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in December 2011 she was named No. 5 on Billboard’s Best of 2011 chart for the top 50 emerging artists in the world. In March 2012, her book, Rocking the Pink , became available at all bookstores (both online and brick-and-mortar). Her website is www.lauraroppe.com. [ 1 9 9 7 ] KELLY (KREISLE) BURKE (BBA) and her husband, Ashley, welcomed their second child, Evan James, on Nov. 30, 2011. The family lives in Orange County, Calif. ASHRAF KASTO (BA) is an emer- gency room (ER) doctor at Sharp Grossmont Emergency Room, the largest and busiest ER in San Diego County. [ 1 9 9 8 ] JEFF CHAPMAN (BA) and his wife, Lisa Nicola ’98, live in the Los Angeles community of Eagle Rock, and they recently welcomed their second child, Ryder. Jeff is the director of an environmental education center in East Los Angeles. ANGELA (KIGGINS) Di’LORENZO (BA) works in the legal field of the film and television industry. BRIAN SANCHEZ (BA) owns a non-medical in-home care company in Orange County and Los Angeles County. [ 1 9 9 9 ] CHRISTINA (SMITH) GIBSON (BBA) and her husband, Lee, wel- comed a daughter, Emma, on Jan. 24, 2012, in England. NICOLE (NICKOLOFF) HUMPHRY (BA) and her husband, Tim, own and operate Humphry’s in San Clemente, Calif. They offer spe- cialty sandwiches, salads, wraps, burgers and brew. Nicole is a fourth- generation restaurateur and is look- ing forward to opening more loca- tions with her husband. The couple lives in San Clemente with their sons, Cole, 9, and Bryce, 7. SHERI ANN FORBES MURRAY (JD) joined the Nevada Attorney General’s Office on March 19, 2012, where she is in the Bureau of Con- sumer Protection and is working to redress the mortgage fraud cases that have contributed to Nevada’s high foreclosure rate.

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JOHN VANDERVEEN ‘09 (MBA) and his wife, Erin, an assistant director of university events and promotions at USD, are overjoyed to announce the birth of their daughter, Audrey Marie, on April 16. She was 7 pounds, 1 ounce and 20.5 inches. Audrey joins proud big brother, William, who is almost 3. “Welcome to the world, Audrey!,” say the proud parents. If you’d like to share a photo of your own new arrival or other milestone occasion for consideration for the print edition of USD Magazine , email your class note (along with a high resolution photo) to classnotes@sandiego.edu. Please note that while we are unable to print every photo we receive, we can certainly share your photo and class note with fellow Toreros in the magazine’s Web edition. [ s u g a r a n d s p i c e ]

Ryan Elizabeth, 2; and London Kathleen, 6 months. Justin and Denise both joined the North County San Diego Alumni Group recently. MICHELLE (RICHMAN) SU (BA) and her husband, Kevin, welcomed their second child, Colin Alexander, on Nov. 28, 2011. CHRISTINE MOTSCHMAN WANNER (BA, BBA ’01) moved to Washington, D.C., after earning a master’s degree in nursing from the University of California, San Francis- co. She is a pediatric, neonatal and pediatric cardiac intensive care nurse at Children’s National Medical in the critical care float pool. She also volunteers as a pediatric intensive care nurse during her vacations with International Children’s Heart Foun-

boys — ages 3, 6 and 8 — while he attends Loma Linda University Dental School (Class of 2015). MELISSA (MERIWETHER) SIPOWICZ (BA) and her husband, Tim, proudly welcomed another daugh- ter, Mila Kate, on Nov. 15, 2011. Big sister Meg Rorie was born on March 15, 2010. [ 2 0 0 1 ] BRETT BANDUCCI (BA, MA ’09) returned to California in July 2011 after spending two years teaching history at the International School of Panama in Panama City, Panama. He is nowworking at a private day school in Irvine, Calif. JUSTIN PEEK (BA) and his wife, Denise ’01, have been living in Carls- bad, Calif., since 2004 and are the proud parents of two young girls:

J. KENT THURSTON (MBA) is the owner and chef of three restaurants in Palm Beach, Fla.: Cucina Dell’Arte, Nick & Johnnie’s and Cha Cha’s, “a tapas place partly inspired by time spent at Olé Ma- drid in the Gaslamp, where I met my wife, Trish, while attending USD!”

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[ 2 0 0 0 ] JAYMIE GONZAGA (MA) is an adjunct counselor at Miramar, Palomar and Mira Costa community colleges. Jaymie teaches college success skills at the schools as well. CHARLES SCHEIN (BBA) writes that his wife, Monica (Escobedo) ’00, is busy taking care of their three

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