Hannah Bookbinder and husband Mark ’96 live in suburban Philadelphia. Hannah’s company, AcademicAlly, is in its 25th year of helping students who have ADHD and learning disabilities. Mark owns a financial planning business, MDB Financial. Older son Evan is a junior at Purdue, and his younger brother, Zach, is a senior in high school. Lauren Dropkin has been a career counselor and the pre-law adviser at Brandeis’ Hiatt Career Center for 10 years. She frequently partners with professors in the university’s Legal Studies Program as a Guberman Fellow and also serves as president of the Northeast Association of Pre-Law Advisors. In August, leadership expert Simon Sinek joined the “Three Things (With Ric Elias)” podcast to discuss how optimism can shape your life. Simon also talked about how an “infinite mindset” can lead to happiness. Steve Watson and Grace Yung Watson ’94 are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. Steve is senior pastor at Reservoir Church, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a board member/clergy organizer at the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization. Grace works at the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance and is a leader in the Brookline Asian American Family Network.
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