Southwestern Magazine | Spring 2019

Greg Page , Pinehurst, NC, recently completed a doctorate in public health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Page lives with his wife and two daughters. BIRTH: JC and Heidi Plourde Miceli , Spring, TX, welcomed the birth of their daughter, Kayden Quinn, on July 2, 2018. Marisela Treviño Orta , Chicago, IL, graduated with an M.F.A. from the Iowa Playwrights Workshop in May 2018. A core writer at the Playwrights Center and a member of the Goodman Theatre’s Playwrights Unit, Orta’s new play Wolf at the Door is receiving a National New Play Network rolling world premiere during the 2018–2019 season, with productions in Long Branch, NJ; Dallas, TX; Portland, OR; and Chicago, IL. She was recently awarded a commission by Audible to write a play for their platform. This January, her award-winning play The River Bride had its sixth professional production at Stages Repertory Theatre in Houston. Katy Frosch Longley , Spring Branch, TX, is the teacher of the deaf and hard-of-hearing at Edgewood Independent School District in San Antonio, TX. Mellissa Sweeney Braham , Gaithersburg, MD, in August 2018 became the asso- ciate director of the National School Public Relations Association, based in Rockville, MD, which provides school communication training, products, and services to school leaders throughout the U.S. and Canada. BIRTHS: Scott and Angie Wiens Talbert , Houston, TX, announce the birth of their daughter, Beatrice Finn, on Nov. 9, 2018. Rebecca Stelter and Chris Moltke-Hansen, Charlotte, NC, celebrated the birth of their daughter, Caroline Rose, on July 24, 2017. Aaron Johnson , see Kristin Grance Johnson ’07 . BIRTH: Jared and Grace Josey Pyka , Georgetown, TX, welcomed August "Augie" Louis on March 15, 2018. 1998 1999 2000 2001 2004 2005 2006 BIRTHS: Steven and Tiffany Robertson Harben , McKinney, TX, welcomed a baby boy, Oakley Owen, on Aug. 1, 2018. Oakley Owen was greeted by sisters Emory (5) and Avery (3). Megan Davidson Danner and her husband Shane, Round Rock, TX, celebrated the birth of their daughter, Ashtin Elizabeth, on Oct. 21, 2018. Anna Flora Matis , Houston, TX, was promoted to senior educational consultant for world languages at Seidlitz Education in spring of 2018. In April, she published her second book with the company, Seven Steps to a Language- Rich, Interactive, Foreign Language Classroom , which comprises practical, research-based strategies for foreign-language teachers. MARRIAGE: Tahra Biessener to James Dennis, Round Rock, TX, on Oct. 29, 2017. BIRTHS: Tahra Biessener Dennis and James Dennis, Round Rock, TX, welcomed Adilynn Lee on Sep. 25, 2018. Aaron ’04 and Kristin Grance Johnson , Cedar Park, TX, welcomed a son, Everett James, on Aug. 31, 2018. Emily Galey , Fort Worth, TX, accepted a new position as memberships and spon- sorships manager with Bass Performance Hall. Galey oversees corporate sponsor- ships, planned giving, and annual membership programs. Amanda Mohammed , Garland, TX, after completing family-medicine residency training at UT Southwestern–Parkland Memorial Hospital in July 2018 and becoming a board- certified family physician, accepted a job offer at White Rock Family Health, in Dallas, TX, as one of the lead physicians in the private practice. MARRIAGE: Natalie Moore , to Ryan Hester, Austin, TX, on Dec. 28, 2017. BIRTH: Dr. James and Dr. Sarah Ferrero McDonough , Leander, TX, welcomed their daughter, Charlotte Rose, on Dec. 13, 2018. James recently accepted a new position as an emergency-medicine physician in Pflugerville, and Sarah now works as a family-medicine physician in Cedar Park. 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 MARRIAGE: Stephanie Ponkoney to Josef Yehia, Dripping Springs, TX, on Jan. 5, 2019. Meagan Anderson Brem , Knoxville, TN, a clinical psychology doctoral student at the University of Tennessee, received a $133,572 National Research Service Award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health. This grant supports three years of her research examining the proximal associations between alcohol use and dating violence among college students. Jennifer Gregory , Chicago, IL, joined the Actors’ Equity Association, the union for actors and stage managers. Gregory primarily stage-manages and assistant stage-manages in Chicago, but she also enjoys working at regional theaters outside of Illinois. Meredith Henry , Washington, DC, was promoted to special events manager at the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Hillary McDonald , Jersey City, NJ, has been leading an award-winning national computer-science education program at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and assists with marketing efforts through education for the TCS New York City Marathon. BIRTH: Pierce and Alex Rodriguez MacGuire ’15 , Austin, TX, welcomed a son, Patterson James (PJ), on Jan. 18, 2019. Pierce started a new job with Taylor Dunham, LLP, as an associate. MARRIAGE: Grace Naeger to J. D. Rust, Hillsborough, NC, on Oct. 20, 2018. Alex Rodriguez MacGuire , see Pierce MacGuire ’14 . 2013 2014 2015 39 SOUTHWESTERN CONTINUED ON PAGE 44