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Greetings from your Class of 2012 class notes secretary, Amanda Schwartz, in sunny Los Angeles.

Please enjoy the following updates from your classmates:

Raghu Appasani writes, “I’ve been living in San Francisco and running my own integrative/addiction concierge mental health practice while building a new start-up focused on the digital wellness movement. Excited to attend Rishi Shah and Ari Fishman’s ’13 wedding at the end of May!”

Kenny Feder writes, “I live in Baltimore with my wife and three-year-old son, who loves to read, make up songs, and go bird-watching. I’m an assistant research professor at Johns Hopkins. My research focuses on public health approaches to drug overdose prevention and I teach a graduate statistics course.”

Kirsten “Kiri” White writes, “I moved to sunny Santa Barbara, California, in November of 2022, and am still adjusting to the pace of life on the West Coast. In this season of my life, I both wholeheartedly welcome and obstinately resist slowing down, mindfully taking my time, and (literally) smelling the flowers (lush jasmine and orange blossoms).

            “I have been working as a wardrobe stylist for the past 10 years, and more recently, as an embodiment coach. In my coaching work I support curious and heart-centered people to reclaim their inner wholeness by connecting to their bodies, accessing radical self-love, and developing a shameless devotion to their pleasure so that they can thrive and lead vibrant and fulfilling lives.

            “For the past 18 months, I have been immersed in a somatic love, sex, and relationship coaching certification with the VITA™ method. The program has been personally and professionally life-changing, challenging, liberating and a lot of fun.

            “Dancing around in the sun, doing yoga, drinking copious amounts of carbonated beverages with friends, and belly laughing are still four of my favorite activities.

            “If you’d like to connect, drop me a line! Kiri@stillemergingcoaching.com.”

Joyce Chung is the curator at Asian Arts Initiative in Philadelphia. Her curatorial projects focus on Asian diaspora art, new media art, performance, and intersections between feminism and visual arts. Joyce is interested in exploring the complexity of identity and representation through the lens of the politics of place. Her most recent curatorial works include Eiko Otake: I Invited Myself vol.III and The Body You Want, a group of six Asian and Asian American artists exploring their queer identity. Her upcoming exhibition, Dream House: Inside Music + Video, will highlight the shifting roles of music video as a creative form of art. The show will be on view from April 26 through August 3.

She has worked at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, Gwangju Biennale in Gwangju, Kukje Gallery in Seoul, Hyundai Card in Seoul, and Performa in New York. Joyce studied art history at Wesleyan and the University of Chicago.

Thanks to those who contributed and feel free to pass along notes at any time.

AMANDA SCHWARTZ | ABSCHWARTZ02@gmail.com