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Tanya Sander- Marks
tsmvacation@gmail.com

Hello, this is Tanya Sander-Marks, and I am the new class reporter for the Hood Magazine. Many thanks to Jewel Smith for her 20 years of coverage. It’s a tough act to follow! I heard some great updates when connecting with fellow Hoodlums this summer. Alesia Gallego Brand has been traveling recently, with trips to Disney World, Austin and Dallas, TX. She works as a care team coordinator with the Board of Child Care in WV. She and her husband share seven children and three grandchildren, with four of them (aged 21, 15, 13 and 11) living with them in Inwood, WV. Alesia invites Hoodlums who are going to be in nearby Harper’s Ferry, WV, Hagerstown, MD, or Winchester, VA, to connect with her at aluckybrand96@yahoo.com. Rachael Miskill Brown is currently living in London, England, and she and her husband regularly spend weekends in Wales with her father-in-law. They have a cruise planned for August. She is also enjoying watching her two goddaughters grow up. Quicha Tresvant Jones works in commercial property management for the real estate firm that owns and manages the NASA headquarters building in DC. She and her husband live in Silver Spring, MD, and have three boys aged 20, 15 and 8 in their combined family. Christie Spencer Katora earned her Master’s in Comprehensive Special Education and a special education certification in 2018. She is a secondary learning support teacher for the Big Spring School District in Cumberland County, PA. She is also the assistant coach of both the high school swim team and the local aquatic club. She lives in Newville, PA, with her 11-year-old son and husband. Chris Laborde and her wife recently moved back to Frederick after spending the last 10 years in Anchorage, AK, and Vacaville, CA. They are in the process of building a home. She works for a consulting firm based in Sacramento, CA, developing emergency management exercises primarily for the healthcare industry and is an adjunct instructor for FEMA. Their older son married last year and lives in Texas, and their younger son lives in Anchorage. I, Tanya Sander-Marks, live in Mt. Lebanon, PA, with my husband and 10- and 13-year-old daughters. I am a vice president of marketing at a national bank based in Pittsburgh, where my team handles marketing for out of branch activities and the bank at work program. My volunteering now centers around my daughter’s PTA and sports. We will be stopping at Hood’s campus while driving to the beach this summer as we always do. Walking under the pergola can instantly take you back!