Class Notes

Anna Spelman, LA10, is a documentary filmmaker and video journalist working with outlets Al Jazeera, TIME, Univision and Bleacher Report. She is passionate about working with people who can help her relate stories about the lives and challenges of the LGBTQ and immigrant communities. Website: www.annaclarespelman.com

Lauren (Downing) Peters, LA10, is an assistant professor of fashion studies at Columbia College Chicago.

Matthew Mangini, LA10, completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium in San Antonio, Texas, and is serving on active duty for the U.S. Army as an orthopaedic surgeon at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas.

Mark Hikin, LW10, GB10, recently joined Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., as vice president-real estate legal affairs.

Nicolas Novick Goldstein, LA10, is a resident physician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Scott Friedman, LA10, and his wife, Lindsey, founded Tot Travel Kit to make family travel with infants and toddlers easier. Tot Travel Kit delivers the supplies tots need — including diapers, toiletries, snacks and toys — to families wherever they are staying. Website: https://TotTravelKit.com

Ekta Prakash Desai, GA10, was named partner, design lead and a top four leader at SchenkelShultz Architecture. She has been with the Orlando, Fla., firm since 2018. 

Lauren Kupersmith, LW09, SW09, shared news of the birth of a daughter, Kaycen Dalia. The family lives in the Washington, D.C., suburbs, where Kupersmith works as a federal prosecutor in the Department of Justice’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section.

Jessica Kronstadt, LW09, became the 101st president of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles. Her parents, The Hon. John Kronstadt and Justice Helen Bendix, administered the oath and swore her into office. The organization advocates for women attorneys, women judges, persons of color, the disadvantaged and the underrepresented in Southern California. Kronstadt is a deputy district attorney with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office.

Adam Greenstein, EN08, was honored in November 2020 by the Washington, D.C., section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, which tapped him for the Amy Polk and Selman Altun Young Professional of the Year Award.