2019class of The MLEC Cambridge Class of 2019 is attending: Yale, Bowdoin College,

Carnegie Mellon, Bingham Young University, Florida State, New Jersey Institute of Technology, the University of Florida, the University of Central Florida, Florida International University, Hollins College, Virginia Tech, and Miami-Dade Honors College

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Sabine Joseph, Valeria Bula, Michele Mitchell, Ericka Miller, Sarah Lemos, Robyn Forbes, Luz Mosquera,

Nathalie Del Valle, Jason Ledon, Amos Luo, Herman Gonzalez, Ramiro Storni, Richard Lopez, Loubensky

Baine, Ali Hussain, Andy Gonzalez, Jairo Serrano, Chukwuemeka Okeke, Anthony Cruz, Nicholas Perez, Michael Miranda, Kaylee Miranda, Nyah Molina, Bryan Joseph, Lorenzo Lozada, Victor Valle, Darion Garcon,

Matthew Easterling, Bruce Cheung, Israel Zenteno, Kathleen Obrer, Lissette Osorio, Chelsea Soto, Emma

Blanco, Giuliana Hernandez, Darion Vega

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Salwa RazaMount Holyoke Col lege Salwa Raza graduated from Mount Holyoke College this summer with a B.A. in South Asian Studies.

Alejandra MendozaColumbia University Alejandra graduated from Columbia University with a degree in economics and political science. This has taken her to fully station in New York and start her new job with Accenture.

Lessenitt Campos, class of 2016, continues to develop her love for sports, media, and communications. This spring, she interned with a sports Marketing and Public Relations company where she worked hands-on on a variety of projects, which included the marketing and advertising of the Mayweather-McGregor fight. But one of the things that she is most proud of, is her participation in The “Chalk Talk: The Business of Baseball.” It was a half-day summit and networking event hosted by MLB Women for students in the NYU Tisch Institute of Global Sport program. Only 20 women were selected for the program, which was held inside of the Major League Baseball headquarters in New York on Park Avenue. Lessenitt was able to meet and network with women in positions of power the industry. Ellen Keithline Byrne spoke to them about professional development in the workplace. She is the Founder and Managing Partner of Elle Partners, a leadership consulting firm. Afterwards, Jennifer Zudonyi the senior manager of marketing was spoke strategies to market to the baseball fanbase, after asking her a few questions, Zudonyi said “Before we move on, you [Ms. Zudonyi pointed at Lessenitt] have a future in baseball operations. I can see it.”

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The networking event was reported on by the MLB and the article has been posted online. Here is the link: https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-hosts-female-nyu-students-at-corporate-hq/c-300391874

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Alyssa Indartpostgraduateresearch

Alyssa Indart, class of 2010, is currently pursuing a Ph.D in Immunology and Cancer Biology at University of California San Francisco. She majored in Latin American Studies with a focus on the Cuban Revolution and Biochemistry at Columbia University. After graduating, she became a lab manager focusing on assessing clinical biomarkers for autoimmune diseases, such as celiac disease, lyme disease, and schizophrenia. Subsequently, she worked as a postgraduate researcher at the National Insitutes of Health where she investigated basic mechanisms of regulatory T cell differentiation and suppression avenues. Alyssa chose to pursue a Ph.D at UCSF due to its innovative reputation and a fellowship offer. She was offered the NIGMS Initiative for Maximizing Student

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After graduating from the University of Florida with a BS in Civil Engineering, Suzanne Wong is a licensed Engineer In Training (EIT) pursuing her Professional Engineer licensure. She currently lives in Seattle, WA, only minutes away from Chinatown/International District and the Seahawks football stadium, working as a Structural Engineer. Living in the international and tech city, she works with architects to design buildings, ranging from luxury apartments and cultural centers, to artwork installations and mountain lodges. Her favorite project so far has been the airport expansion for the SeaTac International Airport. On her free time, she immerses herself in Seattle culture. She has visited

Development Fellowship, which is only given to two incoming first years from each program. The fellowship aids in stipend, conference travel, as well as, the opportunity to start laboratory rotations early. Her summer rotation focused on cellular editing to determine maintenance and stability of cellular identity. In her fall roation, she learned how to incorporate cellular engineering to reorient the location of cells to combat early stages of autoimmune diseases, such as type 1 diabetes. In spring, she will return to her roots of basic scientific questions centered on using these new techniques to alter regulatory T cells. Her goal is to become a principal investigator focused on developing immunotherapies using new technology and scientific perspectives.

Mount Rainier, as well as the Space Needle and the flagship Starbucks store. Thanks to its eccentric residents, there is a flourishing geek culture; she has checked

out conventions like Emerald City Comic Con and PAXWest, and has visited board game cafes.

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After graduating from Pomona College in Southern California in June 2018, with a degree in Economics and Public Policy, Pablo took his mom on a backpacking trip through Europe. Then he began his professional career at Accenture in San Francisco, where he works with the biggest tech companies in the world to advise, innovate, and operationalize their futures. One of his recent projects was building a business between Accenture and Google Cloud, as he helps manage the growing multimillion dollar global partnership that brings together what he thinks are Google Cloud’s best-in-class offerings and Accenture’s global delivery capabilities. “I’m always grateful for my Cambridge education that taught me to think bigger, be better, and believe myself capable of things beyond myself.”

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Stephanie Brito, class of 2016 is all over, literally. Last summer she worked at Google as a Software Engineering Intern, working on their Shopping Team under Ads. Her job there was to implement features that make it easier for shoppers to read reviews and learn about products before buying. She learned a lot about working at a big company.

