a virtual tour of their vaccination site at State Farm Stadium in Arizona to President Biden and Vice President Harris. Brittney is helping to vaccinate Arizona residents against Covid-19 and said, “We’re instilling hope. A ‘dose of hope’ is what I’ve been calling it.” Denise Andres ’03, MBA ’14 q is a Global Privacy Manager, Global Records and Information Management, at Sherwin-Williams.

BSN q is Associate Vice President and Senior Technology Specialist, Clinical Technology Solutions, at Hoefer Wysocki, an architecture, planning, and interior design firm in Dallas that focuses on healthcare, among other sectors.

’16 MBA is the Campaign Manager for LaunchBoom. Khala Bush ’14 is a Consulting Coordinator with Halloran Consulting Group, Inc.

q married Julie Steinbauer Leventhal in September 2020 with family and friends joining in virtually from around the world. Jordan is a Marketing Project Manager at Universal Orlando Resort.

ATR, LPC has joined Mindfulness Counseling and now is a private practice counselor and art therapist. She has also completed EMDR training and will be fully certified soon. Shanell Harris ’17  earned a Master of Science in Social Administration (MSSA) degree from Case Western Reserve University’s Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences in August 2020. She was recently promoted to Lead Trauma Recovery Coach at MetroHealth Medical Center.

Helen Jazzar '17 passed the Ohio Bar Exam in December 2020. Randa Payne '17 q earned her law degree, cum laude, from Case Western Reserve University School of Law, passed the Ohio Bar Exam, and joined the law firm of Gallagher Sharp LLP as an associate in the firm’s Business & Employment, Professional Liability, and Transportation Practice Groups.

Gina Rosshirt ’18 is an Associate Banker with Chase.

Congratulations to Rachel Stucke Pearce ’18 and Aaron Pearce ’19  on their marriage August 8, 2020.

Joshua Beacorn ’19 BSN, a Medical Intensive Care Unit nurse for Cleveland Clinic, received the Outstanding Graduate RN Award at the virtual 2020 March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Program. Jaclyn Milosevic ’19 BSN, University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Emergency Department nurse, earned UH’s DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. From her nomination: “[She] is extremely dedicated, detail-oriented, self-aware and compassionate.”

Abigail Allard ’20 became a Communication Specialist at Hope Squad, a peer-topeer suicide prevention program active in more than 950 schools in the U.S. and Canada.

MA has joined Perspectus Architecture and the historic studio team formed from the merger with Chambers Murphy & Burge. She works on strategy development and historic preservation. John Porter ’20 is a Purchase Consultant for Quicken Loans/Rocket Mortgage.

is the Women’s Housing Manager at Stella Maris, a drug and alcohol treatment agency.

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