Hey everyone! As the seasons pass, it’s interesting to see how the class updates are getting a little smaller each time. Nonetheless, I’m happy to see many people doing well!

 Casey Lebo-Dunn welcomed her second child, son Phoenix, in September and Spencer Knoll is engaged to Lauren Agresti. In September, Breanne Carbaugh, Andrea Zona Baker, Sarah Kohler Joyce, Olivia Wolz, and I missed Jahtay Teh (who was traveling for work) as we traveled to Burlington, Vermont to celebrate ten years of friendship!

Bridgitte McColligan Hessler joined a startup patient education company as their Senior Product Manager; William Lewis is the new drama director at Poolesville High School; and, in August, Mi’Kea Bowie Hawkins started teaching third grade with FPCS. Kimi Brunot Humphreys started a new job as an HR Generalist for ABSI Aerospace & Defense and Joseph Edun released his first novel Trazer: Kids of Stolen Tomorrow and was invited by a non-profit to give a couple workshops on Sci-fi & Afrofuturism for students at the Laboratory School of Finance & Technology in the Bronx, NYC – one of the places he calls home (along with Nigeria). During the workshops, they discussions around Afrofuturism, identity, and representation in books and students drafted a short fiction tales of their own.

In May, Andrew Bodine completed his masters in clinical counseling with a certificate in thanatology and recently returned from a trip to Japan! Ashley Birdsell recently moved to Old Town Alexandria and is continuing her work with National Theatre, Story District, and the Smithsonian National Zoo; and I, Elaheh Eghbal, am continuing with work, school, volunteer work, and plotting my next adventure. Make someone smile today!