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2019 Prep Profiles

MOLLY SAMSELL

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MAKE SANTA FE, CLASS OF 1997


PREP THEN AND NOW

The great sense of community.

Shared learning and goals.

Teaching with high standards and warm smiles.

VALUE OF A PREP EDUCATION

The rigour expected of students prepared me for a career in ways I didn’t expect. It gave me a thirst for facing change and meeting challenges.

THOUGHTS ON PREP’S NEW MAKER SPACE

Critical! It’s naturally cross-disciplinary and uses hands-on skills for creative problem solving.

THINGS THAT MAKE ME SMILE

Hiking Raven’s Ridge

Finding an elegant solution to a problem

Being greeted at the door by my pups


KRISTIN KALANGIS

ENGLISH AND HONORS ANTHROPOLOGY TEACHER


INTERESTS

Writing, Singing, Hiking with my dog

TOOLS FOR TEACHING SUCCESS

Care. Flexibility. Humility. Commitment. Laughter.
Connecting with my students—reflection and action can lead to truly engaged learning.

SPECIAL ABILITY

Freestyle rhymes when the spirit moves me—which is often.

DREAM FOR SELF

To practice what I preach. Keep learning. Inspire and be inspired.

WHAT I VALUE MOST

Social Justice. Compassion. Realizing that one way of living should not dictate another.

THINGS THAT MAKE ME SMILE

The Aegean Sea

A crackling fire

Messages from my “kids”
—Zoe ’15 and Shane ’17

HENRY JACOBS

CLASS OF 2019


INTERESTS

Lacrosse, Political Literature, Climate Activism

FAVORITE READ

The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

WHAT I VALUE MOST

Equality. My sisters are adopted from Ethiopia and Colombia. They deserve every opportunity I have had.

GREATEST MOMENT

Getting our climate memorial passed on the senate floor. After two years of lobbying state senators, we passed the memorial with bi-partisan support.

THINGS THAT MAKE ME SMILE

Twitter memes

Exploring new bookstores

Lambeau Leaps

WHERE I’M HEADED

The University of Chicago

ZOE MUELLER

CLASS OF 2019


INTERESTS

Dance, though demanding, inspires me

Reading, sometimes three books at a time

Writing and discovering new words

PERSON I MOST ADMIRE

My ballet teacher and mentor Allegra Lillard, whose spirit motivates us

FAVORITE PLACE

Bali—amidst the mosquito heat and frangipanis—a place where my childhood memories began as a safe haven with secret pools, seashell collections, and blue lagoons.

THINGS THAT MAKE ME SMILE

Koel birds in the morning

New pointe shoes

Dog paws

WHERE I’M HEADED

Vassar College

JORDAN KINLAW

CLASS OF 2019


INTERESTS

Swimming the 50 freestyle

Night hikes in the Rocky Mountains

Exploring new music

FAVORITE READ

The Stranger by Albert Camus — lessons about success, happiness, self-awareness, and the importance of choosing one’s own path in life.

WHAT I VALUE MOST

Honesty. It’s about being real with myself and my peers.

THINGS THAT MAKE ME SMILE

The endless combination of numbers in a Sudoku puzzle

Touching out a competitor in a close swim race

The smell of New Mexico rain

WHERE I’M HEADED

Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo