Alumni news
Lilith Orion Hafner (early student)
Lilith Orion Hafner is an artist and digital creator. She is currently engaged in the creation of AI driven performance art, maintaining and enhancing the Julia programming language, and helping support the digital scholarship of her peers and professors.
Lilith joined the Vivero program as a fellow in Spring 2023 and is working with Professor Makeba Lavan to develop digital curricula to support an understanding of portrayals of miscegenation in historical and contemporary media as a part of the miscegenation nation short course.
Lilith attended The Children’s School from kindergarten to fifth grade and is currently a fourth year at Grinnell, majoring in New Frontiers of Art. Throughout her education she has been supported by a large collection of highly impactful teachers and professors including Alison Hafner, Nadine Brockman, Sidney Seagull, Josh Phipps, and Celeste Miller.
Ben Angarone (Class of 2022)
Ben is a student at Oak Park River Forest High School. His favorite subject is English. He takes guitar lessons and is in the performance program at School of Rock.
Eliana Baker (early student)
Eliana graduated from Coe College on the Dean’s List in 2020 with a triple major in International Relations, Political Science, and Asian Studies. During college, she worked as an AmeriCorps member working with a local Refugee Resettlement agency as a housing coordinator to help provide safe and affordable housing to local refugees.​​ Her next plans are to move to the Bahamas and attend Law School through Mitchell Hamline School of Law’s blended learning program. She hopes to become a Criminal and Immigration Attorney.
Emi Ortiz (Class of 2022)
Emi is a student at Morton West High School. In her freshman year, she made varsity swim, was a manager for the boy’s basketball team, and played varsity water polo, serving as captain for junior varsity.
"I love my school!" she says. "I have great bonds with my teachers and friends."
Halina Sindt (Class of 2021)
Halina is a student at Oak Park and River Forest High School. She enjoys her classes and participates in extracurricular activites, including dance, learning guitar, and volunteering at PAWS. She helped with costumes for the “Mama Mia” production at OPRFHS, and she traveled to Palma de Mallorca, Spain for three weeks to learn about ocean ecosystems with a program through the high school.
Cat Nickles (Class of 2020)
As a student at Oak Park and River Forest High School, Cat performed in Cabinet of Curiosity’s Winter Pageant show titled Icicle Picnic: Journey For The Sun. She enjoyed woodworking, culinary classes, and being part of the powerlifting team at OPRFHS. She continues her advocacy for Beyond Hunger (the recipient of her Capstone cookbook fundraiser). As part of her Civics class, Cat had a bake sale fundraiser that raised $1,000 for Beyond Hunger.
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Sydney Meyer (early student)
Sydney graduated Magna Cum Laude from Santa Clara University with a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in theatre arts and child studies. She was accepted into Alpha Sigma Nu (Jesuit Honor Society), Kappa Delta Pi (Education Honor Society) and Alpha Psi Omega (Theatre Honor Society).
Sydney taught 5th and 6th grade students in a dual language public school through the Jesuit Volunteer Corp. She plans to teach Kindergarten after completing her master's degree in education at DePaul University.
Lucas Larson (Class of 2016)
Lucas has been working with West Suburban Special Recreation Association (WSSRA), where enjoys working with clients of all ages with special needs. He holds a second degree black belt in karate and is considered a sensei (teacher). He completed an associate of arts degree at Triton College and next plans to pursue a bachelor's degree in game design and graphic design. In his free time, he enjoys video games like Elden Ring, Destiny 2, and Yu-Gi-Oh.
Jared Allread (early student)
Jared graduated from Drake University in 2021 and Is now working in healthcare public relations at an agency in Chicago. Jared still remembers his favorite TCS project – the western expansion and covered wagon!
Iris Nosek (early student)
Iris is enrolled in the RUSH Doctor of Occupational Therapy program and will be working as a teaching assistant while completing the 3-year program.
Iris is also a working artist and sells their commissions through Etsy at Iris.Makes.Store, as well as Iris.Makes on Instagram. They sent a photo from an anatomy and physiology lab course that harkened back to their dissection labs in 4th grade with Ms. Miller where they first dissected a sheep's heart and realized they really loved science!