2020s

From Kristin Yorke for Spring 2025: Only a few new updates from your Class of 2020, but I promise they’re good ones! ✹ Emily Buckman recently started working as an occupational therapist at NYU Rusk Rehabilitation, which has been her dream job since her senior year at Colby. She and partner Wyett MacDonald ’19 also recently adopted their first puppy, Toast, an English cocker spaniel. Congratulations, Emily! ✹ Margaret “Maggie” Hall is in her second year of graduate school at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, working on her Ph.D. in clinical psychology. Last fall, Maggie was awarded an APAGS/Psi Chi Junior Scientist Fellowship for her thesis on evaluating social-emotional learning programs and identifying young students who may need targeted interventions. Outside of graduate school, Maggie “coaches a club soccer team of 9- and 10-year-olds, creates crafts that she sells in a local artisan store, and explores the beautiful, but flat, trails, and dreams about the mountains in New England.”  ✹ Finally, Grace Crowell is engaged to her now-fiancé Nate Hitchcock (Trinity ’17)! The two live together in San Francisco, where Grace teaches elementary school and coaches lacrosse at Mount Tamalpais School.

New submissions for Spring 2026: Hannah Johnson is finishing up her third year of her doctoral program in Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Florida.

New submissions for Fall 2025: Jenna Webb and Caleb Webb welcomed their first son Alden on Aug. 18, 2025.

From Hannah Johnson for Spring 2025: Four strange years have passed since the Class of 2021 roamed Mayflower Hill. I, Hannah Johnson, am still working toward my Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Florida, chomp chomp! ✹ Scott Jackson has left the Northwest to begin work at the MacArthur Foundation in Chicago, where he joined a band with Cat Merkle ’23! ✹ Drummond Poole will earn his master of landscape architecture degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Design this May. ✹ Elise Crutchlow will be graduating vet school this summer and starting an internship at Mt. Laurel Animal Hospital Emergency Department. ✹ Dean Strup is a fourth-year medical student and is applying to neurology for residency alongside his roommate, Matt Johnson ’20. ✹ Danny Farr spends his days as an electrical engineer in renewable energy for a Norwegian oil and gas company, a life of contrast. Dia duit from across the pond! ✹ Annabel McLaughlin is in med school at the University of Limerick, and Molly Smith is a tour guide at the Irish president’s house (while pursuing a master’s in history at Trinity). ✹ Congrats to Henry Harris and Anna McClean ’20 on their upcoming wedding this October! ✹ Julia Pfau graduated with honors from the University of Texas School of Law and is now a licensed attorney at Jones Day in Houston. ✹ Marta Torelli is living in NYC, where she’s pursuing an M.P.A. in global policy at Columbia SIPA. She loves seeing her Colby friends (Cara Moynihan, Ben Woollcott, and Noah Gewirtz) in the city and rowing up at Harlem River Community Rowing in Inwood. ✹ Catie Riley is new to NYC, where she started PA school at the Weill Cornell Medical College. ✹ Jason Dunn moved from St. Louis back to Boston to start a Ph.D. in economics at Boston University. ✹ Alli Bassman-Lyons lives in Greenville, N.C., teaching eighth grade math. ✹ Callie Nesbitt started medical school at Trinity School of Medicine and has loved exploring the island of St. Vincent. ✹ Cheers to another Colby couple! Nick Malkemus and Adrienne Kaplowitz are getting married this August. Nick is in his second year of law school at UC Berkeley, and Adrienne is working in UX design at a startup. ✹ Sam Kwon is finishing his master’s program at Tufts this spring and is excited to start his first year at medical school next fall. ✹ Genesis Cazalez Moreno got married and became an LPC-A in Texas. ✹ Jack Taylor just completed his master’s at the University of Georgia and the USFS on long-term prescribed fire effects. Now he’s living in Italy for the next few months and getting his Italian citizenship! ✹ In a year of adventure, Minou Farrokhi surfed in Indonesia with her sister, snowboarded out West with friends, and surfed again in Costa Rica with Tate Ewing. She is so grateful for this year of recreation with people who make her smile. She is ready to start working for the Washington State Department of Health this spring. ✹ Grace Horne is back on the East Coast, interning with Native Plant Trust and the Appalachian Mountain Club to promote native plant and insect conservation in New England’s alpine zones. ✹ AJ Dela Cruz is a therapeutic mentor for Child and Family Services, providing one-on-one, strength-based support in social, emotional, and daily living skills for youth under 21. ✹ Margaret Dent is working at a wind company, Vestas, as a contracts professional. Sadly (her words), she is living in the other Portland. ✹ Grace Neumiller is in her second year of water resources environmental consulting. She is gearing up for her fourth American Birkebeiner ski race on the Twin Cities Ski Club board of directors. She cheered on her Colby swim teammates from afar as they competed in NESCACs! ✹ Another year, another whirlwind series of updates from the legendary Class of 2021. Until next time…

From Alyssa Kent for Spring 2025: Wow! Three years have already gone by since the Class of 2022 took its final steps across Mayflower Hill. I, Alyssa Kent, live in Boston and work for an investment bank, specializing in biotech. I recently traveled to Philadelphia with Emily Simas and Laura Powell to run the Philly Marathon! ✹ Teddy Storrs lives in Brookline and works in solar energy with Mia Kaldenbaugh ’23. ✹ Nell Coues moved to Colorado last summer. ✹ Houston Newsome is producing music in Nashville. Check out his music as the Phantom! ✹ Yusuke Fukuda moved to California and is working for the LA Dodgers. ✹ Dora Wang is drawing and publishing graphic novels in LA. She encourages everyone to check out your local bookstore and support your town’s library. ✹ Alessandra Amano, Abby Conway, and Sarah Gold ’23 live together in NYC. ✹ Ana Molestina will be attending Fordham Law in the fall. ✹ Katie McKinley moved to London to continue her career in life science consulting. She has joined Jordan McClintock across the pond. Jordan is pursuing a Ph.D. at Northeastern University London on the impact of digitalization on healthcare. ✹ Kat Specht is a first-year medical student at UMass Chan Medical School. ✹ Lillian Fisher will be attending Larner College of Medicine at UVM this summer. ✹ Minori Cohan is pursuing her master’s from Harvard while spending her free time coxing at the Riverside boathouse. She’s moving to Portland, Maine, this summer. Yay, Maine! ✹ Morgan Honor is living in Portland and studying at Tufts University School of Medicine’s Maine Track Program. ✹ Laura Powell and Eliza Pohle have also continued to explore Maine and have become board game aficionados specializing in Catan, Wingspan, and mahjongg. ✹ Lukas Alexander is in his second year at Washington University in St. Louis for his Ph.D. in political science. ✹ Sloane Hauck will be attending grad this fall in Connecticut. ✹ Meredith Griffin is studying for her J.D.-M.D.A. at Northwestern University. She is looking forward to Meghan Garrett ’23 joining her in Chicago this summer. ✹ Emily Simas moved to Boston last year and is working for an investment management company. ✹ Lexi Phillips is in her first year at Syracuse University College of Law. ✹ Natalie Simonton moved to Jackson, Wyo., and is working for TRC Companies and coaching volleyball in her free time. ✹ Stewart Egan is a ski instructor at Deer Valley and a river guide at Nantahala Outdoor Center in Bryson City, N.C. ✹ Katelyn Angeli started as the sole social media manager for the Boston Fleet of the PWHL this fall. ✹ Ellie Batchelder is finishing up her master’s in environmental studies at the University of Victoria and staying busy exploring British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest.

Coming Soon—submit your own Class Note!

Coming Soon—submit your own Class Note!

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