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1997
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Matthew Proctor , Muir , was
appointed director of the
Early Childhood Education
Center at UC San Diego . He is
responsible for ensuring highquality
care and education to
more than 200 children .
1999
Kate Rubins , Revelle , has
taken her second residence
aboard the International
Space Station as part a
six-month mission with
Expedition 64 . She is
scheduled to return to Earth
in April 2021 .
2001
Benjamin Pelletier , MEng , a
patent lawyer with a focus on
biotech , pharmaceutical , life
science and medical device
industries , has joined Haynes
and Boone , LLP ’ s growing
Precision Medicine and Digital
Health Practice Group in its
San Francisco office .
2002
20th REUNION It ’ s coming up at
Homecoming 2021 this
October ! To learn more and
be a part , email Jenelle Dean
’ 05 at jmdean @ ucsd . edu
The Black Lives Matter
movement , co-founded by
Alicia Garza , Marshall , has
been nominated for the 2021
Nobel Peace Prize for the way
its call for systemic change
has spread around the world .
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Melody Gonzales , Warren ,
served on the Biden – Harris
transition team as a member
of the agency review
team for the U . S . Office of
Personnel Management .
2003
Jonathon Talcott , MS ,
recently joined the
partnership of national law
firm Ballard Spahr .
2004
Kathryn Dickason , Revelle ,
wrote Ringleaders of
Redemption : How Medieval
Dance Became Sacred ,
published by Oxford
University Press . Dickason
is a postdoctoral fellow in
the Society of Fellows in the
Humanities and the School of
Religion at the University of
Southern California .
Tao Leung , Muir , was
promoted to partner at global
law firm Hogan Lovells ,
where he heads the labor and
employment practice in the
firm ’ s California offices .
2006
Stephanie Akpa , Marshall ,
was appointed as the new
senior advisor to the Office of
Civil Rights in the Department
of Health and Human
Services . She previously
served as chief counsel to
Senator Elizabeth Warren .
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2007
15th REUNION It ’ s coming up at
Homecoming 2021 this
October ! To learn more and
be a part , email Jenelle Dean
’ 05 at jmdean @ ucsd . edu
Vanessa Freije , Roosevelt ,
wrote Citizens of Scandal :
Journalism , Secrecy , and the
Politics of Reckoning in Mexico ,
published by Duke University
Press . The book explores the
causes and consequences of
political scandals in Mexico
from the 1960s through the
1980s .
Alan Wong , Sixth , was elected
to the City College of San
Francisco Board of Trustees .
2008
Whitney Anne Adams , Sixth ,
was the costume designer
for Freaky ( 2020 ), a comedy
horror film about a teenage
girl who switches bodies with
a serial killer .
Michael de la Torre , Muir ,
a Berkeley-based chef , was
featured in Eater SF for the
local pop-up , Xulo , where he
sells handmade flour tortillas .
2009
Jessica Meir , PhD , a NASA
astronaut , is training for the
Artemis mission , which will
send the next U . S . man and
first woman to the moon .
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2011
Sarah Barclay , Marshall ,
a donor relations specialist
at CSU San Marcos , received
her designation as a Certified
Fund Raising Executive .
2012
10th REUNION It ’ s coming up at
Homecoming 2021 this
October ! To learn more and
be a part , email Jenelle Dean
’ 05 at jmdean @ ucsd . edu
Brittany N . Bailey , Warren , is
a senior policy advisor for San
Diego Mayor Todd Gloria .
Bosco Lujan , MBA , was
named a best-in-state wealth
advisor for California by
Forbes magazine for his work
at Morgan Stanley Wealth
Management in San Diego .
2013
James G . Williams , PhD ,
wrote Crossing Bar Lines : The
Politics and Practices of Black
Musical Space , published
by University of Mississippi
Press . Read his Triton
interview at tritonmag . com /
blackhistory
2014
Kalli Kappel , Warren , was
selected as a Hanna Gray
Fellow by the Howard Hughes
Medical Institute . She will
receive up to $ 1.4 million in
funding over eight years for
her research concerning how
mutations to RNA sequences
can lead to human disease .
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