Class of 2014

Hi, ’14s! I hope you’ve all been enjoying the spring—believe it or not, the 10th spring since we graduated. But more on that later.

Congratulations to Rachael (Bornstein) Mondshine and Aaron Mondshine, who welcomed not one but two new members of the extended 2014 family: Twins Noah Blake and Aubrey Leia were born on December 6, 2023, in Miami.

Yoo Jung Kim finished her dermatology residency at Northwestern University and will be moving to Boston in July to complete a dermatology-rheumatology fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Anna Roberts writes in: “I am currently deployed as a humanitarian worker in Kyiv, Ukraine, working on a USAID-funded consortium project focused on health; mental health and psychosocial support; protection; water, sanitation, and hygiene; and shelter, cash, and logistics. It’s quite the change of pace from last year, when I was working in Sierra Leone, and I’ve enjoyed the transition from development to emergency work. I’ll be in Ukraine until the end of October and hope to see as much of the country as I can this year. Then I will see where work takes me next! I’d love to connect with other alums working in Ukraine or as humanitarians based elsewhere!”

Enxhi “Angie” Dylgjeri has spent the past year coproducing a four-part Business Insider video series Inside Everest, which explores various elements of climbing Mount Everest, including the precarious future of the Sherpa guide trade, the hidden world of porter lodging, waste cleanup campaigns, and the gear needed to climb the world’s tallest mountain. She writes, “The project was a gargantuan task from the start—much like climbing Everest. With more than 90 pages of pre-production and more than 24 hours worth of footage, we had our work cut out for us. But I learned it’s important to trust the visual storytelling process. You can plan as much as you like but until you hear the remarkable stories of people you’re interviewing, until you see what it’s like for them, you don’t know a thing. And that’s the most beautiful part about it!

“What struck me the most was just how hard our freelancers worked to teach us about Nepalese culture and the importance of Mount Everest to the community. I took seriously the responsibility to not make yet another voyeuristic Everest video. And our audience seems to appreciate the mini-docs! They were particularly interested in the human struggle aspect, showing just how hard climbing guides and porters work to make the expedition possible for mountaineers.”

On a final note, while it’s not our reunion this year, if you’re looking for a way to celebrate the actual 10-year mark of our graduation this June, check out the 2014 movie I’m Obsessed with You (But You’ve Got to Leave Me Alone), written by and starring Genevieve Adams ’11. Our own Rena Sapon-White was a production intern on the film, which also has cameos from several familiar Dartmouth faces. Split between an improv group’s final days at “Darby College” (set at Dartmouth) and an impromptu reunion five years later, the movie has pong, Lou’s, Safety and Security encounters on the Ledyard docks, awkward situations in the Hanover Inn elevator, running around a bonfire—anything you might be missing, it’s all there. Check it out on YouTube.

Another great way to commemorate 10 years: Send me your updates! It’s been a whole decade and I’m sure the almost 800 of you we still haven’t heard from have some stories to tell….

—Sarah Rossow, 119 Heath St., London NW3 6SS; (651) 769-7344; s.m.rossow@gmail.com