Alumni
Alumni Accolades We tracked the following news items related to Prep alums. Have some good news to share? Email alumni@sfprep.org.
Climate and community activist Jade Begay '08 was appointed to the newly created White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. “I really attribute what I do and who I am right now to being a Pueblo kid, growing up in that community, really immersed in my culture, really immersed in my traditions,” said Begay, climate justice campaign director for NDN Collective, an Indigenous rights group. Congratulations to Jennifer O'Brien '83, whose book, “The Hospice Doctor's Widow: A Journal,” earned a Silver Award in the "Death & Dying/Grief & Loss" category of this year's Nautilus Book Awards. In the book, O’Brien chronicles her 22-month journey caring for her husband, Bob Lehmberg, MD, who died of cancer in 2017. She takes readers through a personal and frank conversation about her own reality—the same reality facing millions of caregivers daily—through art and journaling.
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PaaWee Rivera ’09 has been installed as an official member of President Biden’s administration, serving the country as Director of Tribal Affairs and Senior Adviser to the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. The latest Young Adult novel from Alex Richards '97, "When We Were Strangers," was published by Bloomsbury YA in July. Alex's previous novels are "Accidental" (2020) and "Back Talk" (2007). "When We Were Strangers" tells the story of 17-year-old Evie Parker, who lives in Santa Fe, and how she deals with the fallout from her father's sudden death. Brava to Rafaella Fiore Mark '21, one of Prep's newest alumni who is now studying at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. As a Prep senior, Raffie earned a semifinalist spot in The Jimmy Awards—the National High School Musical Theatre Awards, placing her among the top eight high school actresses for 2021.
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Prep alumni Kyle Burns '00, President of The Rikoon Group, and Dayan Hochman-Vigil '02, Principal at DHV Law, LLC both are part of Albuquerque Business First's 2021 class of "40 Under Forty" honorees who are making significant contributions in their fields.
