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24 • GradNews1999Kenneth Minogue tells us that aftergraduating from MIT in June, he movedout to Seattle, Washington to work forBoeing Commercial Aircraft. He is currentlyworking on the design of the newBoeing 7E7 aircraft as an aerodynamicperformance engineer.Jennifer Mullins is working slowly butsurely on her Bachelor’s in CriminalJustice at John Jay College of CriminalJustice. Plans on going into Customsafter she graduates. Wants to say“Congratulations” to April, Class of ’99,on her new baby!SFP goes to SJP! Prep alumni who are now teaching at St. John’s Prep: (L-R) Tina Heise ’96,Debra Befumo ’78, Tara Lee ’91, and Danielle Langone ‘95had a baby boy in February. Hope everyoneis doing well!”Jeff Giambalvo says, “Hi everyone! I amcurrently working on a Masters inEducation at Queens College and havebeen teaching social studies at a localhigh school for the last three years. I alsowrote a book that is in need of publication,so if anyone can help me out pleaseemail me at jgiambalvo@hotmail.com.”Jasmine Martinez writes, “Hello All!Just wanted to say hello to all of youfrom the class of ’96. I will have finallycompleted my educational experienceand will begin my career as a first yearresident in Miami at Palmetto GeneralHospital. I will be graduating from thePhiladelphia College of OsteopathicMedicine this June and will be movingto Miami for one year to do my internship(Mo, hopefully you can come andvisit me in South Beach!!). I matched atmy first choice for residency program atThomas Jefferson University inPhiladelphia for Physical Medicine andRehabilitation. I hope to eventually continuemy career as a physician focusingon Spinal Cord injury patients as well asSports Medicine. We will see where mycareer takes me. I hope everyone is welland succeeding in their desired paths.Look forward to seeing everyone atthe10 yr. reunion!"1998Brian Fisher graduated St. John’sUniversity with a BS in ComputerScience in ’02. After working in midtownfor 3 1/2 years with The RoyalBank of Scotland Group, he decided toleave in June ’03 for an opportunity towork for JetBlue Airways at JFK Airporton the Information Technology Team.Might be relocating to Orlando once thecompany builds its new base. Says hehopes all is well with everyone. Hisemail is on the school web site.Sidney Ko is glad to be crossing pathswith so many grads. For the last fouryears he has been working at the Queensoffice of the American Red Cross. As ofJanuary ’04, he was promoted toCoordinator of Disaster Volunteers at theDisaster Services Department of theAmerican Red Cross Headquarters officein Manhattan.Christina Guthenberg ’98 just received herDoctorate in Pharmacy after completing the6-year program at St. John’s University.Sara Niederman writes, “After graduatingcollege in May ’03, I moved toMontana to be with family, and to obtaina graduate degree in Special Education.I’m currently half way through with myprogram, and looking forward to teaching.I was married last year, and amenjoying time with my husband in BigSky Country!"Fay Serafica tells us, “It has been 2 1/2years since I’ve recovered from ahorrible car accident in which I brokemy neck. Luckily I’ve gained back mostof my motor capabilities, especially myability to walk, but I now have limitedmovement in my neck. After taking ashort leave from Parsons for a fewmonths where I first majored in FashionDesign, I eventually transferred anddecided to instead pursue Art History atHunter College. I’m glad to announcethat I’ve now graduated Cum Laude withmy BA in Art History. I am taking themuch needed year off that I never got totake after my accident, but I’m alsoworking part time at Skidmore, Owings,and Merrill (SOM), one of the largestarchitectural firms in the world (locatedon Wall St., probably the last place mostfellow students would have imagined meto be). I am also starting an internship asa student guide at the Brooklyn Museumof Art. At night, I still work as Ms.Data, DJ’ing and promoting as well asorganizing electronic music events inNew York City.”2000Mark Blenner writes, “Hey, it’s Mark.Well, it’s been a successful 4 yrs. Igraduated from Manhattan College SumaCum Laude with a BS in ChemicalEngineering and won the EngineeringSchool Medal. After 4 yrs of scientificresearch I have two articles being submittedfor publication. Additionally, ’06