At Washington Latin, we view education as an end unto itself, with each new idea, concept, or theme helping students further develop their humanity. I am overjoyed because we have so many alums who have returned to work here. In today’s letter, I want to share a sampling of graduates’ post-college experiences, especially in educational settings or grad school.
Not surprisingly, considering our school’s credo “discite servaturi,” many students choose to continue developing their education by focusing on service to others. Many have pursued education, counseling, and social work after college. Class of 2013 graduate Sarah Washington, earned a master’s in social work from Columbia University. One of our middle school counselors, Avant Griffith (‘13) earned her master’s degree in School Counseling from Trinity Washington University. Middle school dean Dayla Tucker (‘13), earned her master’s degree in social work from Fordham. Christiana Bockarie (‘12) completed her master’s degree in social work from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and Aacha Gregg (‘16) is pursuing a master’s degree in student affairs and higher education at Miami University.
Others are indulging their curiosity about history, language, culture and politics with an eye toward changing the world or gaining a global perspective. Desmond Austin-Miller (‘13), earned his master’s degree in oral history from Columbia. Ali Malik (‘12) is currently attending The School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Tim Hursen (‘13) is in a master’s degree program from George Washington continuing his studies of Arabic, a passion he first acquired as a student of Mr. Porcelli at Latin. Sylvie Ashford (‘17) is continuing her education in international policy at Stamford University in a masters program. Nathan Hanshew (‘16) is attending American University’s School of International Service as a graduate student within the Ethics, Peace, and Human Rights Program.
The sciences continue to be an area of passion for former Latin students. Angel Huynh (‘13) has recently completed a master’s degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Masters at Georgetown and is starting a job at the National Institute of Health. Marvin Browne (‘12), after teaching math at summer school here a few years ago, is completing a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA, and his classmate Shakilur Rahman earned a master’s in engineering from Virginia Tech. Micailah Guthrie (‘16) started a master’s degree in public health and community health sciences at Tulane this year. Sam Anderson (‘17) is studying atmospheric sciences at Indiana University Bloomington.
Still other former Washington Latin students are considering a future in leadership and pursuing degrees to help them develop self-expression, organizational skills, and other leadership skills. Jennifer Jimenez (‘13) earned a master’s degree in Sports Leadership from Northeastern University. Marissa Johnson (‘14) earned a master’s in nonprofit leadership at U Penn. Solomon Hassan (‘15) is studying industrial organizational psychology at the University of Maryland, while his classmate Yahaira Galvez is studying creative writing at the same school. Finally, Dominique Cravens (‘17) started law school at Washington & Lee University.
While we are confident that these students will use their education in the future to change the world, lead, analyze, connect and serve, the simple act of studying and building knowledge is reward enough.
Valete!
Head of School