This summer she spent time teaching philosophy and literature in Chile before heading to work as a Software Engineering intern at AirBnb. She also joined a professional bachata team (SF Touch) in San Francisco. She performed at the Reno Salsa/Bachata Festival in January with her SF team & Stanford’s bachata team, which was “super exciting.” Stephanie has also been working on research to redesign FDA medication labels to make medical information more accessible to teens with chronic illness.

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Vivian Bermudez, class of 2016, has had a very magical year. After returning to Young and Rubicam for a couple of months as their Itneractive Designer, she landed a very coveted and highly selective Disney Professional Internship. Her Disney Story began in June, where she is the Graphic Design Intern for the Disney Housing Communications Team. Disney Housing, a segement of Disney Programs and Internships, is the official communications channel for cast memebers who are particpating in the Disney College, International, Culimary or Internship Program. As an intern, Vivian is very much an intergral part of her team. She handles the brainstorming, designing and executing of multiple communications vehicles - both digital and print. This includes things such as instagram cards, social media graphics, filers, posters, or even tabletop signs.

And as of recently due to her mentor finding another role within the company, she is handling transportation schedules and as well as designing the official Disney Housing newsletter that is printed and read by over 4,000 cast memebers and partners. It’s been a very busy time! Becoming a cast member that does what they love has been a dream for VIvian, who wished for such an opportunity since middle school. It is exciting to work with official character art and push oneself to make every single event and piece different from the last. She has learned a lot and become a better designer because of it - especially when some days it means hanging with Edna Mode or Chip and Dale. This experience has been once in a lifetime for Vivian. While she was offered to extend her internship until June of 2020, she declined so she could go back and finish her last semester of school. Having achieved a goal of a lifetime by working at Disney, Vivian is going back to the drawing board and looking at what’s next. Who knows? It may lead her back to the place that started with a mouse!

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Edysmar Diaz-Cruzstay ing inthe news In August, Edysmar Diaz-Cruz (class of 2017), will be entering her third year at UF. She is pursuing a Bachelor’s of Science in Journalism and working towards getting a graphic arts certification. She was a part of the digital news team intern for WKMG News 6 in Orlando this summer. She finished up her internship on August 10. During her time there she wrote about community news while navigating a new city. Edysmar learned a lot about the TV news industry after several years doing print and online only. She was the Print Editor for The Fine Print Magazine, a quarterly local advocacy journalism publication with a circulation of 5,000 copies. For a year, Edysmar edited the food and music columns. Currently, she is the Historian for Gamma Eta Sorority, inc. which is a multicultural sorority founded at UF. She is also working as a staff writer for Narrow Magazine Gainesville, in which she writes a feature once a month on local talent — from rappers to orchestra directors to indie bands.

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an erathe end of Anyone privileged enough to learn from Joseph Walpole, could never forget him. Walking into his classroom was always special -- and whether he was discussing rhythm and meter, or the “art of styling sentences,” or love, loss and conflict in literature – the lessons came alive, the students sat engaged and enthralled. “Like good writing, teaching is an art, and Joseph Walpole is the best I’ve ever known,” said Helena Castro, activities director at Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC). He taught more than grammar and mechanics, he taught his students about life. “His lessons came not only from books, but from his own hardships and triumphs, his time in the U.S. Navy and teaching abroad,” Castro said. And yet, Joe’s storied teaching career began after a serendipitous encounter. He saw a billboard advertisement looking for college

graduates to teach English in the Virgin Islands. He called the phone number and the rest is history. Walpole has taught everywhere, from private schools to penitentiaries, around the world. And everywhere, his students remember him, send him holiday cards and emails, dropping by to visit.“I am literally here because of Mr. Joe Walpole,” said Dr. Steve Gallon, who was once a student in Walpole’s ninth grade English class at Miami Northwestern Senior High School. “When he met me, I could have gone left, I could have gone right; Mr. Walpole helped guide me forward,” said Gallon, now Miami-Dade County Public Schools District I school board representative, at Walpole’s retirement party.Dr. Gallon went on to major in English and became the youngest principal in MDCPS history and then a schools superintendent in New Jersey, before returning to his

native Miami.Throughout his career, Joe has inspired many students. His literary alumni now span the globe. There are millionaires and writers, business people, journalists and scientists. They remember his lessons, not just how to write a killer thesis statement, but they remember that he believed in them.“Mr. Walpole believed in us, so much and was so proud of us when we accomplished our goals, he was so excited to hear where and when we were accepted to college,” said Jason Ledon, a recent graduate of MLEC heading to Carnegie Mellon in the fall. “When Mr. Walpole is proud of you, you become proud of yourself.”Now, after 45 years of teaching, Mr. Walpole is saying goodbye to the classroom. He is retiring from Miami Lakes Educational Center, where he spent the last 16 years of his teaching career, the longest he’d stayed at any one school.It’s not just the students that will miss him. “Joe makes us better teachers and better people,” said Erica Evans-DeSimmone, the Cambridge Academy leader at MLEC. “He has been the heart of this academy, and we are going to miss him.” Walpole has said that, throughout his career, he has sought “to do good in this life.” To help “engrain values: the old verities that will anchor students through life, truth-seeking, responsibility, courage, compassion, and respect for oneself and for others.” If the outpouring of support, love and appreciation that he has received is any indication, it is safe to conclude that Joseph Walpole has, indeed, done good.