Class Note 2013
Issue
Sep - Oct 2018
Hello, ’13s! Lots of updates this issue, so let’s get started!
First, we have classmates celebrating the wonderful news of engagements, marriages, and family additions! Trisha Murphy married Carl Van Doren in Connecticut. Twin brother Luke Murphy was a groomsman, and Alex Lucas was a bridesmaid. Eva Petrow and John Burden ’11 recently got engaged. Camden Nogay is engaged to Dylan Smith, and they are enjoying life in Los Angeles. Andrea Baer and Jorge Pelaez tied the knot in April and have since moved to Chicago. There was a squad of ’13s in attendance, including Lauren Vespoli, Hannah Kuhar, Julia Danford, Katharine Pujol, Tanay Ganga, Paul Wagdalt, John Yoon, Roberto Guerrero, Kimberly Mendez,and Hannah Decker. Caroline Francis and Tim Brown got engaged alongside their two pups, Dakota and Sadie. Medha Raj and Anirudh Jangalapalli ’09 got engaged and will be getting married next summer. Tommy Das and Olivia Martin were engaged in December 2017. Finally, Rachel Yang and her husband moved to Santa Monica, California, in 2017 and welcomed a baby girl in July! Congratulations to all!
Next, a number of folks have become masters of subjects and industries. For example, Lexi Campbell completed her M.F.A., concentrating in photography at Brooklyn College CUNY. Tom McQuillan finished up medical school in the Bay Area and has now started his orthopedic surgery residency at the Harvard hospitals. Dan Marcusa finished medical school and is now an internal medicine resident at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Parnian Parvin-Nejad is starting his residency in general surgery at Rutgers. Mike Jacobs alsofinished medical school at Jefferson Medical College and has started an internal medicine residency at University of Chicago. Remy Franklin has finished his master’s in human geography and is moving to Santa Cruz, California. Chris Zhao graduated from Tuck and has moved back to N.Y.C. Natalia Agredo completed her master’s in teaching at Relay Graduate School of Education and has adopted two adorable cats named Hall and Oates. Awais Malik completed his Ph.D. in civil engineering and urban informatics from New York University. Great accomplishments all around!
In other graduate school news, Joe Chance is pursuing a Ph.D. in economics and public policy at Tufts University. Melissa Gordon is starting her master’s at Tufts’ urban and environmental policy and planning program. Stephanie DeCross is starting her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Harvard. This fall Angie Yang and James Lee will be pursuing their M.B.A.s at Ross (Go Blue), where they will join Emily Fletcher. Ayda Ramadan is starting her M.B.A. at NYU Stern, and Shea Smith is pursuing his M.B.A. at Darden School of Business. Yours truly (Aly Perez) will also be at Darden.
Last but absolutely not least, here are the classmates doing other really cool and impactful things! Casey Aylward started work at an early-stage enterprise fund as an investor. She would love to connect with anyone who is interested in working in tech-venture. Jules Sarkar is starting his own law practice, Sarkarlaw, in San Francisco. Svati Narula ran a 32-mile ultramarathon in Wyoming—I have no words. Congrats, girl. Ally Armstrong just moved to Berkeley, California, where she is working as a pediatric nurse practitioner. In March Callista Womick and her co-defendants were found “not responsible by reason of necessity” for an act of nonviolent civil disobedience blocking construction of a natural gas pipeline in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. The finding set a national precedent for other activists and was covered through multiple news outlets.
Wow…go, team. Thank you for being wonderful, impressive classmates. Enjoy the fall weather!
—Aly Perez, 104 Ivy Drive, Apt. 8, Charlottesville, VA 22903; alyp625@gmail.com
First, we have classmates celebrating the wonderful news of engagements, marriages, and family additions! Trisha Murphy married Carl Van Doren in Connecticut. Twin brother Luke Murphy was a groomsman, and Alex Lucas was a bridesmaid. Eva Petrow and John Burden ’11 recently got engaged. Camden Nogay is engaged to Dylan Smith, and they are enjoying life in Los Angeles. Andrea Baer and Jorge Pelaez tied the knot in April and have since moved to Chicago. There was a squad of ’13s in attendance, including Lauren Vespoli, Hannah Kuhar, Julia Danford, Katharine Pujol, Tanay Ganga, Paul Wagdalt, John Yoon, Roberto Guerrero, Kimberly Mendez,and Hannah Decker. Caroline Francis and Tim Brown got engaged alongside their two pups, Dakota and Sadie. Medha Raj and Anirudh Jangalapalli ’09 got engaged and will be getting married next summer. Tommy Das and Olivia Martin were engaged in December 2017. Finally, Rachel Yang and her husband moved to Santa Monica, California, in 2017 and welcomed a baby girl in July! Congratulations to all!
Next, a number of folks have become masters of subjects and industries. For example, Lexi Campbell completed her M.F.A., concentrating in photography at Brooklyn College CUNY. Tom McQuillan finished up medical school in the Bay Area and has now started his orthopedic surgery residency at the Harvard hospitals. Dan Marcusa finished medical school and is now an internal medicine resident at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Parnian Parvin-Nejad is starting his residency in general surgery at Rutgers. Mike Jacobs alsofinished medical school at Jefferson Medical College and has started an internal medicine residency at University of Chicago. Remy Franklin has finished his master’s in human geography and is moving to Santa Cruz, California. Chris Zhao graduated from Tuck and has moved back to N.Y.C. Natalia Agredo completed her master’s in teaching at Relay Graduate School of Education and has adopted two adorable cats named Hall and Oates. Awais Malik completed his Ph.D. in civil engineering and urban informatics from New York University. Great accomplishments all around!
In other graduate school news, Joe Chance is pursuing a Ph.D. in economics and public policy at Tufts University. Melissa Gordon is starting her master’s at Tufts’ urban and environmental policy and planning program. Stephanie DeCross is starting her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Harvard. This fall Angie Yang and James Lee will be pursuing their M.B.A.s at Ross (Go Blue), where they will join Emily Fletcher. Ayda Ramadan is starting her M.B.A. at NYU Stern, and Shea Smith is pursuing his M.B.A. at Darden School of Business. Yours truly (Aly Perez) will also be at Darden.
Last but absolutely not least, here are the classmates doing other really cool and impactful things! Casey Aylward started work at an early-stage enterprise fund as an investor. She would love to connect with anyone who is interested in working in tech-venture. Jules Sarkar is starting his own law practice, Sarkarlaw, in San Francisco. Svati Narula ran a 32-mile ultramarathon in Wyoming—I have no words. Congrats, girl. Ally Armstrong just moved to Berkeley, California, where she is working as a pediatric nurse practitioner. In March Callista Womick and her co-defendants were found “not responsible by reason of necessity” for an act of nonviolent civil disobedience blocking construction of a natural gas pipeline in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. The finding set a national precedent for other activists and was covered through multiple news outlets.
Wow…go, team. Thank you for being wonderful, impressive classmates. Enjoy the fall weather!
—Aly Perez, 104 Ivy Drive, Apt. 8, Charlottesville, VA 22903; alyp625@gmail.com