ClassNotes
Lori Kabelac ’99, Monica Sanders ’99, Jen Zalewski ’99 and Julie Kabelac ’99 in Aurora.
international school in Pudong. The troop has 13 girls participating, from grades 1–5. The juniors consist of seven girls, five of whom were first year Girl Scouts, and earned their Bronze Awards by creating a website where international Girl Scouts can share projects and ideas. Last fall, she began an online master’s program in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine through the University of Western States and is looking forward to graduating from this program in mid-2017. While living abroad, her family has enjoyed traveling around this part of the world and celebrated the holidays in Phuket, Thailand and look forward to vacationing again in Thailand in the upcoming winter season. As they prepare for their second year abroad, they are excited to continue their familiarization with their community and advancing their skills in speaking Mandarin. Cynthia Dubuque started a new
position as the campaign manager of the Connecticut statewide campaign to end homelessness which is rewarding and challenging. Cindy continues to teach as an adjunct professor of social work. Cindy is enjoying life and traveled to France with her dad and fiancée, Kathleen, to experience a “trip of a lifetime”! Allison Winters Fisher left
California and moved to Washington, DC last fall for a
job as a wellness coordinator at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence – Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) program at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Additionally, she is moving into the dissertation phase of her Ph.D. in Mind Body Medicine at Saybrook University. She and her husband, Doug, are approaching their 8th wedding anniversary and are the proud parents of two beautiful children who are growing up so quickly! Charlie is now four years old and Lily is one. Jena “Tesse” Fox is still living in
New York City, writing about hotels, travel, theatre and the arts. She attends plays written by Christie Perfetti Williams, among others. Tesse remarks, “Yes, Hamilton is really good. No, I can’t get you tickets.” Amy Mak is the proud mother to
“Captain, Call Me, Maybe”, otherwise known as Alex. He is the magic in her and her husband, Jason’s, lives. He is the master of slinging green beans and applesauce in his amazing onesies and is an outstanding future botanist—as he enjoys pointing out the brightest flowers and plants he sees while out on nature walks with his mom (watch out, Matt Damon from The Martian!). She is doing well and continues enriching lives through her business, Soul Workings, based in Lafayette, CO.
Carmen Mullenmaster Harrell ’99 and Christina Kubasta ’99 in New York for Christina’s book reading. 12 December 2016
Traci Camilli Pole hosted her ’99 Wells sisters at her home in Denver in July. (Top L-R) Sonja Roberts Cutter, KT! Eaton, Dawn Joslin Cooley, Traci Camilli Pole. (Bottom L-R) Shelly Larson-Peters, Leslie St. George, Jaqui Besaw-Lacroix, Christin Schaaf.
Becky Moses enjoyed a drive-by
visit with Jena Tesse Fox and has been diving into her work in the Los Angeles area. Becky has had a great musical summer, having the opportunities to see Emmy Lou Harris and Lyle Lovett perform. Additionally, she was able to see the last show of the season for A Prairie Home Companion. She continues to love spending time with her amazing dogs and is excited for new things that are coming. Danielle Sullivan lives in St.
Petersburg, FL, with her partner Haley. She works as a professional development specialist for Curriculum Associates where she supports teachers and administrators in Florida. Recently, she had an opportunity to spend time with Joellen “Jodi” Riggs Carling while on a visit back to New York. Tabitha Pohl-Moore, while work-
ing as a school counselor at her alma mater, Mill River Union High school, opened a NAACP branch in Rutland, VT. She has a goal to enlist at least 100 members by September, which would allow the group to apply for a charter with the national NAACP in October. As for myself, I am rounding the bend on my second year living in Alaska. I have enjoyed seeing this beautiful part of the world from all different vantage points. From enjoying the mountains and forest from the sky riding in helicopters, float planes and regular planes, to soaking in the views from the water on small boats and tour boats. I am constantly amazed by the incredible wildlife around me—and have had closer encounters to moose, bears, bald eagles and porcupines—than I ever could imagine! Mother Nature has outdone herself throughout my time here—as I have been blessed to see the Northern Lights on multiple occasions, experienced what an earthquake of 7.1 magnitude can feel like/do to my surroundings, heard and seen glacier calving, and last but not least, marveled at being so up North as five planets
were aligned and visible in the sky. I continue to keep in touch with as many Wells sisters as I possibly can and look forward to seeing many more down the road. As always, I am wishing you all well!
—KK
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Carol LaGrow 25 Oak St Wurtsboro, NY 12790 indigopotter@yahoo.com
Christina Kubasta visited Wells
for a reading from her book All Beautiful & Useless last spring, and enjoyed catching up with Erin Morrow Haenlin and Anne “Bird” Cramer ’97 in Aurora, as well as the English department past & present. Her bestie and one-time Wells woman, Carmen Mullenmaster Harrell, joined her for the visit. Robin Manthei-Ostroverkhov
shares that her family grew by one in September 2015, and that Kylan is “on the move”. Tennyson just finished pre-school and loves being a big brother. Robin continues to work part-time as a veterinary technician but spends most of her days at the pool with her boys. Traci Camilli Pole hosted seven
Wells women for a long weekend in July. Jaqui Besaw-Lacroix, Sonja Roberts Cutter, Leslie St George, KT! Eaton, Christin Schaaf, Dawn Joslin Cooley, and Shelly LarsonPeters all converged on Denver for a great weekend of sisterly fun and relaxation. Jen Zalewski had a mini-gathering in Aurora with Lori Kabelac, Monica Sanders, and, Julie Kabelac. Jen writes that “it was
great seeing the ’old sights’ like Main, GP and Campbell and exploring the ’new’ Zabriskie!” Jen also came to visit me and my husband in July during a camping trip to the Catskill Mountains. We took her dogs for a walk and showed her Wurtsboro.
-Carol