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title: Alumni Class Notes - April 2021
description: Notes from Pine Crest School alumni about professional achievements, on-campus engagement, and more!
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# [Alumni Class Notes - April 2021](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/alumni/alumni-class-notes-april-2021)

 Written by [Pine Crest School](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/alumni/author/pine-crest-school) | April 12, 2021 at 3:06 PM

Once a Panther, always a Panther. [Stay connected with each other](https://www.pinecrest.edu/alumni/share-news), and your Pine Crest family by sharing your success, life events, the good and bad, and everything in between.

 

## Professional Achievements

Justin Stolzenberg ’15 is the Head of Growth at Blair, a financial start-up that provides a platform and financing for Income Share Agreements (ISA). The company recently [raised $100 million](https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/08/blair-launches-100m-facility-to-fund-isas-for-students/?guccounter=1) to fund what it is dubbing “Blair Capital” to fund ISAs at partner institutions.

 

 

 

[Aliyah Watson ’19 ](https://goduke.com/news/2021/3/20/swimming-diving-watson-earns-all-america-honors-duke-closes-out-ncaa-championship.aspx)became a two-time All-American diver as representing Duke University at the 2021 NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Championship.

 

 

**[Dani Pendergast](https://www.instagram.com/p/CMK8EBHjrBk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link)**[ ’13](https://www.instagram.com/p/CMK8EBHjrBk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link) partnered with Golden State Warrior's Stephen Curry on a campaign for his brand, Curry Brand, in celebration for International Woman’s Day. [See more on Curry Brand's Instagram.](https://www.instagram.com/p/CMKpmWElbS2/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link)

 

Tulsie Patel **’**07 recently returned to South Florida from Dallas, Texas and opened a private practice. Learn more about [Sol Wellness and Psychiatry.](https://solwellnessandpsychiatry.com/)

 

 

 

 

 

Raphael Picciotto Lempert **’**02 recently took the reigns of his family's business [Pedro Domecq Colombia](https://www.pdc.com.co/), as their Executive Vice President in Bogota, Columbia.

 

 

 

 

Ryan Hunt **’**95 retired from the U.S. Army and founded Pando Media, a digital marketing company in 2015.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Dr. Susan Stone ’87](https://www.loras.edu/staff/susan-stone-ph-d/), Professor of American Literature and Native/Indigenous Studies at Loras College is the recipient of the O'Connor Endowed Chair and is the first female faculty Chairperson at Loras College. Dr. Stone is delighted to report that she was promoted to the rank of Full Professor in April 2021.

 

 

 

 

 

## SPOTTED:

[Carrie Driscoll ’96](https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2021/03/02/-vaccine-angel---new-yorker-helps-people-book-covid-19-vaccine-appointments) was recently featured in NY1 Spectrum News for helping people make appointments to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

 

 

 

 

[Lilliana de Souza ’17](https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/inno/stories/inno-insights/2020/09/24/chicago-innos-2020-25-under-25.html) was named one of Chicago's 25 rising entrepreneurs and technologists under 25.

 

 

 

## Babies:

Leya (Edelstein) Kaufman ’07 and husband Joel welcomed the birth of their second child, son Theo Gabe on March 31, 2021. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High school sweethearts Ryan Hunt **’**95 and Tatiana Rojas **’**94 and their three year-old daughter together Cristina-Ryan are living in Chicago, IL but hope to return to Fort Lauderdale. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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