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Alumni Profiles

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2009 GRADUATES

Matt Seidholz, '09, Omaha, Nebraska

Yi Na Chng, '09, Singapore

Megan Barry, '09, Denver, Colorado
Alice Gerard, '09, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Rachel Higgins, '09, Medford, Oregon
Vivian Yuen Ting Liu, '09 , Hong Kong, China
Annika Johnson, '09, Northfield, Minnesota
Karin Magnuson, '09, Vasteras, Sweden

2008 GRADUATES08 GRADUATES
Hannah Adams, 08, Rexford, NY, teaching bilingual Spanish-English as part of St. Paul Teaching Fellows program & Hamline University working towards licensure and a masters.

Katherine Bristol, '08, Chicago, IL, Northwestern University, Educational Administration

Nicholas Honan, '08, Austin, TX

Stuart Hudson, '08, Oklahoma City, OK

Stephanie Kobbe, '08, Minneapolis, MN

Victor E. Llanque, '08, Lapaz, Bolivia

Matthew Malmberg, '08, Annandale, MN, teaching at Pathways to Play, Inver Grove Heights

Elizabeth McNamara, '08, Dallas, TX

Katyana Melic,'08, Singapore

Benjamin Poupard, '08, St. Paul, MN, graduate student Hamline University, Masters in Art of Teaching

Pierangelo Rossi, '08, Lima, Peru

Eszter Sapi, '08. Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, teaching Art @ Park School in Baltimore, MD

Anja Witek, '08, Lisboa, Portugal

2007 GRADUATES
Regina Santiago, '07, Manila, Philippines
Molly Bowen, '07, Westmont, IL
Amber Laurie, '07, Pineville, LA
Caroline Greig, '07, Brooklyn, NY
Rachel Hanson, '07, Saint Croix Falls, WI
Karmela Jones, '07, Bloomington, IN
Laura Mitchell-Morton, '07, Madison, WI
Callie Pastarr, '07, Minneapolis, MN
Jenna Styles, '07, St. Cloud, MN
Benji Achtenberg, '07, San Francisco, CA
Has entered Mills College in Oakland, CA, fall '07, to complete MAT program.
Ying-Lu (Lu Lu) Chen, '07, Taiwan

2006 GRADUATES
Louisa Bigelow, Fall '06, Chicago, IL
Devin Homme, '06, Minneapolis, MN
Dara Showers, '06, Beloit, WI, teaching middle school Math in Newark, New Jersey
Carolina Munoz Proto, '06, Santiago, Chile
Tommy Carlson, '06, Rockville, MD
Natalia Brashear, '06, San Jose, CA
Arden Ashley, '06, Chicago, IL
Jennie Akerstrom, '06, Cleveland, OH
Studying Masters of Public Policy at the Harris School and University of Chicago Sept. 1st, 2007.
Mollie Gabrys, '06, Clear Lake, SD
Colin Denis, '06, New York , NY
Teaching in St. Paul Schools, Johnson High School
Recipient of "2007 Outstanding Science Teacher Award" from the College of Biological Sciences at the University of Minnesota.
Alan Berner, '06, Grantsburg, WI

2005 GRADUATES
Joan Bennett , '05, Woodbury, MN
In July 2007, Joan was the Saint Paul Youth Coordinaator at Pride in Living, where she also served as the caretaker at one of PPL's College House location. During the school year, she is involved part-time with the Downtown MPLS YMCA and a volunteer as a Restorative Justice Conference Facilitator with the Seward-Longfellow R&J Coalition
Juliana Castellanos , '05, Bogota, Columbia
Teacher Licensure in Biology
Brett Gallagher, '05, Waldoboro, ME
Sarah Currier , '05, Rochester, MN
Teacher Licensure: K-6 Elementary Education
Adi Heller, '05, Amherst, MA
Teacher Licensure : Communication Arts and Literature
Summer Hills-Bonczyk , '05, Minneapolis, MN
Teacher Licensure: K-12 Art Education
Leah Hood, '05, Independence, IA
Rebecca Hossain , '05, Katy, TX
Elena Kamenetzky , '05, Bettendorf, IA
Living and working as an English teacher at the elementary/middle school in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
Anisa Kintz Irwin, '05, Conway, SC
Professional Position and Affliation: Youth Program Corrdinator at Safe Futures Youth Center in Seattle, Washington.
Jennifer Lui, '05, St. Louis, MI
Sarah Maddy, '05, Duluth, MN
Completed Minnesota Licensure in Social Studies
Maureen McCarthy, '05, Grand Island, NY
Teresa Mitchell, '05, Akwesasne, NY
Cinthia Navin, '05, Centerville, MN
Teacher Licensure : K-12 World Languages and Cultures
Danielle Nelson, '05, Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Stuart Peacock, '05, Aberdeen, Scotland
Teacher Licensure: 5-12 Communication Arts and Literature
Alison Nieber, '05, Madison, WI
Teaching Art in Minneapolis Schools, Edison High School
Yukie Sakaguchi, '05, Hiroshima, Japan
Manaka Sajnani, '05, Hong Kong
Amber Schmugge, '05, Marshall, MN
Becky Scott-Rudnick, '05, Chicago, IL
Elizabeth Severance, '05, San Antonio, TX
Maria Steen, '05, Mesa, AZ
Swapnil Prabha, '05, New Delhi, India

