Class Note 2024
Issue
November-December 2024
Hello, ’24s! Hope many of you were able to make it to Hanover to partake in the timeless, beloved tradition we call Homecoming! “Touch the fire!”
Recently I met up with Eliza Holmes in Boston over lunch at Andala, a lovely Mediterranean restaurant. She is pursuing a master’s at the Harvard Graduate School of Educaion and is really enjoying both taking classes and teaching students. After graduation Eliza and her boyfriend Zach Martel had a lovely time touring both France and Italy. A highlight of their trip was the time they spent in Paris, where they admired Impressionist art at the Musée d’Orsay and spotted Olivia Rodrigo dining at a restaurant the evening before her concert! Legend has it Zach hoped to tell Olivia that the Aires performed a cover of “Good for You” but Robert, the bodyguard, blocked them.
Adriana Chavira Ochoa launched NovaChirp, “a superfood cricket food-product startup dedicated to tackling global malnutrition and promoting sustainability in line with key UN Sustainable Development Goals.” NovaChirp launched its first product in June, Beni All Natural, a cricket superfood broth. As noted on NovaChirp’s GoFundMe, crickets are incredibly sustainable, requiring significantly less feed and water and producing fewer emissions than traditional livestock. For example, producing one kilogram of crickets requires just one gallon of water, compared to 2,000 gallons for beef. One packet of Beni contains 20 grams of protein, all nine essential amino acids, and many other micronutrients and minerals. Be sure to support Adriana’s company!
Speaking of entrepreneurship, Katie Weber cofounded a pajama company called Sleepy Saturday. The pajamas are match-box style and they feature all of the classic restaurants in Hanover, such as Molly’s, Lou’s, Pine, Dunks, etc. During her time at Dartmouth Katie volunteered extensively with the Upper Valley Haven Food Shelf, and she is continuing her partnership with them by donating a percentage of all profits to the organization. Don’t know what holiday gift to get for your loved ones? Can’t go wrong with a cozy set of Dartmouth-themed PJs!
Anna Hughney moved to San Francisco and is working as a mechanical engineer at a climate technology startup called Heirloom Carbon. Heirloom’s mission is to remove 1 billion tons of CO2 from the atmosphere by 2035 using mineralization-based direct air capture technology. Her favorite part of the job is creating prototypes using the skills she learned in Thayer (and also the cute office dogs)! Aside from work, Anna has gone sailing with Ella Marden ’23, surfing with Scarlette Flores (who is working in renewables), and indoor top rope climbing with Maya Khanna ’22!
Since January of 2023 Denva Nesbeth Jr. has released original instrumental music on streaming platforms, amassing more than 20,000 streams. He released an instrumental album series called In the Stacks, which was inspired by Dartmouth Libraries. During the summer Denva worked on a lot of new music, including the latest edition to the series, Stacks Vol. 4. What a way to be transported back to the hallowed halls of Baker-Berry.
Be well, everyone, and I’ll see you in the next edition!
—Anaïs Zhang, 16 Hamilton Road, Brookline, MA 02446; anais.c.zhang@gmail.com
Recently I met up with Eliza Holmes in Boston over lunch at Andala, a lovely Mediterranean restaurant. She is pursuing a master’s at the Harvard Graduate School of Educaion and is really enjoying both taking classes and teaching students. After graduation Eliza and her boyfriend Zach Martel had a lovely time touring both France and Italy. A highlight of their trip was the time they spent in Paris, where they admired Impressionist art at the Musée d’Orsay and spotted Olivia Rodrigo dining at a restaurant the evening before her concert! Legend has it Zach hoped to tell Olivia that the Aires performed a cover of “Good for You” but Robert, the bodyguard, blocked them.
Adriana Chavira Ochoa launched NovaChirp, “a superfood cricket food-product startup dedicated to tackling global malnutrition and promoting sustainability in line with key UN Sustainable Development Goals.” NovaChirp launched its first product in June, Beni All Natural, a cricket superfood broth. As noted on NovaChirp’s GoFundMe, crickets are incredibly sustainable, requiring significantly less feed and water and producing fewer emissions than traditional livestock. For example, producing one kilogram of crickets requires just one gallon of water, compared to 2,000 gallons for beef. One packet of Beni contains 20 grams of protein, all nine essential amino acids, and many other micronutrients and minerals. Be sure to support Adriana’s company!
Speaking of entrepreneurship, Katie Weber cofounded a pajama company called Sleepy Saturday. The pajamas are match-box style and they feature all of the classic restaurants in Hanover, such as Molly’s, Lou’s, Pine, Dunks, etc. During her time at Dartmouth Katie volunteered extensively with the Upper Valley Haven Food Shelf, and she is continuing her partnership with them by donating a percentage of all profits to the organization. Don’t know what holiday gift to get for your loved ones? Can’t go wrong with a cozy set of Dartmouth-themed PJs!
Anna Hughney moved to San Francisco and is working as a mechanical engineer at a climate technology startup called Heirloom Carbon. Heirloom’s mission is to remove 1 billion tons of CO2 from the atmosphere by 2035 using mineralization-based direct air capture technology. Her favorite part of the job is creating prototypes using the skills she learned in Thayer (and also the cute office dogs)! Aside from work, Anna has gone sailing with Ella Marden ’23, surfing with Scarlette Flores (who is working in renewables), and indoor top rope climbing with Maya Khanna ’22!
Since January of 2023 Denva Nesbeth Jr. has released original instrumental music on streaming platforms, amassing more than 20,000 streams. He released an instrumental album series called In the Stacks, which was inspired by Dartmouth Libraries. During the summer Denva worked on a lot of new music, including the latest edition to the series, Stacks Vol. 4. What a way to be transported back to the hallowed halls of Baker-Berry.
Be well, everyone, and I’ll see you in the next edition!
—Anaïs Zhang, 16 Hamilton Road, Brookline, MA 02446; anais.c.zhang@gmail.com