Southwestern Magazine | Fall 2020

2011 Stephanie Agtarap , Denver, CO, joined Craig Hospital as principal research investigator in August 2020. She is part of a nationally recognized rehabilitation team specializing exclusively in the neurorehabilitation and recovery of patients with spinal cord injury and brain injury. Lori Hennigan , Smithfield, UT, is now senior director of development for Utah State University. BIRTH: Dylan Hickey-McWhorter and Sean McWhorter, Houston, TX, had a baby girl, Evan Marie, on April 28, 2020. MARRIAGE: Eric Kegley to Brittany Zimlich , Keller, TX. 2012 BIRTH: Molly O’Hara Pilarski , Frisco, TX, had a baby girl, Estelle Elise, on April 4, 2020. Pilarski recently joined Sika as sustainability manager for the Americas region. 2013 Deborah Saddington Freeland , Dallas, TX, began a fellowship in geriatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center in July 2020. Emily McWilliams , Tallahassee, FL, is working toward her doctoral degree in arts administra- tion at Florida State University. Allison Vitek , Houston, TX, started her own bookkeeping business, A-Sharp Bookkeeper, with the goal of helping fellow musicians keep their finances organized. 2010 Janet Del Real , see Jennifer Lee Howell ’09 . Samantha Belicek Durrance , see Matthew Durrance ’09 . BIRTH: Sarah Gould-Stotts and Andrew Stotts, Grapevine, TX, welcomed Nolan on June 30, 2020. Gould-Stotts also recently launched her new company, Liveli Planner (liveliplanner. com). The company is currently in beta testing, and Gould-Stotts is seeking the feedback of her fellow Pirates. Alexander Pacelli , Washington, DC, made his solemn profession of vows as a Discalced Carmelite friar on July 4, 2020, at the Basilica and National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians at Holy Hill in Wisconsin. He was ordained a deacon on July 5 by Donald J. Hying, bishop of the Diocese of Madison. Pacelli entered the Discalced Carmelite friars in 2014 and was given the religious name Pier Giorgio of Christ the King in honor of Pier Giorgio Frassati, an Italian mountain climber who was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1990 for his work with the poor and the sick. 2014 Joanna Hawkins , Houston, TX, earned her master of public health from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health in December 2019. She is currently employed at Baylor College of Medicine, where she works with pregnant women living with HIV and coordinates research evaluating interventions aimed at preventing perinatal transmission of HIV. Purna Bajekal , completed her master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling with a concentration in somatic counseling dance/ movement therapy from Naropa University. She is currently working remotely as a therapist at Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence, a nonprofit working with survivors of domestic violence. MARRIAGE: Alexandra Bonnet to Zachary Sheppard, Round Rock, TX, on January 11, 2020. Kinley Johnson , Durham, NC, graduated from the University of North Texas with a master of arts in music history and is now working toward her doctoral degree at Duke University. 2015 2 8 | SOUTHWE S T E RN