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Class Notes: Harker Magazine Winter 2019

December 25, 2019 by William Cracraft

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These class notes originally appeared in the winter 2019 issue of Harker Magazine.

1989
Justin Pogue was interviewed for an hour-long podcast on his real estate consulting business and a book he has written. 

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2003
Jess (Cu) Killips had a baby boy. “On July 16 we welcomed Owen Killips to the world. He was a tiny little nugget, coming three weeks early at 5 lbs. 7 oz. His older sister, Haley, started preschool this month and is loving it.” Jess and Andrew are doing well, especially now that Owen is sleeping (almost) through the night!

2007
Chanelle Kasik recently got engaged to J.P. Dimalanta in Cape Cod, Mass. Joining their family is their new Miniature Australian Shepherd puppy Theodore (“Theo”). Chanelle and J.P. reside in New York City.

2009
Denzil (Sikka) Eden was honored as one of Silicon Valley Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 award winners for 2019. Read more about Denzil’s wonderful accomplishment here.

2010
Vishesh Jain and Rashmi Sharma got married in Pleasanton this past May, 11 years after they started dating during their sophomore year at Harker! Vishesh’s sister, Saachi Jain ’14, played the important role of tying the knot that held them together during their combined Hindu and Jain wedding ceremony. Their best friends and classmates Kelsey Hilbrich, Andrea Lincoln and Nathaniel Edwards attended the wedding. Photo provided by Manali Anne Photography 

2013
Danny Wang began medical school in England this fall. Danny and classmates Ashley Del Alto and Michael Chen joined Kerry Enzensperger, Clare Elchert and Jaron Olson for a fun gathering to say goodbye and good luck at a send-off dinner at Gombei in Japantown in San Jose.

2017
This summer Andrew Tierno completed a software engineering internship at Facebook. He fully enjoyed his work at the company and the perks that came with it (ample food options and a luxury residence in Cupertino). He will be returning to Facebook in summer 2020 to continue with his passion of machine learning and data science. Andrew is a junior at Stanford University, pursuing computer engineering with a specialization in machine learning and math.

2018
Rajiv Movva, a Davidson Fellow, is first author on a paper about deciphering regulator DNA sequences published at PLOS:  Check out Rajiv’s other accolades and a short description of his project at https://lnkd.in/g-XNqNx and https://lnkd.in/gSVuZR8.

Sumati Wadhwa conducted sessions related to neuroscience at the Splash at Berkeley fall 2019 program. Splash at Berkeley is a student organization that brings local high school students to the University of California, Berkeley, for a day of unlimited student-led learning. Read more, here.

2019
Ayush Alag had his paper published on a machine learning approach to help identify food allergies. It has been quite a journey for Ayush as his research developed!  To learn more about Ayush’s project and the company it has spawned, see Harker News.

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