Live from New York… It’s Nueva!

New York City is home to many Nueva alumni and our January 31 social at Lindens in the SoHo neighborhood brought together members of the Classes of 2017 to 2022 for a fun and festive evening. The event saw the range of life stages of our young alumni, from graduates of the founding class, who are now living and working in Manhattan, to our most recent 2022 graduates attending colleges in the region.

The robust gathering served as the first alumni event for many in attendance and even welcomed a few out-of-state friends based in Connecticut and Pennsylvania to spend time with one another and Head of School Lee Fertig, Director of Development Joe Cheeseman, and Director of Alumni Relations Diana Chamorro.

“It was great to see how many Nueva alumni were in New York and hear about what they’ve been up to! We always love meeting some of the current Nueva faculty and staff and hearing about what’s going on on campus,” said Saira Yusuf ’17, who is working at Mobiquity, a small UX consultancy.

“The enthusiasm, excitement, and positive reverberations from the event could be felt 3,000 miles away on our San Mateo campus,” Diana said. “I can’t wait to host more regional socials in the coming year—stay tuned for what city we head to next!”

(1) Class of 2017 friends (l to r): Saira Yusuf, Kian Motamed-Zaman, Jenna Li, and Olivia Jorasch. (2) Former Current editorin-chief Sinead Chang ’18. (3) Current NYCbased students and recent residents (l to r): Aiden Herrod ’18, Sinead Chang ’18, Neel Gupta ’18, Hanna Zarrinnegar ’20, Talia Schonberger ’18, and Madeline Park ’20.