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Hi, everyone! Here’s the latest news from our classmates:

Liza Losada (now Schor) is a nurse psychotherapist in Maryland and a psychedelic researcher at a psychiatric hospital. Her first published novel, Ink Honey Blossom, came out September 2, 2026.

Matt Schneider writes, “After having lived in New York City for 26 years, with nearly 20 of those years in our beloved Brooklyn, my wife and I will be moving out of Brooklyn and away from the New York City area in August. We’re off to Saint Paul, Minnesota, as my wife, Jean, a clothing designer, has taken on a leadership role for Target, which is based in Minneapolis. Our two daughters, Louise (age 10, rising sixth grader) and Hattie (age seven, rising second grader), have some mixed feelings about leaving Brooklyn as we do, too, but are also excited about the prospect of living in an actual house. I continue to work within the film and TV postproduction technology industry, which is fully remote, and thankfully there’ll be no impact on me professionally. I am hoping my closest Wesleyan peeps on the East Coast will come visit, such as Jessica Kirshner, Jon Chesto, Arthur Magni, and Anne Noel Occhialino ’94. Unlike our tiny 700-square-foot, two-bedroom Brooklyn apartment, we will actually have space! We will miss you Brooklyn and New York City! If there are any Wesleyan ’93/’94 peeps in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area, please feel free to message me!”

Diego von Vacano is now based half of the year in the Washington, DC, area and half at Texas A&M University. Next semester he‘ll spend a month at the Bellagio Center near Como, Italy, doing research for his next book projects on green energy geopolitics and on Machiavelli.

Anne Beaven writes, “I am still working at UNC as a [hematologist/oncologist] doctor specializing in lymphoma care. But that is to support my second career as a rock drummer in three local bands. We haven’t recorded our music yet, but once I become famous and start my world tour, I will let you know.” 

Gerald Audant writes, “It is with sorrow that I report that back in April, my old college roommate, Ari “Tim” Abel, passed away. Many of us went to Wilmington, Delaware, where he lived and where he grew up for the celebration of life.” In addition to those in the group photo here, Karl Mergenthaler ’92, Tim Dearnley, Sean Cronin, Mike Muraca, and Bill Capuzzi were in attendance. The obituary is available here.

Anna Balivet Jordan writes, “After raising my three kids into successful adulthood, I sold my house in Vermont and decided to take the cat and my youngest on a road trip across the country (#vanlife). We left Vermont on March 7, 2020. The plan was to reunite with my daughter who was visiting her grandfather in British Columbia. We never expected the border to close before we got there. Bellingham, Washington, wasn’t a terrible place to find oneself stranded even during a pandemic. I had just completed my certification as a funeral celebrant, but the shutdown extended to funerals, so, at 50 years old, I became an apprentice funeral director.

“Longer story shorter, I’m now serving my third year on the board of the (formerly national) Home Funeral Alliance (an internationally active nonprofit dedicated to educating people about their death-care options and supporting families and communities who want to care for their own dead). My current project is developing and piloting a home funeral proficiency course for funeral professionals. It feels like important and much needed work—albeit 100% volunteer. Also, this year I became a grandmother—“grAnna”—and moved back to Vermont after enjoying six years in the Pacific Northwest doing art and learning about death care.”

Anna Stookey writes, “I’m still living and working as a psychotherapist (for over 20 years now!) in Los Angeles, California, where I live with my husband, Greg, and care for his 94-year-old mother. During the pandemic, I turned more creative and wrote my first book of poetry (under my penname A. S. Aubrey), Hide & Seek: Poems for Being Found in a Lost World, which is out later this year with Finishing Line Press. 

“The book explores themes of listening—especially how to find what matters in a world full of noise and distraction—and has been graciously described by Presidential Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco as ‘what poetry does best . . . full of hope and triumph.’ Its release also inspired me to create a couple of shows with my folk-singer father, exploring the importance and power of ‘listening’ as part of the creative process and in creating a meaningful life. That’s been a really beautiful process, to share the stage as my father nears his 90th year of life! 

“You can find out more and check out the book at www.aspages.com, which also has press and info about our live events. Would love to connect with other creatives and anyone else in California these days. Someday, I’ll get back for our reunion!”

Hey, y’all, Sarah here. After losing both of my parents within 15 months of each other (would NOT recommend!), I decided life’s too short and I stepped away from my position as an associate professor of psychology at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina.. Leaving academia was one of the best things I’ve ever done (would recommend!), and I’ve been spending my time working to build a new career writing fiction. After more than 30 years, this’ll be my last time putting together the class notes. It’s been a wonderful experience hearing from so many of you over the years, but now, during this season of transition, feels like the right time for me to step out of the role.

Thanks again for all of your support of the notes over the years! If anyone would be willing to step in and help out, please reach out to Liz Taylor, the class notes editor, at classnotes@wesleyan.edu.