Our Wildwood, Winter 2019, Volume 44

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for leading fashion brands at The Workshop LA. They live in Brentwood.

Gumby and Pokey and an electric scooter company. They also worked on a series of board games. Eli now works at BBDO, one of the country’s largest agencies. MOLLY GRUBER ’09 Molly passed her first Law and Ethics Exam toward being a licensed marriage and family therapist and continues to look for work in the field. She also works as a Spanish tutor.

in Brooklyn and serves on the 826NYC board of directors and volunteer committees. In July 2018, Danielle married Ian Lloyd, a fellow Bard alum; the ceremony took place on the Bard College campus. Alice Berliner ’09 and Annabella DeMeo ’09 were bridesmaids, and several other alumni and former students were in attendance including her sister Scarlett who was also in the wedding party.

STEPHI MARON ’07 Stephi graduated early from the University of Arizona with the idea to start her own business. Her love for makeup and beauty started in high school when she realized how powerful makeup could be to one’s confidence. Stephi transformed her passion for makeup into a business and opened Blushington, an affordable and convenient space that offers natural- looking makeup, applied by

SHELBY BLACKSTOCK ’09 After graduating from the University of Arizona, Shelby followed his passion and got into motor racing. He started in Jr. Series and slowly worked his way up the ranks. Eight years later Shelby has raced all over the world in some of the top professional series and cars. He raced in the Mazda Road to Indy, a ladder system to help young drivers fine-tune their craft and create relationships with sponsors to get to the Verizon IndyCar Series, the highest level of open-wheel racing in the United States. Shelby’s goal is to be in IndyCar next year and to race in the Indianapolis 500, the largest single-day sporting event in the world. ELI GRAHAM ’09 Eli spent almost three years working for Tommy Chong of Cheech & Chong and produced a talk show called Almost Legal With Tommy Chong . After leaving the show, Eli started his own social media and PR firm with a friend. They represented

talented makeup artists. Blushington is located in California, New York, and Texas.

DANIELLE SINAY ’09 Danielle has a BA from

Bard College and an MFA in nonfiction writing from The New School. She is working toward her master’s degree in media and gender studies. Danielle is a writer and educator living in Brooklyn, New York. She’s written for Teen Vogue, HuffPost, Man Repeller, Healthline , and more. She tutors and teaches with 826NYC, an education nonprofit that supports underserved students with their creative and expository writing skills. Danielle is one of the founders and hosts of the 826NYC Reading Series

SHELBY LORMAN ’11 Shelby studied English at Oberlin College in Ohio. She is an illustrator and writer based in Brooklyn, New York. She is currently working on Awards for Good Boys, an illustrated book to be released in 2019 that looks at living and dating in a culture mired with toxic masculinity. Shelby credits many of her Wildwood teachers for

PARKER CAIN ’08 ALEX WILHELM ‘08 Parker and Alex were married in 2017 after meeting at Wildwood 14 years ago! Parker works in sports marketing at Independent Sports & Entertainment (ISE), and Alex works as a recruiter

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