2008 Elizabeth Gong (South Pasadena, CA) graduated from USC and is currently a third-year veterinary medicine student at Washington State University in Pullman, WA. 2009 Lauren Yang (Pasadena, CA): “I am still at UCLA Anderson School of Management. If any Tigers are in Westwood, hit me up!” 2011 Caitlyn Cheleden (Nashville, TN) graduated magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University with a B.A. with honors in History of Art as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and is currently in her first year of law school at the University of Virginia.
Class of 1995 members who visited campus in June 2015 before celebrating their 20 year reunion at a nearby restaurant include: Vanessa Chaves Cochran, Jaime Morrison Curtis, Nicole Danilov, Vanessa Delgado, Fay Ellwood, Jennifer Gill, Jennifer Ha, Emily Miller Karlekar, Jennifer Heintz Lulla, Erika Ceporius Miller-Nguyen, Monique Murad, Ashley Flanagan Slaugter, and Alexina Vick. 2003 Anya Gallardo (Istanbul, Turkey): “I’m living the baklava-coated, politically unstable dream in Istanbul. Come visit!” Cynthia Gong (South Pasadena, CA) completed her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the USC School of Pharmacy and a pharmacy residency at the Veteran’s Administration Health System. She returned to USC to pursue a Ph.D. in health economics and policy. She currently works at Kaiser Permanente as an Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist.
2005 Jennifer Gong Cheung (South Pasadena, CA) received both her Bachelor’s of Science (2009) and Doctor of Physical Therapy degrees (2012) from USC. She is currently a Physical Therapist in group practice in Menlo Park, CA. She recently became Jennifer Gong Cheung, after marrying her physical therapy classmate Andrew Cheung from USC.
Elizabeth McKibben (Amherst, MA) is a recent graduate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst where she studied Psychology, and Chinese Language and Literature. Through her exploration of yoga and stress-reduction she became fascinated by the role of the mind-body connection in western medicine as a treatment for mental illness. Her Fulbright research will investigate how mind-body psychosocial interventions reduce mental illness stigma in college students with depression and anxiety. Through her work at Hong Kong University’s Centre on Behavioral Health she will explore the interplay of eastern and western medicine, thereby highlighting the importance of culturally diverse, and culturally sensitive interventions in mental illness treatment. Through her research and experience she hopes to integrate cultural perceptions of mental illness care into comprehensive treatments in order to create a psychologically aware and mentally healthy global community.
Whitney Hall (Monteverde, Costa Rica): “I’m the External Relations Manager at the Cloud Forest School/Centre de Educacion Creativa, which means I run international programs at our school. We would love to have a group from Westridge visit the school and create a connection between the two!” 2004 Rebecca Burrow (Portland, OR): “I’ve been in Portland since January, but in Oregon for the last four years working for the Oregon Department of Transportation as a Bridge Preservation Engineer.” Catherine Icaza (Los Angeles, CA) is excited for her upcoming wedding to Jonathan Roheim in Carmel, CA, in March. She and her sister, Dana Icaza Banta ‘01 own The Monogrammed Home together in Pasadena.
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Faculty members Dr. Jim Holland and Bonnie Martinez recently connected with alumna Jessica Porter ’14 at Oberlin College.