2016
Justin Fox ’16 Jmf12@hood.edu

Sarah Marcello is now working as the Corporate Communications Specialist at Stryker’s Spine Division. Elizabeth Palena graduated from Rutgers with a Masters in Information and is now a full-time Librarian. She attended the New Jersey Library Association conference this year. Laura Shriver Talis is still a Grant Writer in Baltimore, MD. She married Paul Talis ’17 in May and the two recently celebrated their one-year house anniversary in Towson, MD. Justin Fox started a new position as the Program Director for Summer Sessions at Georgetown University. Erin Murray is working as a Teacher’s Assistant at a special education school while pursuing a Masters in Infant and Toddler Early Childhood Special Education at St. Joseph’s College on Long Island, NY. Connor Asman thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2018. He started a new job in Northern Virginia as a Marketing Production Specialist for Ratner Companies. Jiselle Lopez is working as a Search Engine Optimization Administrator for Pearson Online & Blended Learning. She also adopted a cat. Jason Dagenhart has been teaching high school history for a few years and will be starting law school in the fall. Caitlin Fay Smith is still teaching first grade. She and her husband just had their first baby, a boy named August Monroe Smith. Javier Zavala is working as a Counselor and Case manager at Student Homelessness Initiative Partnership (SHIP) of Frederick County working with high school age students experiencing homelessness. Javier has also been promoting his mandala art in the Frederick community and had his work on display at Frederick Coffee Co. for the month of July. Michele Cirrincione finished her third year teaching and will be moving from teaching fifth to fourth grade for the 2019 – 2020 school year. Allen Paxton graduated from the University of Iowa College of Law. He is currently studying for the Bar Exam and is working for the Cannabis Law Practice Group at Greenspoon Marder LLP in Denver, CO. Leah Hull has been working in healthcare administration and traveling but plans to pursue a Masters soon. Last summer she got engaged to Jonathan Moughty ‘13. The two currently live in Frederick, MD with their five pets. Lydia Emory joined the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program in fall 2018 to teach English to high school students in Kagoshima, Japan. She plans to continue teaching in Japan until August 2020. Ashlee Metzger started a position as a Physician Assistant at a family medicine practice in Southern Pennsylvania. Lauren Miller graduated with her J.D. from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and will clerk for the Honorable Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera of the Maryland Court of Appeals. After, she will become a second year associate at Venable LLP. Yan Karavai is working as a Business Analyst at Fannie Mae and finishing an MBA at Hood. Yan welcomed a daughter in May. Cara Dye and Patrick O’Leary ‘16 got engaged in Italy this past November and are moving to Baltimore, MD. Cara is still enjoying teaching in Howard County. Caitlin Clark will be finishing a Masters at Penn State this December. After, she is considering moving to a new city to start her career in Organization Development and Change! Sienna Bronson graduated with a Masters of Liberal Studies from Arizona State University in May and has accepted a full-time math teaching position at GateWay Early College High School.