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This page, left: Head of School Mike Hanas, Nick Hoffner ‘16, Juliana Lamm-Perez ‘`7, Stella Malone ‘17, and Qiaoying Chen ‘17 this past August at Valencia Street. Right: Boris Cotom with bags of delicious Cotom Coffee. Opposite page, from top: Sofia Arnest ‘18 has been playing for Head-Royce’s soccer team the past few years, Colly Urdan ‘18, also at Lick, was recently honored for his achievements on and off the basketball court, and Annika Gursky ‘18 and Jamie ‘18 have been playing soccer together—and against Sofia!—throughout high school.
class of 2011: Dezáray Lowery ’11 says: “After I graduated from Gateway in 2015, I was accepted into my first choice, Spelman College. I enjoyed going to an all-Black, all-women’s university, and I attended Spelman for a year and a half before needing to come home for personal reasons. I took some classes at City College of San Francisco to continue my education as well as started working at SF Friends to give back to the community and enjoy the new generation of young people. I then transferred to San Francisco State University in 2018 and finally graduated college last year December of 2020. I am now using this time to travel and see as much of the world among friends: winter 2022
demic coordinator; you can read more about what Evie is up to on page 14, where she’s featured in our alumni-focused Friends Forever column.
as I can. I just came back from Ghana, where I was for a month, and in about two weeks I am going to Nigeria. I hope to continue traveling and working and then go back to school for my Master’s in School Counseling.”
Patrick Sullivan ’13 continues to make music, and you can check out some of his tunes now on soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ abcd3f.
Stephanie Woodford ’11 sang the Black anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at the annual MLB game between the Giants and the A’s (popularly known as The Battle of the Bay) this past June.
Boris Cotom ’15 recently founded Cotom Coffee, which imports beautifully cultivated beans from the farms of Guatemala. You can check out the Cotom Coffee website (https://www.cotomcoffee.com) to learn more and order your own!
–––––––––– class of 2013: Evie Hidysmith ’13 is currently back in San Francisco, working at the Urban School as their pan-
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–––––––––– classes of 2016 & 2017: Nick Hoffner ’16, Juliana Lamm-Perez ’17, Stella Malone
