Our Wildwood, Volume 52

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Alumni

and Justice Award from Tulane University’s School of Science and Engineering. Joseph says, “I am incredibly grateful to be recognized among such inspiring students, faculty, and community members who are working to advance justice in their own ways. Dr. King’s legacy serves as a powerful reminder that change happens not only through bold action but also through the small, everyday choices we make to uplift those around us.”

BROOKE WILLIAMSON ‘90 (ELEMENTARY) Top Chef winner and frequent Food Network competitor Brooke recently released her first cookbook, Sun-Kissed Cooking: Vegetables Front and Center. Brooke and her husband Nick operate the country mart-inspired restaurant Playa Provisions, in Playa del Rey.

PERRI SUN ‘05 Perri has spent the past many years raising her two young boys, Quinn (age 5) and Ryder (16 months) with her husband Phil, loving her work as a psychotherapist in private practice in Hancock Park, and building a new company, Connectère by Perri Sun.

IVY JANE ’11 Ivy recently moved to Madrid, Spain, where she is involved

with the vibrant theater community. Ivy wrote,

illustrated, and recently self published her first children’s book, Nico and The Squirrel Give Friendship A Whirl , which is the story of a dog and a squirrel who overcome old generational beliefs. She is so grateful every day and is “sending big light and love to her fellow Wildwood community.” CATHERINE PERLOFF ’14 Catherine will be attending graduate school this fall at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., studying Museum Sciences.

JADEN DRISDOM ‘22 A political science major at Loyola Marymount University, Jaden has taken his studies across the pond this year. “My study abroad experience in London has been magnificent so far,” Jaden says. “The city is a melting pot, and I’ve been introduced to so many new cultural practices, cuisines, and forms of art.

RUBY (ERDMANN) FERGUSON ’07 AND

SARA MOONVES ’97 (ELEMENTARY)

SPENCER FERGUSON ‘06 Ruby (Erdmann) Ferguson ’07 and Spencer Ferguson ‘06 welcomed Olive Juniper in July 2024.

Sara serves as editor in chief of W , a fashion magazine. She interned at Vogue magazine during her studies at New York University and was hired there after graduation. She was hired as style director by W in 2017 and was promoted to editor in chief in 2019.

JOSEPH BENEFIEL ‘21 Joseph was recently honored

as the undergraduate recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom

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