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Hi Class of 2011,

Lots of exciting news!

Sara Quinn writes, “I had a baby in April, Angelo Rain Kylstra-Quinn. He is the best. My wife, Marijke, and I are loving being parents. I just returned to work as a reading specialist at a middle school in Atlanta. Sending love to everybody!”

Jeffrey Breau completed his MDiv degree at Harvard Divinity School in May and is now program lead for psychedelics and spirituality at Harvard’s Center for the Study of World Religions. 

Sam Backer just moved from Brooklyn/Baltimore to Bangor, where he is starting as an assistant professor of history at the University of Maine.

Donovan Arthen reports, “This year my wife and I welcomed our new son into our family— Avenn was born last January. I have also become the interim executive director of Orion Magazine.”

Darien Combs contributes, “I am a licensed bilingual psychologist in Denver, Colorado, and I have a private practice providing therapy, consultations, and immigration evaluations. I welcomed my daughter to the world in March of 2024. :)”

Laura Heath-Stout writes, “My book, Identity, Oppression, and Diversity in Archaeology: Career Arcs, is coming out from Routledge this October 31.”

This past May, Bulaong (Ramiz) completed her educational leadership and policy studies doctorate from the University of Kansas. Since then, she has been working as a consultant and organizing with the Connecticut Palestine Solidarity Coalition to push for divestment and redirect state funds into more social service programs for our local communities here in Connecticut. 

Max Slater and his wife, Megan, are raising three fun and wild kids in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Raising three kids under the age of six has given Max much joy and many gray hairs. When he is not spending time with his own family, Max practices family law. In the words of the great legal scholar Vin Diesel, “You never turn your back on family.”

Kara Perez recently moved back to Massachusetts after 12 years below the Mason-Dixon Line. Her first book, Green Money: How to Reduce Waste, Build Wealth, and Create a Better Future for All, will be published on November 27, 2024.

Thanks for all the great updates!

Allie

ALLIE SOUTHAM | asoutham@wesleyan.edu