Our Wildwood, Volume 54

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son, Caleb, in February 2026! After maternity leave, she will return to her job as a medical social worker at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, where she has worked for nearly three years.

the Wright Institute in Berkeley, CA. He is now

LAUREN MUELLER ‘07 After seven years working in the U.S. Congress, writing speeches for leaders like Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D NY), Lauren has relocated to Portland, OR, where they founded Unbounded Comms, a speechwriting and speech coaching business. They are also co-producing a play they’ve written titled Living the Dream , about Jan. 6, 2021, from the perspective of the staff who were trapped in the Capitol. The play will be performed as part of Portland’s Fertile Ground Festival this spring. KIRA CASTAÑEDA ‘12 After Wildwood, Kira continued her education at Cypress College’s Mortuary Science program. She is currently a funeral directing assistant at Forest Lawn Long Beach. JACKSON WHITE ‘14 Jackson wrapped filming the third season of Hulu’s Tell Me Lies , reprising his starring role as Stephen DeMarco. The series continues to showcase Jackson’s dynamic range and growing presence in television.

completing his postdoctoral fellowship at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, where he provides therapy and comprehensive psychological evaluations to children and families navigating complex systems of care. Zach’s work emphasizes trauma-informed practice, early childhood mental health, and psychological assessment. Outside the clinic, he enjoys seeing theater (thanks, Stephanie and Melissa!), traveling, and discovering the best food Los Angeles has to offer. has built a career in stage technology, spending the past several years working in stage management as well as lighting and sound design throughout Los Angeles. His recent credits include Going Home at the Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre; Blow the Man Down: A Sea Shanty Musical , also at the Feury; and Laundry & Bourbon and Lone Star at Upstairs at El Centro. Up next, Zach will be stage managing and designing a new play, An Ode to Parenting , written and directed by Chance Lang, followed by stage managing a production of Crossing Delancey for Theatre 40. This summer, he’ll be returning to Wildwood to work with the middle school summer theater program. ZACH LEWIS ‘16 Since graduating, Zach

MADDY GOLD ’15 Maddy is the College and Career Attainment Program Manager at Determined to Succeed (DTS), a nonprofit organization in the greater Los Angeles area dedicated to providing comprehensive, year-round support for highly motivated, first-generation students from low-income families, aiming to guide them from before high school through college graduation and into fulfilling futures. She recently spent some time back in her old Wildwood stomping grounds this past summer, working with DTS students at the middle and upper campus.

NIAZAYRE BATES ‘16 Niazayre earned her MPhil in History of Art and Architecture from Trinity College Dublin in April 2025. She is currently based in Los Angeles, while continuing to spend much time in Ireland and Portugal. This summer, Niazayre will return to Wildwood to assist with painting for the summer theater program.

ANNA RAMSEY ‘15 Anna recently passed her Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) exam while 27 weeks pregnant. She and her fiancé just welcomed their

ZACH FABRICK ‘16 After graduating from

Wildwood, Zach earned his bachelor’s degree from UC Santa Cruz and went on to complete his master’s and PsyD in Clinical Psychology at

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