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CLASS OF 2014 | 2023 | SPRING ISSUE

Julia “Jay” Benedith writes, “This year, I moved from New York City—my home for 30 years—to Washington, DC! I am a homeowner, a business owner, and a doctoral student. I’m so thankful for my time at Wes. My support system is based in the lifelong friendships I made on campus!”

Gianya Breland gave birth to a baby boy, Cassius Lee, on July 24, 2022, weighing 8 pounds, 4 ounces.

Sky McGilligan and Brooke Baker ’13 got married on September 10, 2022, and had a ton of Wesleyan people from both classes in attendance.

McGilligan-Baker wedding with many Wes alums in attendance.

Leo Liu shares, “Still living in Washington, D.C., and working in politics! I was enjoying age 30, going on lots of gay dates, and then this summer I got the dreaded long COVID. I basically had to cancel all my plans, and I’ve since been focused 100% on trying to recover my health.”

Will Dubbs currently lives in Washington, D.C., advising on political campaigns and biosecurity. But in his head, he’s back making pizzas at 14b Warren.

Ella Dawson sold her debut novel, The Reunion, to Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. If all goes smoothly, it will reach the shelves of your local bookstore in 2024.

For the past couple of years Amanda Sonnenschein has been developing her directing portfolio in Los Angeles and New York. Since 2021, she has directed a short, animated film titled Pizzato (available on YouTube); the first episode for an anthology horror series, Legends of Sleepy Hollow (on Amazon Prime); a comedy short, Will You Be My Quaran-tine? (on Facebook Watch and YouTube); and is currently in postproduction on the pilot for a D&D comedy fantasy series, The Game, which she both directed and produced. In addition to preparing for future episodes of The Game, Amanda is in preproduction on her first feature film.

Andrew Cohen has enjoyed dominating his Wesleyan fantasy football league—now in its 12th year (starting freshman year!)—which includes Nathan Josephs, Richie Starzec, Jake Barack, Joey Schwartz, Will Dubbs, Christian Schneider, Jordan Gaynes, Alex Cannon, and Brett Keating ’15. They are using their experience to inform a new-wave stage adaptation of the popular FX show The League, set to begin workshops at the Hollywood Fringe Festival this summer.