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Heather Saunders Estes K’74 majored in education and ceramics while she was a student at Kirkland and went on to receive her master of social work and master of public administration degrees from Syracuse University. She then moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where she became CEO of Planned Parenthood Northern California. Following her passion for poetry, she transitioned out of her role as CEO and began to write. Blue Light Press published her debut poetry book Inner Sunset in the summer of 2019, which can be found on Amazon. Learn more about Heather and her work on her website.

Andrew Gibeley is an assistant publicist for the William Morrow imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. He graduated cum laude from Hamilton College in 2016 with honors in creative writing and a minor in theatre before completing the New York University (NYU) Summer Publishing Institute. A writer in his spare time, he recently completed Alex Dimitrov's poetry workshop at the 92Y and participated in Powerhouse Arena's Archways reading series.

Emerson J. Sosa Ponce came to Hamilton as a Posse Scholar in 2006 and graduated in 2010 with a double major in English and French. Upon graduation, he moved to Chicago to work at Starcom Mediavest and resided in the midwest for five years. He currently lives in New York City and works at Mediacom as a communications planning director on the AARP business.

Sandra Chiu '08 started her career in publishing and has landed a job in the industry designing book cover.

Kathleen McGrory '05 is a reporter on the investigations team at the Tampa Bay Times. Before joining the Times in 2015, Kathleen spent seven years as a metro reporter for the Miami Herald and two years as a government reporter in the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau. At Hamilton, she majored in economics and Spanish.

Ashley Ramos '17, a Hispanic studies major, is currently an advertising sales coordinator at Spotify. During her time at Hamilton, she was a member of Signature Style, Spoon University, and HEOP.