Alumni Spotlight

Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Canadian Arctic. She writes grants for the rainforest non-profit Health In Harmony and articles for the environmental news site Mongabay. Now living in London, she is a Marshall Scholar pursuing a master’s degree in One Health, a field that integrates public health with veterinary medicine.

Jeremiah Hobbs ’14 currently teaches in the Middle School at SAAS in the new Financial Literacy and Computational Thinking courses. Since graduating from SAAS, Jeremiah has served in different leadership roles during his continuing education. While at Peninsula College, Jeremiah served as the Director of Event Planning, coordinating events for students and the community of Port Angeles. After finishing at Peninsula College, Jeremiah continued his basketball career as a captain on the University of Puget Sound basketball team while completing his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science/Business. Jeremiah loves to connect with people in many ways and is super excited to be back building and establishing more relationships in Seattle. 3

Joel Hobbs ’04 is a Tool Maker at Boeing Everett. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Morehouse College in Business Administration in Finance and a Minor in Economics. He earned a Certificate in Aerospace Tooling and Manufacturing from Renton Technical College. Learning and business is a passion of his, he's been operating his own DJ business for ten 4

GODE ’14 PUBLISHED IN THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION BLOG

Jackson Gode ’14, a Research Analyst in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, has seen many of his articles published online. The Brookings Institution, based in Washington, DC, is a top-ranked public policy think tank in the world. Their mission is to conduct in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national, and global level.

Jackson's work at Brookings addresses a variety of domestic policy topics and issues including voting rights, congressional oversight of the presidential Administration, and tax politics. He is currently overseeing a multi-state research project testing the effectiveness of voter registration at Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites.

While at Seattle Academy, Jackson was an active member in the Youth Legislature program and served as the 2014 Youth Secretary of State. On multiple occasions throughout high school, he traveled to the state capitol in Olympia which allowed him to meet with various politicians, including current Governor Jay Inslee.

We are happy to see Jackson pursuing interests that were identified and nurtured at SAAS. Congratulations on his accomplishments and contributions in Washington, DC.

LORENZINI ’15 WINS AWARDS FOR THESIS ON BLONDE WOMEN AS VISUAL SYMBOLS IN MEDIA

My name is Sierra Lorenzini, and I graduated from Seattle Academy in 2015, which feels like both a lifetime and a blink of an eye ago. After SAAS, I attended Duke University, from which I graduated this past May with a major in Visual and Media Studies, a minor in Computer Science, and a certificate in Information Science. During college, I was a User Experience (UX)/ Game Design intern for two summers at Microsoft Studios Global Publishing, where I fell in love with UX for gaming. I now work as a UX Designer at Turn 10

Studios (owned by Microsoft), where I am working on the new installment of the Forza Motorsport Series.

However, the award I am writing about now has nothing to do with video games. At the end of my junior year of college, I decided I wanted to write a thesis with my favorite professor as my advisor. I eventually landed on the subject of the use of blonde women as a visual symbol in media, a subject I cared about as I have been blonde my whole life. I won two awards for my work, the first being the Visual and Media Studies Award for Outstanding Thesis, given to a few graduating seniors in the department each year.

Inspired by this win, I then applied to and eventually won the Middlesworth Award, which is given to outstanding research that uses primary sources and rare materials from Duke’s Rubenstein Library. Utilizing the incredible sources held at the Rubenstein was one of my favorite parts of my Duke career, so it was a no-brainer for me to include it in my research for my thesis. I analyzed advertisements that included ideological images of blonde women which Rubenstein had through their acquisition of the collection of feminist media scholar Jean Kilbourne.

Researching and writing was difficult at times, but I think it was one of the most rewarding things I have ever done, and I was honored to receive both awards for something I worked so hard on. If you are interested in reading more, here is a link to my portfolio, which includes my thesis entitled “Fair Haired: Considering Blonde Women in Film and Advertising.” ☜ years and recently earned his real estate license where he operates as an investor and agent. He's currently enrolled at City University of Seattle working towards an MBA in Project Management.

James Reinhardt ’99 was born in Boulder CO in 1980 to a music teacher and chemist. Moving to Philadelphia at age 2, James and his brother Alexander (also a SAAS alum) grew up in until James was 11 and moved to Seattle. He would spend one year at UCDS. After graduating James found Seattle Academy, an exciting new school environment. There he would continue on throughout high school with the exception of his junior year when his family traveled between Boston and Melbourne, Australia. Attending school in the two other cities, an interest in black and white photography eventually produced a portfolio that would gain acceptance to the Rhode Island School of Design where James ended up discovering Industrial Design. He graduated in 2004 and moved back to Seattle where he enjoyed a brief stint as an acrobat in a local circus before creating sculptures for Burning Man. While gaining experience with metalworking James started Forward Fabrication in 2012 making custom lighting and furniture. In 2015 James purchased Pacific Sheet Metal and has been working with local school groups and creating custom metal projects for the greater Seattle area and beyond. 5

Geneva Shaunette ’05 graduated with a degree in Athletic Medicine from the University of Michigan before moving to the tiny mountain town of Telluride, CO. She spent five years managing one of the first recreational cannabis businesses, leading the compliance division of the company through many regulation changes and immense growth. After the cannabis world, she co-founded a business development and event company, opened a shared-use commercial kitchen, and was elected to the Town of Telluride city council to fight for affordable housing. She and her wife participate extensively in the local art scene and produce a storytelling event and podcast called the Downlow. ☜ 6