Our Wildwood, Volume 50

ALUMNI NOTES Tell us what you’re up to

From left to right: Class of 2014 alumni Jessie Baren, Sarah Bales, Talya Henderson-Cooper, Oliver Scherick, Chris Henderson-Cooper, Maya Steinberger, Everett Dayton, and Jeremy Steinberger.

KEANU M. HEYDARI ‘13 Keanu is in his sixth year of a Ph.D. program in History at the University of Michigan. He received an embedded Masters in History in March 2022. He has presented his research at the Society for French Historical Studies, the American Academy of Religion, the Durham University Institute for Advanced Study, and the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies.

SAOIRSE MCGURRIN ‘13 Saoirse just launched her new toy company, thefairyplace.com. The online store features handcrafted fairy house kits, fairy letter kits, and miniature felt fairies and gnomes. She lives in Los Angeles with her boyfriend and fellow Wildwood alumnus Evan Mulling ‘13, and their dog Blue. CHANDLER TURK ’14 Chandler is a proud WGA member and television writer who most recently wrote on Season 4 of “High School Musical: The Musical: The ANTHEA ROSENBAUM ’16 Anthea is earning a masters in Urban and Regional Planning from the Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles. She was awarded the Luskin Graduate Fellowship, providing full coverage for her degree. In addition, Anthea is working as a member of the program team at CoMotion, a mobility and transportation conference in Los Angeles, Miami, and Vancouver. Series” on Disney Plus. He recently signed with Magnet Management.

TALYA HENDERSON-COOPER ’14 AND CHRIS HENDERSON-COOPER ‘14

Talya and Chris met at Wildwood in 7th grade and were married this past May at Alisal Ranch in Solvang, CA. Talya and Chris are still very close with their Wildwood classmates, many of whom joined the celebration. They are settled back happily in New York where Talya works at Citi as Chief of Staff to the CFO and Chris works on the Strategy team at the National Basketball Association.

LILLI KAY ‘13 Lilli stars as Clara Brewer on Paramount series Yellowstone . She also starred in the 2023 biographical docudrama Rustin , produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company Higher Ground.

From left to right: Wildwood alumni Jeremy Struhl ’19, Siena Streiber ’14, Teyana Brown ’17, Abe Bradley ’18, Anthea Rosenbaum ’16, and Harry Valner ’16 returned to Wildwood in February for an alumni panel at the annual State of the School.

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