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 RidgeFinding 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 dogTOOLS 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 SeaA crackling fire
Messages from my “kids”
—Zoe ’15 and Shane ’17
HENRY JACOBS
CLASS OF 2019
INTERESTS
Lacrosse, Political Literature, Climate ActivismFAVORITE READ
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonWHAT 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 memesExploring new bookstores
Lambeau Leaps
WHERE I’M HEADED
The University of Chicago
ZOE MUELLER
CLASS OF 2019
INTERESTS
Dance, though demanding, inspires meReading, 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 usFAVORITE 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 morningNew pointe shoes
Dog paws
WHERE I’M HEADED
Vassar CollegeJORDAN KINLAW
CLASS OF 2019
INTERESTS
Swimming the 50 freestyleNight 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 puzzleTouching out a competitor in a close swim race
The smell of New Mexico rain
WHERE I’M HEADED
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo