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Arts & Entertainment

• Judy Blume (STEINHARDT ’61) | Blume is best-known for her novels Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret., Blubber, and Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.
• Joe Iconis (STEINHARDT ’03, TSOA ’05) | Joe Iconis wrote Be More Chill, the Broadway high school musical sensation.
• Tyehimba Jess (GSAS ’04) | Poet Tyehimba Jess tells history through poetry.
• Spike Lee (TSOA ’82) | Spike Lee is a filmmaker and graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts.
  
• Tom Kirdahy (WSUC ’85, LAW ’88) | Tom Kirdahy has produced numerous plays including Hadestown, which won eight Tony Awards including Best Musical.
• Mickela Mallozzi (STEINHARDT ’05) | Mickela Mallozzi is the four-time Emmy® Award-winning Host and executive producer of Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi.
• Janet Mock (GSAS ’06) | Janet Mock is the first trans woman of color to write and direct for television with the FX series Pose.
• Gal Nissim (TSOA ’17) | Gal Nissim is combining the unexpected: arts and sciences.
• Gabriela James Noguera (GSAS ’20) | Gabriela James Noguera's master's thesis on vampires earned a coveted award for outstanding academic merit at NYU.
• Nathaniel Mary Quinn (STEINHARDT ’02) | Nathaniel Mary Quinn's kaleidoscopic portraits reside in the collections of museums and celebrities.
• Nathan Sawaya (CAS ’95, LAW ’98) Nathan Sawaya is a LEGO artist.
• Carlos Andres Toro (STEINHARDT ’06) | Carlos Andres Toro is an award-winning filmmaker and founder of the digital media production studio Steer.
• Valerie Van Zuijlen (TSOA ’20) | Valerie van Zuijlen is a space-loving artist and filmmaker who completed two masters degrees simultaneously.

Education

• Leah Lattimore (CAS ’04, STEINHARDT ’10, ’22) | Leah Lattimore's 20-year NYU career has had an outsized impact on the University.
• Kristin Van Busum (WAG ’10) | Kristin Van Busum's Project Alianza is building schools, hiring teachers, and eliminating learning barriers in Central America.

Entrepreneurship

• Mattew Campisi (TANDON ’96, ’20) | Mathew Campisi developed a breast cancer screening technology to help increase access to accurate cancer testing around the world.
• Susan Salgado (STERN ’03) | Susan Salgado builds the infrastructure of restaurants around New York City including the Shake Shack chain and Gramercy Tavern.

Journalism

• Kim Castro (SPS ’08)| Kim Castro is the first woman of color to run the venerable news magazine U.S. News & World Report.
• Arielle Duhaime-Ross (GSAS ’13) | Arielle Duhaime-Ross, the first climate change reporter, has a podcast on Vox.
• Jessica Pels (TSOA '09) | Jessica Pels is the Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine.

LGBTQ+

• Chris Mosier (STEINHARDT ’12) | In 2015, Chris Mosier became the first known transgender athlete to qualify for a men’s US national team.
• Edie Windsor (CIMS ’57) | Edie Windsor's Supreme Court case paved the way for the legalization of same-sex marriage.

Medicine

• Frank Baez (MEYERS ’19) | Frank Baez is an intensive care nurse who got his start at NYU hospitals as a teenaged janitor.
• Danielle Butin (STEINHARDT ’85) | Danielle Butin is reducing waste by repurposing medical supplies for those in need.
• Natalia Cineas (MEYERS ’06, WAG ’09) | Natalia Cineas was named chief nurse executive for NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest public healthcare system in the United States.
• Jonathan Ehrlich (STERN ’17) | When not running his real estate business, Jonathan Ehrlich is busy serving New York City residents as an EMT.
• Mark Fakory (DEN ’20) | As an NYU student, Mark Fakory provided dental care to people around the world.
• Joan Furey (MEYERS ’75) | Joan Furey helped pioneer a PTSD treatment program to aid traumatized veterans.
• Adrian Kantrowitz (ARTS ’40}) | Cardiac surgeon Adrian Kantrowitz is best known for inventing the implantable pacemaker.
• Rachel Laureyns (GPH ’14) | Rachel Laureyns is expanding dental care around the world.
• Cheryline Pezzullo (DEN ’15) and Lorel Burns (DEN ’15) | Cheryline Pezzullo and her classmate Lorel Burns created a pipeline program to diversify the dentistry profession.
• Armin Tehrany (MED ’94) | Armin Tehrany is a surgeon, a film producer, and volunteer with the NYU Alumni Association.
• Lori Wiener (SSSW ’79, ’88) | Lori Wiener runs National Cancer Institute's Pediatric Psychosocial Support Program.  
  

