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Hello, Class of 2024! This time around I have one update for all of you: 

Rebecca Drucker is excited about continuing with her coursework toward a master’s of education at the University of Virginia. 

I hope everyone is doing well and having a wonderful 2026 so far. Send news!

Please send news to your class secretary.

Please send news to your class secretary.

Hello, everyone. Here are some updates from the Class of 2021:

Kian Caplan recently finished his PhD in neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Congratulations to Kian!

After earning his professional divemaster certification in Southeast Asia, Andrei Pinkus returned to Washington, D.C., where he now lives with his partner and dog. He works at Business for Social Responsibility and coaches climbing at the Bouldering Project. He is excited to announce the launch of his life-coaching business, Optidom. You can reach out to him at andrei@optidomcoaching.com to connect and learn more!

Thank you for reading. Wishing you a happy and prosperous 2026.

From Adin Kramer: “I practice healing and spiritual counseling. I hope everyone can cultivate the well-being, wisdom, love, connection, and freedom to live well. I help people transform their consciousness and succeed in what matters most to them. I am more than happy to support any Wesleyan student or grad, and you can learn more at healing-on-tap.com. May you be well!”

Princeton Carter, JD, MBA, MPAP, has built a career at the intersection of law, public policy, and business, with litigation experience at the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office. He advances legal advocacy, public policy, and sports consulting through thought leadership, writing, mentorship, and community engagement.

Last but not least, a huge congrats are in order for Sam Petersen and Shana Laski ’19 who got married last November! 

Thanks to everyone who submitted and keep looking out for emails from me!

Hi everyone! I am excited to share some updates from our fellow peers:

Evan Wasiak graduated with his master’s from the London School of Economics (LSE).

Emma Leuchten and Adam Blake got engaged!

Madeleine Lundberg and Peter DeLalio are getting married in August 2026, after more than eight years of dating. They started dating junior year at Wes!

Ingrid Eck recently moved from Washington, D.C., to New York City to pursue a master of science in sustainability management at Columbia University. Prior to grad school, she served as senior manager of community engagement at the Good Food Institute, a food sustainability think tank specializing in alternative protein innovation. She’s eager to connect with Wesleyan alumni in the NYC area working in food systems or climate technology! Feel free to reach out at ieck@wesleyan.edu.

Thanks to everyone who submitted this time around. Look out for an email from me soon about the next edition of Class Notes!

Please send news to your class secretary.

Erica DeMichiel married Benjamin Freudman (Brandeis ’16) on Long Island in November. Close friends and classmates Courtney Laermer, Ilana Ladis Abrams, and Bailey Softness stood by her side as members of the bridal party and helped make the day truly unforgettable. Erica is settled in New York City and thriving in the hospitality-tech sector at Canary Technologies, where she was recently promoted to the company’s senior implementation team.

Alexandra Nesson and Marcus Holzberg were married on October 25, 2025. They were lucky to be surrounded by many college friends, including five married Wesleyan couples. The celebration even prompted a spontaneous rendition of the fight song, which Alexandra reports was the best party since the Fountain days.

Sarah Schechter shared that 2025 was a lovely year for her creative life. She exhibited her artwork in several art shows and included a playful photo of herself and her paintings at the Spring Break Art Fair. She continues to enjoy creating and sharing her paintings, and she also began playing harp in two bands, Virtual Perfection Cowboy and Truffles. Sarah is currently in her fifth year as a high school art teacher and is grateful that her life remains full of art, music, and learning. She hopes to connect with more of the Wesleyan community in 2026 and wishes classmates a happy, healthy new year. Those interested in seeing more of her creative work can find her on Instagram at @kasualbagel.

Aidan Thor Ravitch sent warm greetings to the class and shared appreciation for the continued connections among classmates.

Hello! Please see updates from our classmates:

Ally Ruchman started a sustainable wedding consulting and coordination business in 2025 year called Greener Unions. She hosted an event in November that was featured in The New York Times! The event was a bridal clothing swap at a local Brooklyn bridal salon. It was so successful that her group planned to host a second event at the end of January 2026. If any Wes alums are engaged and looking for help planning their wedding and finding ways to incorporate sustainability, she’d love to help. The best email to reach her at is aruchman1@gmail.com.

