Class Notes

Class of 1967

The Sacred Heart of Mary Class of 1967 is planning their 55year reunion for next October in Dunedin, Florida.

Class of 1971

John Thome, who spent over thirty years working in the converting and package printing industry with Graymills and Pro Mark Technologies/BST International/BST eltromat, has written and published a sales and marketing book. “Marketing With Exceptional Results: 50 Lessons On How To Excel At Business-To-Business Marketing” is now available on Amazon worldwide.

Class of 1982

Holly Caruso started a non-profit called Redeeming Love Sanctuary Foundation, whose mission is “to aid in preventing sex trafficking and abuse and to support those impacted, by funding survivor support services, education, recovery and prevention programs in the United States and abroad.” You can learn more about Holly and her non-profit at redeeminglovesanctuary.org.

Class of 1992

Natasha Korecki was inducted into the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Illini Media Hall of Fame. She currently serves as senior national political reporter for NBC News, based in the Midwest.

Class of 1999

Dr. Erin King is a hospitalist with the Children’s MN Hospitalist Program, Director for Medical Education on the Minneapolis Campus, and an Associate Program Director at the University of Minnesota Pediatrics Residency Program.

Class of 2008

Arika Cozzi returned to Saint Viator as the school’s new Athletic Trainer in March.

Class of 2010

Dr. Anthony Joseph

Quagliano, PhD celebrated his white coat ceremony (18 months late due to Covid) with his fiancée Claire Vesier at Nova Southeastern University/ Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, in Davie, Florida on February 27, 2022. He fondly remembers playing spring break Saint Viator baseball in nearby Fort Lauderdale his junior and senior years.

Door County Candle Company, owned by Dominic “Nic” Trapani, and his wife Christiana sold more than 40,000 yellowand-blue, vanilla-scented candles, and sent 100% of the profits to Ukraine. As of March 25, they sent one check for $125,000 and a second one for $175,000.

Class of 2012

Michael DeStefano and his wife Lisa celebrated their first wedding anniversary in March. They were married on March 6, 2021 at Loyola University Chicago’s Madonna della Strada Chapel, with Fr. Corey Brost, C.S.V. as the officiant. Michael now works as a developmental optometrist at Visual Symptoms Treatment Center in Arlington Heights. He graduated as valedictorian of his optometry school class and finds joy in helping patients with concussions, tracking issues, and/or special needs, especially children. When he is not working, he enjoys spending time with loved ones as well as working out, golfing, playing video games, or building his Pokemon card collection.

Class of 2014

Marisa Ferrazzuolo works as a hairstylist in the heart of downtown Arlington Heights in Sola Salon Studios, Suite 20. She has been doing hair for nearly five years and specializes in blondes and balayage. Check out her work on Instagram at @marisagracesalon and Facebook at Marisa Grace Salon.

Class of 2016

Mark Perkowski is a Medical Student at the University of Illinois at Chicago, applying into pediatrics residency this year.

Class of 2018

Olivia Isufi works part-time at Oakwood High School as the junior varsity girls head basketball coach and assistant head track coach.

Class of 2019

Peter Lambesis made the CCIW All-Conference First Team in basketball at Illinois Wesleyan University. Lambesis was named one of the top defenders in Division III and led the team in steals, while ranking fourth in scoring and rebounding.

Trey Calvin led Wright State to the NCAA Basketball Tournament this past March. Calvin scored 21 points, including the game-winner with 10 seconds on the clock on March 8, while providing outstanding defense to lead the Raiders to the Big Dance for just the fourth time in school history.

Tim Crawford and Nolan Doherty both play for Loyola University Chicago’s golf team. In February, they received their conference rings. They began golfing together before they even enrolled at Saint Viator.

Classes of 2020 & 2021

In March, Saint Viator lacrosse alumni Alex Gern ’20 and Chris Coleman ’21 competed against each other on their team’s spring break trip. Alex plays for Carthage University’s lacrosse team and Chris plays for Berry College.