NYU Alumni Volunteers

• Monefa Anderson (WAG ’96, MEYERS ’07) | Monefa Anderson is the Director of Nursing for the Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Health and a volunteer with the NYUAA.
• Amin Ayoub (DEN ’92) | Amin Ayoub is an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at NYU and a volunteer with the NYU Alumni Association.
• Mike Chen (NYUSH ’17) | Mike Chen graduated with the first NYU Shanghai class and is a member of the NYU Alumni Association (NYUAA) Board of Directors.
• Carolynn Choi (STEINHARDT ’16) | Carolynn Choi serves as co-chair of the Recent Alumni Network.
• Linda Evans (STEINHARDT ’81) | Linda Evans is an NYU Alumni Association Board member and co-chair of the Benefits and Services committee.
• Michael Gamber (SPS ’17) | Michael Gamber is a leader with the NYU Alumni LGBTQ+ Network.
• Adam Hadas (MEYERS ’17) | When Adam Hadas isn't helping patients with COVID-19, he's a volunteer with the NYU Alumni Association.
• Michael Hengerer (GAL ’16) | Michael was a co-chair of NYU’s Recent Alumni Network in 2019.
  
• Brian Levine (GSAS ’03, GSM ’08) | Meet the NYU Alumni Association Board President.
• Krystal McLeod (CAS ’16) | Krystal is a natural leader. Her involvement with the NYU Alumni Association is an example of her commitment to give back.
• Angel Ochoa (GSAS ’11) | Angel has had multiple roles on the NYU Alumni Association board.
• Erica Pedruzzi (LAW '95) | Erica Pedruzzi is the leader of the NYU Alumni Club in Argentina.
• Mandy Tan (NYUAD ’15) | Mandy Tan is an NYU Alumni Association Board member and serves on the NYUAA Fundraising Committee.
• Armin Tehrany (GSM ’94) | Armin Tehrany is a surgeon, a film producer, and volunteer with the NYU Alumni Association.
  
• Anna Zuccaro (CAS ’13) | Anna Zuccaro is a public relations professional and Co-president of the NYU LGBTQ+ Alumni Network.

Public Service

• Monefa Anderson (WAG ’96, MEYERS ’07) | Monefa Anderson is the Director of Nursing for the Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Health and a volunteer with the NYUAA.
• Brenda Berkman (LAW ’78) | New York City’s first female firefighter had to sue the city for the right to pursue her profession.
• Alessandra Biaggi (STEINHARDT ’08) | Alessandra Biaggi is a New York State Senator representing the 34th Senate District, including parts of Bronx and Westchester Counties.
• Taina Bien-Aimé (LAW ’91) | Taina is the Executive Director of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women.
• Mathylde Frontus (SSSW ’98, ’99) | Mathylde Frontus is the assemblywoman representing New York’s 46th District.
• Keith Harper (LAW ’94) | Keith Harper is the first Native American Ambassador.
• John Katzmann (TANDON ’56) | John Katzmann escaped Nazi persecution in his home country of Germany and served in the US Army during WWII.
• Alex Kobray (SPS ’15) | Alex Kobray is a self-professed wonk and counterterrorism expert.
  
• Jacqueline Murekatete (CAS ’07) | Jacqueline Murekatete survived the genocide in Rwanda. Today, she's helping survivors of violence around the world.
  
• Marcia Robinson Lowry (LAW ’69) | Marcia founded Children's Rights and A Better Childhood to improve the lives of children within the foster care system.
• Kyleigh Russ (WAG ’20) | Kyleigh Russ started a non-profit while working toward her MPA at Wagner.
• Kristin Van Busum (WAG ’10) | Kristin Van Busum's Project Alianza is building schools, hiring teachers, and eliminating learning barriers in Central America.
• Erin Vilardi (CAS ’03) | Erin Vilardi founded VoteRunLead to get increase representation of women in elected positions.
• Allie Wist (STEINHARDT ’17) | Allie Wist is a visual editor at bonappetit.com who is telling the story of climate change through food.

Technology

• Deja Bond (GSAS ’20) | Read about the first African-American alumna of the top-ranked Master’s in Data Science program at NYU.
• Matthew Campisi (TANDON ’96, ’20) | Mathew Campisi developed a breast cancer screening technology to help increase access to accurate cancer testing around the world.
• Bertha Jimenez (TANDON ’16) | Bertha Jimenez is an engineer who discovered a way to upcycle discarded grain from breweries to make delicious bread.