Alton Wang just finished nearly two years of serving as president of the Board of Trustees at Pasadena City College after being elected to the board in June 2022. He is preparing to run for re-election in November 2026!

Since our 2016 commencement, Rhys Langston Podell has lived in his native Southern California, working as a musician, visual artist, and writer. However, in 2025 he took to the road, performing songs from his new album Pale Black Negative in 12 states and 14 cities. Before his nationwide tour began, he also contributed a long-form essay to the Los Angeles Review of Books, critiquing Donald Trump’s illegal deployment of troops to his hometown of Los Angeles.

I am finished with the first six months of ophthalmology training, and it has been a tiring, humbling, and wonderfully rewarding experience! I spent the winter holidays in Albuquerque and enjoyed seeing the beautiful luminarias decorating the buildings in Old Town. I’m praying we get snow soon so we can go skiing this winter!

Stay well,

Mariam

Andrew Kang writes that he is “ecstatic to share that I married the woman of my dreams November 2025 at the Boston Public Library. Our story began like no one else’s—through the Hinge app. But then COVID struck one month into our relationship, and the rest was history.”

Brett Keating and Annie Saperstein ’14 (transferred) married each other on Cape Cod in September, supervised by three generations of more than 30 Wesleyan alums. Aaron Kalischer-Coggins, Zach Dravis, Sara Guernsey, Richie Starzec ’14, Zach Libresco ’13, and Andrew Hove all spoke, sang, and/or carried the groom home, and Richard Saperstein ’83 and Dale Hernsdorf ’85 each delivered toasts to honor their daughter, the bride.

William Henry Sikes writes in with a poem.

Kate Gibbel married her Wesleyan crush Alex Kelley ’13 in October 2025. Her first book of poetry, Little Sound, will be published by the University of Chicago Press Phoenix Poets Series in October 2026.

Silvia Diaz-Roa writes, “After Wes, I did my MPH and MBA at Yale then moved to NYC. I founded a start-up then left the start-up. I’m currently trying out ‘corporate life’ in NYC for the first time—though the siren song of the start-up world will likely pull me back in soon. On the personal front, my partner, Phil, and I moved in together this past year! He came with me to our 10-year reunion and it was so fun walking him down my memory lane at Wes. When I’m not working, I’ve been diving deep into women’s health advocacy and launched a resource site, www.withbea.com, to share what I’ve learned. If any Wes grads are in the health or tech space in NYC, I’d love to connect!”

Armani White shares, “This past year I opened my recreational marijuana shop, Firehouse (www.shopfirehouse.com), in my hometown of Boston. It’s been an almost eight-year-long project that the Boston Globe has covered.”

Ilan Weinschelbaum writes, “I got engaged in 2025! My fiancée is named Ellen, and she is a labor organizer. She’s awesome. We met when we were doing our PhDs at the University of Oregon—hers in theater and mine in mathematics. I also elevated my small business this year. I am a fiduciary, offering comprehensive financial advising/planning services with all associated investment and insurance licenses. If you want to learn about my practice, you can connect with me on LinkedIn.”

Grace Nix says, “2025 was quite a time! After graduating from the CalArts MFA Acting program, I moved to LA proper and dove into the acting world—auditionin’ and bookin’ and auditionin’ and performin’. I’ve also done a lot of casting for verticals (ask if you dare). Enjoying it all and excited for 2026.”

Lizzie Jáuregui celebrates her first year as director of residence life at Saint Peter’s University —a career that she started because of her role as a resident advisor for Clark Hall. She also got engaged to her non-Wesleyan fiancé, Alving Ramos.

Ethan Tucker lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Emilie Pass. He blogs about architecture, music, art, and urbanism on Substack at seven7things.substack.com and is honored to serve as the class notes secretary for the Class of 2015.