1990s

Joel Tickner M.S. ’94, Lunenburg, MA, is a professor of environmental health at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, the project director of the Chemicals Policy and Science Initiative of the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, and founder and executive director of the Green Chemistry and Commerce Council. His passion lies in changing mainstream chemicals to safer and more environmentally healthy alternatives.

Heather Latino '95, J.D. ’98, Vienna, VA, recently was promoted to deputy legal director for the District of Columbia’s Legal Aid Society, D.C.’s oldest and largest civil legal services provider. Her responsibilities include overseeing Legal Aid’s Consumer and Housing Law practices and advocating on behalf of low-income litigants to improve access to justice in the district’s high-volume courts. Latino previously served as a supervising attorney in the Housing and Consumer Law units.

Elizabeth Aronoff ’98, Stoughton, WI, just released her book “The Flight of The Starling: A Fairy Tale.” She describes it as “a funny fairy tale for anyone who likes such things, aged 9 and up.” Aronoff has a UM creative writing/English degree.

Erica Olsen M.F.A. ’98, Vernal, UT, published “Girlmine,” a micro-chapbook of very short stories with Bull City Press, a small literary press in Durham, NC.

Lauren Graham ’99, Powell, WY, recently was named Wyoming’s 2019 Social Worker of the Year by the National Association of Social Workers. Graham, who specializes in treating trauma, is known throughout the area for her dedication to children’s mental health. She opened her practice in 2014 after working in Alaska.