Alumnae Updates
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Claudia Castaneda ’02 is beginning her fifth year as an expatriate in Milan, Italy. She is currently completing her final thesis
for a Masters in Visual Arts & Curatorial studies while working
full time as the Study Abroad Milan Program Coordinator for
students studying at Cattolica University, NABA, and Domus
Academy. In between travel, work and research, she finds time
to keep playing soccer on a couple of local teams including
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Christine Huang ’02 received her Ph.D in 2013 in biochemistry/biophysics from Columbia University in New York and
is now completing her postdoctoral training at Genentech
in South San Francisco. Catherine writes “There is another
SFHS grad here too, Ingrid Wertz Humke ’88 and she’s doing
phenomenal research and we had some fun reminiscing about
our time in high school.” Christine shared a few of her favorite
memories from her SF days: “Exploring Mr. Norman’s Disneymemorabilia-laden shelves, the cat dissection in Anatomy class,
trying to persuade Mr. Agos to let us through the roof hatch
in his office, attempting crosswords in Mr. Schwing’s class, late
nights and Chex Mix dinners during Yearbook.”
Annie Arupo ’02 has been working for Travelers Insurance for
10 years and currently is a bodily injury claims adjuster. She
owns a home in Rancho Cordova. Annie loves to salsa and bachata dance and tries to travel as much as possible for festivals
around the world for it. She absolutely loves being an aunt to her
Nephew, Xavier, son of her sister Grace Arupo Rodriguez ’96.
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Erin Ryan ’02 earned her Master’s Degree in Social Work in
2010 and since has been dedicated in her work serving disadvantaged children and foster youth. She currently works in a south
Sacramento school and has been featured on capital public radio
and the Sacramento Bee for her work providing families and
children with access to food, clothing and other basic needs.
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Katie Solie Brunetti ’03 graduated from the University of San
Diego in 2007, and has worked at the University in the Athletic
Department for the past eight years. Katie recently moved back
to Sacramento with her husband, Don, and two dogs, and has
accepted a position in the Advancement Department at St.
Francis. Katie and Don will be welcoming their first child, a
future Troubie, in May and are excited to be closer to family
and to start this next chapter of their lives! 9
Barbara Frazier Gluvers ’03 and her husband Joseph welcomed baby Emmanuelle Leigh Gluvers into their family. Baby
Emmanuelle arrived at 3:07am on Wednesday, November
11, 2015 and weighed in at 8 lbs. 5 oz. and is 19 inches long.
Congratulations to the Gluvers Family and big sister Olivia. 10
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Pax et Bonum magazines to:
St. Francis Catholic High School
Dawn Winston Cullo ’91
Alumnae & Constituent Relations
dcullo@stfrancishs.org
916.737.5020
Adrienne Manuel Pendleton ’03 is the French teacher at
Christian Academy of Louisville in Kentucky. Her classroom
is decorated with flags of French speaking countries, maps,
nostalgic black-and-white photos of Paris, and an Eiffel Tour
mural. She loved her years with Madame Picca and other French
students at St. Francis.
Dr. Ashley Chaffin ’02 is currently serving as the 1st Cavalry
Division Psychiatrist at Fort Hood, TX. She has two children, Aja 11 Adrienne at Sciences-Po in Paris, France where she earned
(5) and Roman (4), and is married to MAJ Karleton Dempsey. her masters.
Caitlin Emmerich Collamore ’02 and her husband Adam
Collamore live in Fort Worth, TX. She recently became a mom
to twins Maximilian and Eloise, and is enjoying staying home
with them full time.
Christina Gallawa Kellner ’02 is a nurse at UC Davis in the
neurosurgical ICU and also works as a house supervisor at Mark
Twain Medical Center in San Andreas on a per diem basis. She’s
been married for the past four years but she and her husband
have been together for 13 years. They’re were blessed with their
daughter, Zoe, 2 1/2 years ago. They own a house in Carmichael
where they live with their daughter, dog and two cats.
Stephanie Culhane Provence ’03 has been working as a
video editor in Los Angeles for eight years. She started editing
weddings and birthday parties. She has edited three feature
films,(two narrative, one documentary,) many short films, as
well as still doing a lot of food and travel videos for various
websites. Stephanie worked for the women’s website, PopSugar,
as their beauty editor for three years but now is the assistant
editor for season three of the Emmy award winning children’s
show, Tumble Leaf, produced by Amazon. 12
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