2004 GRADUATES
Hannah Radant, '04, Mouston, WI
Washington, D.C. where she is purrsuing her master degree in EBD special education and transition education through George Washington University.
Caitlin Reid, '04, Minneapolis, MN
Currently a preschool teacher in the Saint Paul area
Danielle Ricard, '04, Albany, NY
She received her Education Master at Harvard Graduate School of Education in Risk and Prevention. She is currently working as a program manager at Camp Fire USA Minnesota.
Lauren Sperry, '04, North Oaks, MN
Izumi Tsurumi, '04, Tokyo, Japan
Suzanne Shaffer, '04, San Francisco, CA
Is currently employed at AK Press, a publisher and book distributor in Oakland, California.
Sara Hopkins, '04, Durham, NH
Kim Johnson, '04, Brooklyn Park, MN
Masters in Teaching and Learning at St. Mary's University, graduating in May 2008.
Michelle Bemis , '04, Clymer, NY
Received licensure in Communication Studies, teaches in Paynesville, MN School District.
Lindsay White, '04, Conewargo Valley, NY
ESL certified and headed to Philadelphia to teach.

2003 GRADUATES
Anna V. Collins, '03, Bemidji, MN
Christina Gray, '03, Minneapolis, MN
Shoshana Daniels, '03, Minneapolis, MN
While continuing her education as a Graduate Student in New York University's Master's of Education Program, she is a secondary teacherd in the New York Public School System in Brooklyn.
Jimica Dawkins, '03, Birmingham, AL
Jennifer Hein deMause, '03, New York City, NY
Nathaniel Jackson, '03, Portage, WI
Teaches elementary education in a Spanish speaking school in Green Bay, WI.
Marshall Mullenbach, '03, Stewartville, MN
Teaching Mathematics at Cretin Derham Hall, St. Paul.
Brian Towns, '03, Fenton, MO
Middle School Science and Social Studies Teacher at a Charter School in St. Louis, Missouri.
Zuzana Tomkova, '03, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
Working in DC for communities in Schools of the Nation's Capital as the Office Coordinator.

2002 GRADUATES
Kelly Maloney, '02, Hackensack, MN
After obtaining her Teacher Licensure in Music and Music Therapy at the University of Minnesota, she is now working at the Minnesota Masonic Home in Bloomington, MN as a full time Music Therapist. Matt Diediker , '02, Hinton, IA

2001 GRADUATES
Victoria Treece, '01, Springfield, IL
Seventh and Eighth Grade English Teacher at the Somerville Charter School
Regina Skoy, '01, New Hope, MN
ESL teacher in Columbia Heights Public Schools; 5th grade inclusion setting. Currently a Graduate Student in a Master's Program at the University of Minnesota.
Olen Peterson, '01, Storm Lake, PA
High School English Teacher (Oral Communication) in Japan
Kristine Lamm, '01, South Windsor, CT, In the Applied Economics PhD program at the University of Minnesota planning to do research in the field of Economics of Education.

2000 GRADUATES
Katherine Pfalz, '00, St. Paul, MN
Special Education Teacher for Saint Paul Public Schools, with her Master's Degree in Special Education from the University of Minnesota.
Brian McCarthy, '00, Leawood, KA
Human Geography and Advanced Placement Human Geography Teacher at Como Park High School in Saint Paul, Head Baseball and Assistant Football Coach.
Angela Lackey, '00, Hopkins, MN
Self-Employed in landscaping and gardening.
Amanda Pischke, '00, Wisconsin Rapids, WI
French Teacher in Waunakee Middle and Intermediate Schools.
Karl Wassman, '00, Ormsby, MN
Sixth Grade Teacher in St. James Public School District in Minnesota; continuing with graduate school.
Craig Ortner, '00, Independence, IA
He is currently in law school at the University of Michigan.
Amber Michelle Prentice, '00, Maplewood, IA
Teaches ELL at Battle Creek Middle School in St. Paul.
Nadia Fifita, '00, Tonga
Married and Mom of two children living in Tonga.

