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An art history and SISP double major while at Wesleyan, Alexandra (Ava) Victoria Alvarez, is now a third-year PhD student at the University of Vienna’s Doctoral School of Cognition, Behaviour and Neuroscience. Ava conducts her research within the empirical visual aesthetics and ARTIS labs and investigates how the art experience changes on an emotional, cognitive, and behavioral level as an artwork goes through the process of digitization. She works with the Belvedere Museum and collaborates with contemporary artists to measure emotion sharing and neural synchrony between viewers and makers. This year she released a collection of poems in the form of an interactive art book entitled Panty Spliffs. Like her research on neuroaesthetics, the book is about where art and science kiss, and the title is taken from her time in WestCo, sharing and smoking with her friends while in skivvies.

Enrique Calvo writes, “The deadline for class notes catches me in the middle of moving to Madrid, Spain, after nine and a half years in Washington, DC, the longest stretch that I’ve lived anywhere! I’ll continue working remotely for the immigrant community in Virginia. Joining me in the move to Madrid is my wonderful fiancée, Dominique. We just got engaged in May! I’m looking forward to reconnecting with former classmates in our new home. My contact information has stayed the same since college.”

Henry Cheung writes, “It’s been two years since I’ve started Foss Warren, an investment and operating firm focused on talent/recruiting. We’ve 10x’d during this time and work with some of the best founders in the world. Always down for a chat!”

This year, Peter Conforti and Abby (D’Angelo) Conforti celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary and welcomed their first child, Zoe!

Olivia Hauser writes, “my brand, Ophelia Byrne, has its spring/summer 2027 collection for pre-order in September. The SS27 collection draws inspiration from antique nightgowns, mid-2000s tracksuits, 1920s evening wear, and baby pajamas. Girliness, glamour, trash, and confrontation, all woven into one collection.”

Caroline (McCarthy) Pompizzi is the founder and CEO of Sunpath, an AI–strategy firm that advises Democratic candidates and offices on AI policy and implementation. She also serves as board co-chair of March for Our Lives and co-leads the Persist Network. She and her husband, Richard, welcomed their first child in January and live on Chicago’s North Shore.

We received the sad news of the passing of Ryan Dias-Toppin on May 18, 2026. Her obituary says, “Ryan will be remembered for her warmth, resilience, generosity, adventurous spirit, and extraordinary ability to make others feel seen, valued, and loved.” Her obituary can be read here.

John Ryan got married with classmates and other Wesleyan alumni in attendance, including Locke Alexander, Cal Dysinger ’77, Sarah Dash, Ben Gottesman ’13, Gabe Greenberg, Ethan Hoffman, Kelly Lee, and John’s dad, Don Ryan ’77.