PULSE Program

1997 Alumni

Lisa Iannelli:
"Hi everyone! I hope everyone is doing well. I can't believe how quickly time has flown by since I left B.C.. After I graduated, I moved back to good old New Jersey (no jokes please!). I bartended to save money to travel to Europe, I always wanted to backpack across Europe. So my best friend Sarah and I saved up and left with one-way tickets. 16 countries and 6 months later, I came home for a travel hyatus. After 3 long months I am heading to London again to travel with Dirkie, a South African that I met in London. I will work in London for approximately a month, then head to South Africa. After South Africa we will meet my family in Spain. After Spain, Dirkie and I will head to Nepal to trek through the Himalayas. We will then take a rest on the beach in Thailand. I'm thinking Malaysia and Vietnam will get squeezed into our itinerary as well. So, if anyone is in any of these places, please get in touch. I will be checking my e-mail periodically. Also, if anyone needs any travel tips or info., don't hesitate to ask! After this 6 month adventure i'll be back in the States applying for a doctoral program in Clinical Psychology. Take Care!" lisarooroo@hotmail.com


Justina Cintron:
"Hi, everyone! There is life after BC believe it or not! I began law school in the fall of 1997. I am currently in my second year at Albany Law School. I have been clerking for the Honorable Thomas W. Keegan at the New York State Supreme Court and working with Albany Law School's Government Law Center. In keeping with the PULSE tradition, this year I helped coordinate the largest service project that Albany Law participates in. The project is called "Senior Citizens' Law Day," and it is a day-long event which offers a series of legal seminars and educational programs dealing with Elder Law issues. Approximately 1,000 senior citizens, their families and caregivers attend each year! Hopefully you all are doing well. Drop me a line ...I would love to hear what you are doing!" jcintron@mail.als.edu

Kristin Petersen:
"After graduation I worked at Houghton Mifflin Co. in Boston for a year in the Trade and Reference Division. Then I moved back to Los Angeles (I grew up in Pasadena) and I am working at the Writers' Program at UCLA Extension, which is the largest state university related writing program (fiction, poetry, screenwriting, non-fiction, etc.) in the country. I counsel students and assist with administration and course planning. And I am continuing writing (fiction)- I am planning to go back to school for a graduate degree, but after I get more work experience...so that's my post-BC story so far!"
kpeterse@unex.ucla.edu

Sean Byrne:
"Hello PULSE!! I have spent the past two years working in a Catholic Grade School in St. Pete, FL as part of the Alliance for Catholic Education. Apart from having to live with 4 roommates from Notre Dame, life has been great. I am coaching almost everything (which is the most humerous part of my job, but don't tell my students), and teaching science, language arts and religion. It has been really awesome. I am still trying to figure out what next year holds. Right now I am thinking about teaching English in Bangladesh with a couple other ACErs. It would be pretty crazy, but extremely rewarding as well. We'll see!! I would love to hear from any and all of you!"
sunbyrne@usa.net


John Kleiderer:
"A few months after graduation, I headed off for two great years teaching in Tanzania with Jesuit Volunteers. In July 1999 I will finish with JVI and have not decided if I'll return home or work with Jesuit Refugee Services in Tanzania for a year."