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Luciana Arraes ’13
Jessica Monson ’13
Jordan Deitch ’14
Alex Samson ’13
Ali Baker ’12
Aime Levesque
Marissa Madonna ’12
Nicole Mester ’12
Keyokah Mars-Garrick ’12
Javier Colon ’00
Taber Hammond ’13
Matt Plakunov ’11
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Luciana Arraes ’13

  • Native of Belém, Brazil
  • Member of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas
  • Started the Project Cururu music program for disadvantaged children
  • Fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and English
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Jessica Monson ’13

  • Park ranger at Springfield, Mass., Armory National Historic Site
  • Served as a ranger at Pearl Harbor
  • Nominated to serve as a Peace Corps volunteer
  • Studying entrepreneurship and eco/finance at the Barney School of Business
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Jordan Deitch ’14

  • Conversation Buddy
  • World Traveler
  • Volunteer
  • Chemistry Major
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Alex Samson ’13

  • Studied Abroad in Kenya
  • Has taught English in Ecuador
  • Speaks some Spanish and Swahili
  • Native of Bayport, New York
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Ali Baker ’12

  • Content Production for G4’s X-Play, Major League Gaming and RoosterTeeth
  • Senior Marketing and Promotions Intern at Ubisoft
  • Majored in Photography, minored in Television Production
  • Bergen County, New Jersey native
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Aime Levesque

  • Assistant professor of biology
  • Experiment to launch to International Space Station
  • Breast cancer researcher
  • Mentor to undergraduate students
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Marissa Madonna ’12

  • Won Summerterm Cover Design Contest
  • Future Children’s Book Illustrator
  • Illustration Major, Art History Minor
  • Hartford Art School
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Nicole Mester ’12

  • Integrated elementary and special education major
  • Student teacher in fourth-grade classroom
  • A native of Hamden, Connecticut
  • Trained at two Hartford elementary schools
  • Member of Narragansett tribe
  • Native American dancer
  • Teacher of Native American heritage
  • Forward on women’s basketball team
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Javier Colon ’00

  • First winner of NBC’s "The Voice"
  • Singer
  • Musician
  • Anchor Award winner, 2011
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Taber Hammond ’13

  • Student in Prosthetics/Orthotics program
  • Learning to design braces and artificial limbs
  • Wants to help injured veterans
  • From Farmington, Maine
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Matt Plakunov ’11

  • Captain of 2011 Formula SAE team
  • Designs racecar fuel-injection system
  • Connecticut native
  • Mechanical engineering major

Areas of Study

Charny

EXAMINING GENOCIDE

The Greenberg Center will present a powerful exhibit exploring the life of genocide scholar Israel W. Charny and three of the most notorious genocides of the 20th century. See more.

Bullying

PREVENTING BULLYING

The psychology honor society will host a day-long event promoting bullying prevention, including a film and a talk by a father whose son lost his life to bullying. See more.

Legislators

LESSONS LEARNED

Four freshman lawmakers will discuss the lessons they learned on the campaign trail and in the state legislature at a Sept. 30 panel discussion. See more.

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