Class Notes Category: Career
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Debrina Collins ’23
Poured n’ Powerful, a new business co-founded by Debrina Collins ’23, announced its inaugural event, HerSpace, taking place Aug. 10. After graduating, Collins and co-founder Michelle Davies found very few places where young women entrepreneurs like them could promote their work, get connected and build with others. Through their personal nonprofit and photography ventures, they’ve…
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Fernando A. Vicente ’95
Fernando A. Vicente ’95 has joined the Los Angeles office of Ogletree Deakins as Of Counsel and a member of the firm’s Employment Law and Litigation practice groups. His practice focuses on representing employers in a wide range of employment matters, including single plaintiff discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination and whistleblower claims, as well individual…
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Lisa Von Biela ’80
The most recent novel by Lisa Von Biela ’80, “Ravenna’s Road,” was released this month. After a successful 25-year career in IT, Von Biela attended law school at the University of Minnesota, graduating magna cum laude in 2009. She embarked on a 14-year career as a legal aid attorney, focused on foreclosure prevention. After retiring…
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Ameet K. Nagra ’10
Ameet K. Nagra ’10 has joined the Fresno office of Ogletree Deakins as Senior Counsel. Her practice focuses on defending employers in class and representative actions. She also litigates single-plaintiff cases, including but not limited to alleged wage-and-hour disputes, overtime, meal and rest breaks, and wage statement statutes. Before joining Ogletree Deakins, Nagra worked in…
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Natilee Harren, M.A. ’07, Ph.D. ’13
A book co-edited by Natilee Harren, M.A. ’07, Ph.D. ’13, “The Scores Project: Experimental Notation in Music, Art, Poetry, and Dance, 1950–1975,” has recently been published by the Getty Research Institute. Individuals working in and across the fields of visual art, music, poetry, theater and dance in the mid–twentieth century began to use experimental scores…
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Larissa Lam ’97
Larissa Lam ’97, director and producer of the award-winning documentary “Far East Deep South,” has expanded the film’s distribution. Now available globally on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV, the film explores immigration, identity and race through the lens of her husband’s family’s emotional journey to the Mississippi Delta. The documentary uncovers the overlooked history…
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Aparajeeta Guha, M.S. ’24
Aparajeeta Guha, M.S. ’24, currently a research associate at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, has launched the Reach (Research, Educate, Act, Change for Humanity) Foundation, whose mission is to help children discover their inner intelligence and then build personalized learning plans that foster confidence and engagement. “We are developing a global platform to bring together educators, mentors…
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Alireza Mehrnia, Ph.D. ’06, MBA ’13
Alireza Mehrnia, Ph.D. ’06, MBA ’13, who earned his doctorate in engineering, has been awarded more than 20 U.S. patents since 2001. He has worked in industry for over two decades, most recently approximately eight years at SpaceX, leading digital signal processing design for Starlink satellite’s chips, and has also taught engineering classes at UCLA.…
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Josh Escovedo, J.D. ’12
Josh Escovedo, J.D. ’12, is a member of Buchalter’s Litigation, Intellectual Property, and Real Estate Practice Groups. With a keen focus on delivering exceptional legal representation, his expertise encompasses a diverse range of legal areas. Escovedo’s litigation practice focuses on complex matters involving breaches of contracts, fraud, shareholder and partnership disputes, and other business-related actions.…
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Alok Gupta ’96
Alok Gupta ’96 recently joined the Los Angeles office of Ogletree Deakins as of counsel. He has represented employers in all aspects of employment law, with a focus on litigation. He has also advised employers in unfair competition and theft of trade secrets, wage and hour, performance management of employees and hiring, and discipline and…