Legacy Magazine 2017-2018

years at Marymount continue to bless
her even today.
Mary Ellen Pogue Purdy ’69 lives
in Hobe Sound, Florida. She enjoys life
in a new community, on a lovely golf
course where she meets delightful new
friends every day! Mary invites fellow
alumnae on Florida’s east coast to
please be in touch – she would love to
see you!
1970s
Kathleen (Kate) McAnally
Graham ’70 retired this year after
thirty years as Chief Magistrate for the
Franklin County Municipal Court. She
and her husband, Galen, are enjoying
their retirement by spending more
time with their two daughters, being
docents, and traveling to new places.
E. Susan Johnson ’70 published
her second book, called The Power
of Twenty: The Women Presidents’
Organization Entrepreneurial
Excellence the First 20 Years in 2017.
Her first book, Women Presidents’
Organization 50 Fastest Growing
Women-Owned/Led Companies Guide
to Growth, was published in 2016,
sponsored by American Express.
Jane Rabbino Miller ’71 moved to
The Villages, Florida, in October 2017.
Margo Moore ’71 received her
Doctorate in Education from the
University of Massachusetts Boston
and has been a public school educator
in Massachusetts for many years.
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Jackie Galatola Ceonzo ’82 is
working with the Archdiocese through
Archcare to develop a template for
converting convents/rectories into
housing for those on the autism
spectrum. St. Teresa on Staten Island
has been selected as the first site. This
is part of Jackie’s ongoing work with
SNACK (Special Needs Activity Center
for Kids). She recently extended her
program to meet the needs of adults
with autism as well as children.
Josefina Alba Essex ’82 is thrilled
to have her daughter Montgomarie
join Marymount’s Class of 2021 – a
joyful feeling of dèjá vu! Like her
sister Sydney (Class of 2016) who
is now at UPenn, Montgomarie will be
spending her lunches and frees in the
Tea House, visiting the Met weekly,
deciding on a class Halloween costume,
going to the the Skating Party, working
on the Marifia, participating in Campus
Ministry with Sr. Clevie, and making
lifelong friends. Go lions!
Mary Callaghan
O’Mahony ’82 lives
in Cork, Ireland, with
her two children,
Cormac (15) and
Áine (12). She and
her daughter share
an interest in inline
figure skating, and
this summer they
competed at the World
Open Inline Figure
Skating Championships in Dijon. Mary
recently began a clothing business for
figure skating attire. If you’d like to
learn more about Mary’s clothing line,
visit www.cnyskateanddancewear.ie
Pamela Kenny Turner ’82 and her
family moved to Vero Beach, Florida,
last year from Greenwich, Connecticut.
She has two daughters, Katie (16) and
Emma (14), who attend St. Edward’s
School in 11th and 9th grades. Her
husband works as an analyst for
Verizon Business International and she
is a substitute teacher. They love beach
living!
Jennifer Granozio ’84
received two 2017
Ex Awards and one
2017 Pro Award this
fall for her outstanding
Netflix Gilmore Girls
Luke’s Cafe promotion.
Christine Murphy ’84 will
celebrate 24 years working as a
Physician Assistant this December.
She received her master’s degree
from Cornell. Christine is happily
working at Mount Sinai West/Mount
Sinai St. Luke’s hospital (part of the
Mount Sinai Health System), where
she reconnected with fellow alumnae
Nicole Buchenholz ’84 and Erin
McDermott Nance ’01.
Alice Wong ’86 left book publishing
four years ago and is now a registered
nurse at NYP Brooklyn Methodist
Hospital. She is pursuing her M.S. in
adult primary care at NYU. She has
three daughters: Chi Chi, a senior
at Wesleyan University; Sylvia, a
sophomore at Smith College; Phoebe, a
10th grader at Saint Ann’s in Brooklyn.
Her husband, Clark, is still hanging on
in publishing.
Caroline
Nastro ’88
released her first
picture book,
The Bear Who
Couldn’t Sleep,
in October 2016,
published by
North South
Books.
Deborah Misir ’89
and husband, Grant Lally, have a son
named Brahm, who is two and a half
years old and just started preschool.
Deborah and her family live in Lloyd
Harbor on Long Island, and little
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