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26 x July 18 — 31, 2019 x www.SouthwestOrlandoBulletin.com<br />
n Courtleigh Park<br />
Kendall Oliver of Courtleigh Park<br />
takes a summer program at Harvard<br />
Medical School.<br />
Courtleigh Park resident Kendall<br />
Oliver was accepted to the Cell<br />
Biology Research Scholars Program<br />
summer internship at Harvard Medical<br />
School from June through August. She<br />
is studying as a full-time visiting undergraduate<br />
research fellow in the<br />
Department of Cell Biology. Kendall,<br />
a rising junior at Yale University, is<br />
pursuing a Bachelor of Science in<br />
molecular cellular and developmental<br />
biology. She plans to attend medical<br />
school. She was a 2017 Olympia<br />
High School graduate and an<br />
Orange County Super Scholar, which<br />
recognizes graduates accepted into<br />
the nation’s top-20 colleges and<br />
universities.<br />
n Dr. Phillips<br />
Dr. Phillips residents Tim and Vee<br />
Stanford announced the engagement<br />
of their daughter, Nicole, to<br />
David Marella, son of David<br />
and Millie. Nicole is a graduate<br />
of Dr. Phillips High School,<br />
the University of Florida, and the<br />
University of Miami Miller School of<br />
Medicine. She is currently a pediatric<br />
cardiology fellow at New York<br />
Presbyterian Columbia. David graduated<br />
from Rutgers University and<br />
Seton Hall Law School. He is a law<br />
clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals<br />
IN YOURNEIGHBORHOOD<br />
Congratulations to Nicole Stanford and David<br />
Marella on their recent engagement.<br />
for the Third Circuit. A 2020 wedding<br />
is being planned.<br />
Stephanie<br />
Cook of Dr.<br />
Phillips is a 2019<br />
Florida Super<br />
Lawyers.<br />
Dr. Phillips resident Stephanie<br />
Cook, a partner at ShuffieldLowman,<br />
was selected to the 2019 Florida<br />
Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers,<br />
owned by Thomson Reuters, recognizes<br />
attorneys who have distinguished<br />
themselves in their legal<br />
practice. Peer nominations and<br />
evaluations are combined with thirdparty<br />
research and validation of<br />
the attorney’s professional accomplishments.<br />
The final published list<br />
represents 5% of the total lawyers<br />
in the state of Florida. As a founding<br />
partner of the firm, Stephanie’s<br />
practice areas include corporate<br />
law, mergers and acquisitions, estate<br />
planning, high net-worth family<br />
planning, intellectual property,<br />
n Ocoee<br />
securities, tax advice and<br />
nonprofit law.<br />
Heissam Jebailey, a<br />
Dr. Phillips resident and creator<br />
of the Black and White<br />
Weekend, announced that<br />
this year’s event, co-sponsored<br />
by I’m in Events<br />
and Base Camp Children’s<br />
Cancer Foundation, saw a<br />
record-breaking weekend,<br />
raising more than $20,550<br />
for Base Camp Children’s<br />
Cancer Foundation. The<br />
event, which was held at<br />
Rosen Plaza Hotel, was attended<br />
by 831 guests.<br />
Congratulations to the following<br />
Ocoee residents for their acceptances<br />
into college programs:<br />
• Alexander Felix, an Ocoee<br />
High School graduate, will enter<br />
Kutztown University next month.<br />
• Elijah Jones was admitted<br />
to Cornell College with a Founder’s<br />
Scholarship & Art Scholarship.<br />
n Windermere<br />
compiled by Lauren Salinero<br />
Windermere residents Vernic<br />
and Mitesh Popat were guests on<br />
the Fox News Channel TV program<br />
Fox & Friends. The couple, who own<br />
the online-based store PlantOGram,<br />
talked about growing plants and encouraged<br />
audience members to get<br />
in the garden.<br />
n Winter Garden<br />
Winter Garden resident Karen<br />
Morrow, DVM, MS, DACVR,<br />
was recognized by the Florida<br />
Veterinary Medical Association with<br />
a 2019 FVMA Gold Star Award.<br />
The award is presented to member<br />
veterinarians who go above the call<br />
of duty to care for patients and who<br />
exemplify dedication and compassion<br />
in their veterinary practices.<br />
Dr. Morrow received her DVM degree<br />
from Colorado State University<br />
in 1990, followed by a master’s<br />
degree in radiological health science<br />
in 1996. She also completed<br />
a three-year residency in veterinary<br />
radiology. She is a diplomate for<br />
the American College of Veterinary<br />
Radiology.<br />
n Et Al<br />
Southwest resident and former<br />
Lake Highland Preparatory<br />
School student Shereen Kassam<br />
— an internationally touring standup<br />
comedian, actor and Fortune<br />
100 manager — launched a new<br />
podcast centered on creatives<br />
Windermere residents Mitesh (second from left) and Vernic Popat (far right) talk about<br />
plant and garden care with Fox & Friends hosts (l. to r.) Steve Doocy, Jedediah Bila and<br />
Brian Kilmeade.
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