Santa Margarita Catholic High School

WINGS | 2009
Lia (Carreon) Vaca ‘96 gave
birth to twin boys, Anthony and
Robert, on August 19, 2007 at
UC Irvine. The twins joined their
older siblings Daniel (three-yearsold)
and Joelle (eight-years-old).
another son on the way. Nate
works for his family’s consulting firm
(www.barberassociates.com). Nate
is enrolled in the Executive MBA
program at the University of Texas at
San Antonio (UTSA). As a part of the
MBA program, Nate and Marisa will
be travelling to London and Brussels in
late October, which should prove to be
very interesting as they will be taking
their six-week-old son with them!
Christina (Copes) Tortomasi ’96
received her Master’s Degree in
Education in May, 2005 from Vanguard
University. She also recently finished
her fifth year as a kindergarten
teacher in the Newport-Mesa school
district. Monika Burke ’96 and Joe
Dedic ’96 introduced Christina to
her husband, Jeff Tortomasi, four years
ago. Christina and Jeff were married
over Memorial Day weekend (May
24, 2008) in Santa Barbara, California.
They celebrated their wedding with
SMCHS alumni: Monika Burke ’96,
Eleni (Constantine) Bicos ’96, Erin
(Connolly) Burns ’97, Lia (Carreon)
Vaca ’96, Nicole (Pierantoni) Munz
’96, Joe Dedic ’96, Bryce Popko
’96, and Alli Popko ’97. Jeff and
Christina honeymooned on the
islands of Lanai and Kauai in July and
currently reside in Irvine, California.
Shannon (Conley) Wilcox ’96
and husband, Toby, welcomed their
second child, Aubrey Evelyn, on
March 7, 2008. Her big brother, Gavin
Pierce (two-years-old), is excited
about his sister and offers to help
with everything. They been living in
Tri-Cities, Washington for six years.
Shannon and Toby will celebrate their
seventh anniversary in October.
Cameron Wilson ’96 and wife,
Stephanie, welcomed their first child,
daughter Taylor Suzanne Wilson, on
June 3, 2008. They currently live in
Virginia as Cameron completes his
residency in urology at Virginia
Commonwealth University
School of Medicine.
Class of 1997
Nate Barber ’97 recently celebrated
seven years of marriage to his wife,
Marisa, who he met through his
church while attending the University
of Michigan. Nate and Marisa have
a 19-month-old son, Tommy, and
Erin (Connolly) Burns ’97 married
David Burns on December 9, 2006.
David is from Houston, Texas and
graduated from St. Thomas Catholic
High School in 1996. He attended the
University of Texas, class of 2000. Their
wedding took place at St. Catherine
of Siena Catholic Church in Laguna
Beach and was followed by a reception
at Franciscan Gardens in San Juan
Capistrano. Many SMCHS alumni
were a part of the wedding, including:
Erin’s siblings, Brendan Connolly
’96 and Katie Connolly ’00, and
friends, Christina (Copes) Tortomasi
’96, Alyse Gome ’97, Jacqueline
(Wescombe) Hoppe ’97 and Anna
Marie (Scutetta) Stouder ’95. Erin
and David reside in Washington,
D.C. They both work on Capitol Hill
where they met and started dating
five years ago. They are looking
forward to starting a family soon.
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