2004 News
Daphne Kwok (1976) would love to hear from former classmates! Daphne522@hotmail.com. She is currently working as the Executive Director of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies, seeking to fill the political pipeline with more Asian Pacific Americans.

Danny Rotner (1978) has moved to Boulder, CO.

Parkmont sends love to the family of Judy Jacobs, who died in Rochester, New York, this winter. Judy spent her career working with & changing the lives of countless youth, and also served on Parkmont's Board for a time. Liane Jacobs (1979) and Stephen Jacobs (1976) both wrote to Parkmont and established a fund in their mother's name. Liane also gave us news on some of her classmates. Amalia Parsons Jones is married and has two great kids. She is still living in D.C. Liane wrote, "Lincoln [Leibner} is one of our nation's heroes, having pulled 9 people out of the Pentagon on September 11th." Cara Biasucci is an independent film maker.

Monica Rotner (1980) has 2 year-old twins and a 7 year-old.  

Deborah Archer, mother of Matthew and Robert Archer (1989), wrote in to say, "Thanks to Parkmont for helping Matt and Rob grow into confident, independent, and happy adults. Matthew works at Yellowstone National Park and Big Sky Ski Resort doing those things he learned to love at Parkmont. Rob is married to Audrey, living in Atlanta. He is an engineer working on an MBA. His wife Audrey is a Physical Therapist working on a PhD.  

Michael Volpe (1991) have been living and working in Thailand for the past two years.

K.C. Higgins (1995) is having a great time writing books and doing research for others.

Paula Borges (1997) is working is for a law office and is going back to school. She is living at home in Adelphi, MD.

Matt Van Dyke (1997) is a policeman in Berwyn Heights in P.G. County. Congratulations on the birth of his first child!

Cayman Eby (1998) got out of the Army infantry in April 2001, lived in Florida for about 18 months where he worked as a bartender, waiter, financial planner and retail shop manager. He now lives in Savannah, GA with his girlfriend and their son, Ryan, who is now 2. He is finishing up his first year of film school at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

Melissa Jackson (1999) is living in Adams Morgan and is working at the Washington Hospital Center. She is a pharmaceutical tech.

Olivia Soileau (2000) will be graduating from Evergreen State College on June 11th! Congratulations! She will be receiving her BA with a focused study in education and social change. Olivia is moving back to D.C. in June. She kindly says of Parkmont, "I send my love to all the faculty members that helped me along the way; if it wasn't for my experience at Parkmont I would not be where I am today, so thank you everyone."

Henry Solomon (2003) appeared in The Maui News in February, as part of a feature on the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps. Henry was part of a nine-member AmeriCorps crew that cleared away nonnative plants on Kanaha Beach Park. The crew spent nine weeks on Maui, part of their 10 months in the program. After an intense orientation in the fall, which included CPR & First Aid training, 15passenger van and pick-up truck driving training, and much more, Henry's first project was working at a food bank in San Francisco. His "specialties" include physical training and security. In addition to his AmeriCorps work, Henry is also in a band--piano, guitar, trash cans, and Henry on the djembe.