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before I die, and have visited 17 so far. On my way, but still tons remaining." Tatiana Suarez graduated from the University of Miami in 2005 with her BFA in Graphic Design/Illustration/Minor in Art History. She writes, "I am currently focusing on painting and starting up my own design studio. Just wrapped up my first solo show called Subjective Charm (June 7-14), planning the next one for Art Basel in December!" To visit Tatiana's website, go to www.tatisuarez.com. Kristin Hayden writes "My third internship will be in Miami (Jan-March) so I'll be around!" Ana de la Iglesia writes Mrs. Vale, "I thought about you the other day, and have several times over the past years and was wondering how you were doing. I was lucky enough that PTS has a very advanced website, so I was able to find you through it! How are you and your family? I've been doing pretty well. I graduated in 2005 from Goucher with a degree in Psychology and a Spanish Literature minor. While at Goucher, I took several French Literature and culture classes, but never pursued a minor since I did not like some of the professors. But it will please you to hear that one of my French papers was featured in the French program's website! While at Goucher, I got the chance to study abroad in Chiang Mai, Thailand--leaving the country just days before the tsunami hit. I am now completing my last year of graduate school for Speech Language Pathology at Teachers College at Columbia University. It's a very demanding program, but I will be done next December! I am still friends with Vicky Garcia and Daniel Matus. Vicky is an engineer working for NASA and Danny is getting his master's in Mechanical Engineering." 2003 Class Agent: Dax Tejera r.dax.tejera@dartmouth.org Laura Ateca lateca@sas.upenn.edu Brian Fernandez has been promoted to Associate Project Manager for Ogilvy Interactive, working with the Dove and TD Ameritrade accounts. Ogilvy is one of the world's leading advertising agencies. Dan Pimentel has relocated to New York City for a job at a luxury goods business. Joseph Rosado is now living in New York. James Ovelmen is getting his master's degree at the University of Texas at Austin. He received the Barnes Fellowship this year, usually offered to one or two students each year. James always gives PT's faculty a lot of credit for his success. James writes, "Each year the LBJ School reviews the top fellowship recipients and designates one or two students a Ben Barnes Fellow. The title is given to students who demonstrate the potential to best represent the superior qualities that inspired Mr. Barnes to fund the student scholarships at the LBJ School. I am really enjoying school and living here in Austin, the live music capital of the world. In addition to my classes I am working as a Graduate Research Assistant. Currently, I am helping a professor research and edit a paper on the lessons learned from President Johnson's science and technology policy for the next Administration. I am focusing on energy, science and technology policy." 2002 Class Agent: Adria Jenkins Young sugarsweetpeachz@aol.com Jeremy Burns writes, "I have been working in a lab at the U Penn School of Medicine for two years now doing immunology research and I was just published as second author on a paper we submitted to the journal Immunity." Grania Michel writes, "I graduated from Penn in 2006 with BS in Political Science, Philosophy and Economics. Since graduation, I moved back to Miami to be with my then boyfriend, now fiancé, Erik Jacobson '01. He proposed about a month ago in Panama where we were visiting his older brother Peder '99." Alejandra Pinel stopped by campus in the spring to visit old faculty. She is living in Panama City, Panama. Alexis Jenkins graduated from Florida A&M University School of Allied Health Services on August 8, 2008 with a BS in Health Information Management. Peach (Jenkins) Young, Marla Timmons, and Shradha Ramchandani stopped by campus in the fall to visit faculty and view the campus. Jamaal Douglas graduated from Eastern Kentucky University and is looking into playing professional basketball. 2004 Class Agent: Corina Lopez lopc0007@unf.edu Penny Flick graduated on May 13th with honors from Emory University in Atlanta, GA. She has appeared in numerous productions including King Lear, Spring Awakenings, She Stoops to Conquer and Bury the Dead. She attended Oxford University College in England last summer and is in the Honor Society for Theater and serves as their treasurer. She plans to go to New York after wrapping things up in Atlanta. In addition, she won the Alice N. Benston Award in Theater Studies "awarded annually by departmental faculty to not more than two graduating seniors or recent graduates who have shown exceptional dedication, promise and intellectual rigor" and the Fine Award "bestowed annually upon a junior or senior Theater Studies major or minor who has shown outstanding ability in acting." Lisa Migliaccio writes, "I'm in Jacksonville, I have one more class to take and my Advertising Internship to do this fall before I graduate in December. I'm going to Canada later in August to visit Alex and then home to Miami to see my parents before classes and my internship start." Andy Kirkpatrick applied for an art program at FSU. She is finishing that up and working on her graduate show that will be exhibited in the spring! Gabriel Fontes de Faria is graduating in May from a five year architecture program at the Illinois School of Technology. Michael Contreras writes, "I graduated from Boston College with a Bachelor's of Science in Business Management with Concentrations in Finance and Marketing. I started working for work for Venevision two months ago as a Channel Coordinator. It has been great coming back home to Miami. I have definitely missed it these past few years." Kate Howard graduated cum laude in civil engineering from Clemson University and is working on her MS in structural engineering and has a teaching assistantship at Georgia Tech. Her parents, Cherry Payne and Bob Howard, are now living 60 miles from Juneau, Alaska and Cherry is working at Glacier Bay National Park and Reserve. Former Palmer Trinity lacrosse standout Ian Wogan has been named as the Assistant Varsity Lacrosse Coach for the Falcons. Ian was a three sport standout for PTS, excelling in football, soccer, and especially lacrosse where he played mid-field for the Falcons. Alumnews 37

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