1999 GRADUATES
Keiko Yoshimura, '99, Kusatsu, Shiga State, Japan
Graduated Department of Linguistics at the University of Chicago August 2007.
Chuck Garmen, '99, Lynn, MA
Earned his teacher license from Macalester and his Master's/Horticulture license in Hawaii. He is currently teaching Special Education (2nd/3rd grade) in Lynn Public Schools, Lynn, MA.
Rachel Hansen, '99, Evanston, IL, Admin Asst. at National Geographic School Publishing-Hampton -Brown & student at National-Louis University obtaining ESL Endorsement & M.Ed. in curriculum & Instruction
Joe LaFerla, '99, St. Paul, MN
Currently working as the Coordinator of Youth and Young Adult Ministries at Unity Church-Unitarian, where he is in charge of programs for high schoolers and young adults who are 18-35 years old. Recently, Joe has also started to work as a Museum Interpreter for the Minnesota Historical Society.
KC (Williams) West, '99, St. Paul, MN
Brie Monahan, '99, Columbia Heights, MN
Instructor of Adult English as a Second Language at the Literacy Level.
Heather S. Rasmussen, '99, West Saint Paul, MN
Earned an MA in Education in 2004, St. Mary's-Mpls. Is currently working on an additional license in English at Hamline and the University of Minnesota.
Elsa Wiehe, '99, Mauritius
Coutinuing education as a Doctoral Student at Mass. Amherst in "Language, Literacy and Culture", where she research on the role of NGOs in schools in Mauritius, looking critically at issues of international development, globalization, etc.
Brent Woodfill, '99, Nashville, TN
He is the Sub-Project Director of Vanderbilt's Upper Pusion Archaeological Cave Project in Guatemala.
Rachel Wannarka, '99, Fairmont, MN
Ph.D in Special Education at Penn State. After August she will be starting a fellowship by Building Excellent Schools, that trains future leaders of high-performing urban charter schools. She plans to open a charter school in North Minneapolis in the fall of 2009.

Mindy Person Sundberg, '98, Brainerd, MN
E/BD Teacher (Grades 6-12), Bush Residential Treatment Program, Saint Paul Public Schools

Sarah Sharp, '98, Oakland, CA
French and ELD Teacher at San Lorenzo High School in Oakland, CA

Luis Pozo, '98, Washington, D.C
Teaches in an elementary school in Fairfax County, Virginia

Matthew Gluth, '98, San Diego, CA

Art Errickson, '98, Minneapolis, MN
Art currently teaches in the Eagan School District (#196) and coaches basketball.

Lori Kushner Bush, '98, New Orleans, LA
Social Studies teacher at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, Louisiana. After losing her home to Katrina, she and her husband have finally settled into a new home.

Kate Flook Desjardins, '97, Randolp, MA
Third grade and literacy lead teacher in Providence Rhode Island Public Schools.

Eric C. Hartell, '97, Chatham, MA
Teacher in the Duxbury Public School District

Sabina Vogt, '97, Bangkok, Thailand
7th Grade Social Studies Teacher at International School Manila, Philippines.

Sarah Newton, '97, Boston, MA
Completed a Master's degree in July '05 at Bank Street College of Education (Special Ed) and a second Master's degree in Spanish through Middlebury College in '06. Sarah is teaching a 5th grade collaborative team teaching class at PS 24 in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY under her special ed. licensure. She has 10 special ed. students and the majority are Latino, Asian and Arabic
Special Interests: Special Education, Bilingual Education, and Spanish Immersion.

Ann LaTour, '97, Arlington, VA
Fourth Grade teacher at East Farms School in Farmington, Connecticut.

Christopher Nordvall , '97, Gettysburgm PA
School Age Services / Middle School Teen Director at the US Army's Child and Youth Services in Dexheim, Germany. His wife and he were expecting their first child mid-to-late January, 2007.

Samantha (Johnson) Davis, '97, Manchester, MA
Eighth Grade English Teacher at Floyd Dryden Middle School in Juneau, Alaska.

Paula Kays, '97, Fridley, MN
Research Specialist, National Marrow Donor Program

 


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